Funny Football Quotes

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"Without being too harsh on David, he cost us the match."

Ian Wright
"They didn't change positions, they just moved the players around."
Terry Venables
"They (Swindon) are still finding that they are much happier when they have the ball than when the
other side has it."
Ron Jones
"Woodcock would have scored but his shot was too perfect."
Ron Atkinson
"I didnt say them things that I said."
Glenn Hoddle
"That's Steve Howey's third-ever League goal and he's never scored more than two in a season before."
Jeff Stelling
"I predicted in August that Celtic would reach the final. On the eve of that final I stand by that
prediction."
Archie Macpherson
"Footballs not like an electric light you cant just flick the button and change from slow to quick."
John Greig
"The Champions League semi-final is over two legs, so it will be a one-off affair."
Graham Beecroft
"The problem is not what we are doing badly, it is because we are not doing things well."
Patrick Evra
"To be second with one game to go you cant ask for more."
Stuart McCall
"Sometimes he does the brilliant things really well."
Lee Sharpe
"Players prefer the FA Cup because it's the end of season curtain-raiser."
Peter Withe
"Germany are a very difficult team to play - they had eleven internationals out there today."
Steve Lomas
"He's caused the Chelsea defence no amount of problems."
Jimmy Armfield

"We had already beaten them 4-0 and 7-0 earlier this season, so we knew we were in for a really tough
game today."
Barry Ferguson
"We had two shots saved off the line by the post."
Craig Brown
"Some of their players are internationals; some play for their national team."
Steve McClaren
"Not to win is guttering."
Mark Noble
Its 0-0 here. No goals.
Adrian Chiles
"Hes unpleased about that.
Mark Bright
"Hes one of the greatest players in the world, if not one of the greatest anywhere."
Sky Andrew
His return gives England another key to its bow.
Stuart Pearce
Ive been consistent in patches this season.
Theo Walcott
Hes been like a fresh of breath air.
Roy Keane
The thing about goalscorers is that they score goals.
Tony Cottee
Its now much more 50-50 in favour of Everton.
Iain Dowie
Sheffield Wednesday are third in the table. You couldnt be any higher.
Ian Abrahams
Playing with wingers is more effective against European sides like Brazil than English sides like
Wales.
Ron Greenwood
Very few great goals actually go in.
Graham Taylor
Now Manchester United are 2-1 down on aggregate, they are in a better position than when they
started the game at 1-1.

Ron Atkinson
There's only one place you want to be and that's Wembley, Old Trafford or Anfield.
Mick Channon
Fulham havent had a shot on target, which is probably why they arent in the goals.
Tony Cottee
Bayern will have the added advantage of playing in their home stadium. Thats like a home game for
them.
Paul Elliott
Pitches today are like snooker carpets.
Mick Quinn
Suarez will improve and he will get better.
Jamie Redknapp
"I never make predictions and I never will.
Paul Gascoigne, making a prediction!
"I never make forecasts but whoever wins that game will win the final.
Ken Bates doing a Gascoigne
"Bristol Rovers were 4-0 up at half time, with four goals in the first half."
Tony Adamson
"That's a yellow card for Cazoria. So the next time he's involved in Europe, he won't be."
RTE commentator George Hamilton
"Barnsley have started off the way they mean to begin."
Chris Kamara
"That was only a yard away from being an inch-perfect pass."
Murdo MacLeod
"Bolton have won just three of their last two games".
Ian Abrahams
Martin Jol has put his hands on his heads.
Ray Parlour
"Maths is totally done differently to what I was teached when I was at school."
David Beckham (and English was probably teached differently as well)
"Id love the person who taught Jose Mourinho English to taught me."
Steve Claridge, who may have gone to the same school as David Beckham!

"Paul Lambert has learned Fabian Delph the game."

