Top 4 Tommy Smith Quotes

English association football player (1945–2019)

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

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Native Name: Thomas Smith

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

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.

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