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Tommy Smith Quotes

born 1945 England

Thomas "Tommy" Smith, MBE (born 5 April 1945) was a long-serving footballer with Liverpool, known for his uncompromising defensive style.

England
Soccer players

Also known as: Tommy Smith, Tommy Smith (footballer born 1945)

Random Tommy Smith quote

4 quotes

Don't go for the player, go for the ball.

I don't think tackling is at all acceptable these days... there are a lot of cheats in the game, too.

I have never started a fight in my life but I have finished a few... sometimes I shudder when I think about what I have done.

If Shankly was the Anfield foreman, Paisley was the brickie, ready to build an empire with his own hands."

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Tommy Smith (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.