Paul Merson
"I've had 14 bookings this season, 8 of which were my fault, but 7 of which were disputable."
Paul Gascoigne
"Think of a number between 10 and 11."
Ron Atkinson
"Samuel Eto'o is reputedly the highest-paid player in the world at 350,000 per week - that's 5,000 a
day."
Clive Tyldesley
"When you are 4-0 up you should never lose 7-1.
Lawrie McMenemy
"Reals second goal made it 3-0."
Des Lynam
All that remains is for a few dots and commas to be crossed.
Mitchell Thomas
"The 2,000 away fans will be unhappy. In fact half of them have gone, there's only 500 left."
Chris Waddle
"....and so they have not been able to improve their 100% record."
Radio Commentator
"The possession stats at one point were 77% to 33%."
Mick Quinn
"With Harry, two plus two always makes five, not three."
Milan Mandaric
"You need at least eight or nine men in a ten-man wall."
Mark Lawrenson
"I can count on the fingers of one hand ten games where weve caused our own downfall."
Joe Kinnear
"Four minutes to go..four long minutes.360 seconds."
Alistair Alexander
"Aston Villa are seventh in the league. Thats almost as high as you can get without being one of the
top six."
Ian Payne
"We must have had 99 per cent of the match. It was the other three per cent that cost us."
Ruud Gullitt

"Ireland will give 99% - everything theyve got."

Mark Lawrenson
"Even though two and two might look like four, it could be three or five."
Kevin Keegan getting close to the right answer...but
"The Germans only have one player under 22, and he's 23."
Kevin Keegan, he was completely wrong on that one!
"Well, Harry, fifth place last year, how can you better that?"
Fergus Sweeney
"And some 500 Italians made the trip, in a crowd of only 400."
Radio Commentator
"If Glenn Hoddle said one word to his team at half-time, it was concentration and focus."
Ron Atkinson
"Chile have three options - they could win or they could lose."
Kevin Keegan
"One thing about Germany theyll be organised, theyll be big and theyll be strong."
Ally McCoist, now that's three things!
"I'd like to play for an Italian club, like Barcelona"
Mark Draper
"I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country."
Ian Rush on his spell at Juventus
"The Belgians will play like their fellow Scandinavians, Denmark and Sweden."
Andy Townsend
"What I saw in Holland and Germany was that the majority of people are Dutch in Holland and
German in Germany."
Peter Taylor
"Argentina won't be at Euro 2000 because they are from South America."
Kevin Keegan who was listening in that lesson!
"We had enough chances to win the game. In fact we did win it."
Alex Smith when Aberdeen manager
"Manchester United could only beat Exeter 2-0 and it was just 1-0 at one point."
Alan Brazil
"That was a continuance of what we have seen most of the season that is, various clubs beating each
other."

Ron Noades
"I was feeling as sick as the proverbial donkey."
Mick McCarthy
"So, this movie you star in, The Life Story of George Best, tell us what it's about."
Sky Sports commentator
"Id never allow myself to let myself call myself a coward."
Graham Taylor
"I was a young lad when I was growing up."
David OLeary
"I just wonder what would have happened if the shirt had been on the other foot."
Mike Walker
"That was the perfect penalty - apart from he missed it."
Rob McCaffrey
"He had defenders swarming around him like a wet blanket."
Gerry Armstrong
My parents have been there for me, ever since I was about 7.
David Beckham
"When England go to Turkey there could be fatalities or even worse, injuries."
Phil Neal
"The Merseyside derby games are unique in the city."
Brendan Rodgers
"All of West Hams away victories have come on opponents territory this season."
Marcus Buckland
"The manager could not even talk to us at the interval. He said we were bad."
John Terry
"Apart from their goals, Norway haven't scored."
Terry Venables
"Doncaster will hit Villa with fire and broomstick."
John Gregory
"Roy Keane going to Celtic would be a case of out of the goldfish bowl, into the fire."
Radio commentator
"What I said to them at half time would be unprintable on the radio."
Gerry Francis

