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Alan Hansen

(1955) Association Football Player

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Alan Hansen is an association football player, best known for A Matter of Opinion.

Quick Facts About Alan Hansen

Born: June 13, 1955
Profession: Association Football Player
Notable works: A Matter of Opinion

About Alan Hansen

Alan David Hansen MBE is a Scottish former footballer and BBC television football pundit. Regarded as one of the greatest defenders of all time, he enjoyed a highly decorated playing career, winning eight First Division titles, three European Cups, two FA Cups, four League Cups, and several other honours with Liverpool during their dominant era from the late 1970s until the late 1980s. He also represented Partick Thistle and the Scotland national team.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Alan Hansen

People say I'm bad at a lot of things. One I agree with is that I'm a bad driver.

Agree

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I wouldn't say they're neglected, but everybody is going to grow old and we should be looking after the older generation more…

After

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It's incredible considering the public perception that he was tight fisted and he was more than prudent, and lacked ambition to take…

Ambition

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Everybody likes Brazil and we want the Brazilians to come out.

Brazil

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I only started concentrating on football as a career when I left school at 18. I played golf for the Scottish and…

Boy

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The pressures are intense, because the rewards for success and the penalty for failure are more and more.

Congratulations

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What I always do is just look at the players, look at the best 11 they can put on the pitch.

Always

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I think when people talk about ambition and talking to him, it might have seemed that he wasn't ambitious.

About

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Manchester City have been in the doldrums for a while, they came up and went straight back down again.

Cities

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I think if Tottenham are going to be top four side, the fans and the club will need to get away from…

Clubs

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Live television is always stressful and the more you do it, the more you realise what can go wrong.

Always

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The Italians are very strong defensively. They showed in Euro 2000 how good defensively they are.

Euro

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The boy can do anything, but to be the star of the World Cup you have got to get to the final…

Boys

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I was born in a mining village, and you either played football or played football. If you didn't play, there was something…

Born

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When George Graham was there they complained, harking back to better days, but I think that's a fantasy.

Back

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Even though they won't finish in the top four this season, they will still be of the contenders next season.

Even

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I was surprised, the triple-stack package produced eight to 15 more bushels.

Eight

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Playing for 14 years definitely took its toll mentally. I decided when I was playing my last season that when I retired…

Back

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The scar on my forehead is from running through a plate-glass panel when I was 15. I had 27 stitches, which took two hours.

Forehead

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These guys live and breathe football; they get something out of going to the training ground every day.

Breathe

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I don't expect to see them in the top six but I think of all the teams that have come up in…

Biggest

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We got stuffed 4-1, but it was just great to play against, it was like an education. You think you are half…

Against

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I go by records and Bob Paisley is the No 1 manager ever!

Bob

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I always wanted to be a golfer, only I realised that if I'd played golf I would have been skint.

Golf

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When I was playing football, I always felt in complete control. When I play golf and come under pressure, it's a completely…

Always

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