"Well not give up even if were 12 points behind with one game left."
Joe Hart
"They (Leeds United) used to be a bit like Arsenal, winning by one goal to nil or even less."
Nasser Hussain who thankfully knows more about cricket
"Burton really couldnt lose tonight but they have."
Ian Wright
"If I was still at Ipswich, I wouldn't be where I am today."
Dalian Atkinson
"If you want change, you've got to stick with it."
Terry Venables
"He's carrying his left leg, which, to be honest, is his only leg."
Steve Coppell
"He says that he will walk away from the game when his legs go."
Radio Commentator
"Michael Owen - he's got the legs of a salmon."
Sky TV commentator
"Unfortunately, we keep kicking ourselves in the foot."
Ray Wilkins
"Shaun Wright-Phillips has got a big heart. It's as big as him, which isn't very big, but it's bigger."
Kevin Keegan
"I felt a lump in my throat as the ball went in."
Terry Venables
"Lampard picks his head up and knocks it out to the wing."
Alan Shearer
He is an interesting player - short back legs.
David Pleat
"Dumbarton player Steve McCahill has limped off with a badly cut forehead."
Tom Ferrie
"I was disappointed to leave Spurs, but quite pleased that I did."
Steve Perryman
"I'm as happy as I can be but I have been happier."
Ugo Ehiogu

"If you're going to win the Premier League, you're going to have to finish ahead of Chelsea and
Manchester City."
Graeme Souness
"And Arsenal now have plenty of time to dictate the last few seconds."
Peter Jones
"What makes this game so delightful is that when both teams get the ball they are attacking their
opponents goal."
Jimmy Hill
"That's football, Mike, Northern Ireland have had several chances and haven't scored but England have
had no chances and scored twice."
Trevor Brooking
"And there's Ray Clemence looking as cool as ever out in the cold."
Jimmy Hill
"And the news from Guadalajara where the temperature is 96 degrees, is that Falcao is warming up."
Brian Moore
"Souness gave Fleck a second chance and he grabbed it with both feet."
James Sanderson
Last night we were the best team on the day.
Roy Aitken
"Ji-Sung Park is probably not as young as he was when he arrived at Old Trafford all those years ago."
Ray Houghton
"The match will be shown on Match of the Day later this evening and if you don't want to know the
result look away now as we show you Tony Adams lifting the cup for Arsenal."
Steve Rider

More Other Sports.

Colemanballs covering other sports are too many for one page - so here are a few more....
"A boxer makes a comeback for two reasons: either hes broke or he needs the money."
Alan Minter (boxing)
"Jimmy White has popped out to the toilet to compose himself before the final push."
Steve Davis (snooker)
"Further Flight seems to get better and better, although hes not as good as he was."
Derek Thompson (horse racing)

"Glen McGrath bowled so badly in his first Test, as though he'd never bowled in a Test Match before."
Geoff Boycott (cricket)
"Once hed gone past the point of no return, there was no way back."
Show jumping commentator
"That was a beautiful shot. Inch perfect - but an inch wide."
Television commentator (golf)
"And theres the unmistakable figure of Joe Merceror is it Lester Piggott?"
Brough Scott (horse racing)
"Laura Robson has just made the best possible start to her professional tennis career, she won the first
set and lost the next two and is out."
Mark Pougatch (tennis)
"I was about 18 six years ago. Im 28 now."
Frank Bruno (boxing)
"The racecourse is as level as a billiard ball."
John Francome (horse racing)
"All the reds are in the open now, apart from the blue."
John Virgo (snooker)
"She's letting her legs do the running."
Brendan Foster (athletics)
"These two horses have met five times this season, and theyve beaten each other on each occasion."
Jimmy Lindley (horse racing)
"The reason he (Pinto) is so far ahead is because he's going so quickly."
Charlie Spedding (athletics)
"Tottenham are trying tonight to become the first London team to win this Cup. The last team to do so
was the 1973 Spurs side."
Mike Ingham
"I was saying the other day, how often the most vulnerable area for goalies is between their legs."
Andy Gray
"I took a whack on my left ankle, but something told me it was my right."
Lee Hendrie
Once youve got a bull terrier, you never want another dog. Ive got six bull terriers, a rottweiler and a
bulldog.
Julian Dicks

The Brazilians were South America, and the Ukranians will be more European.
Phil Neville
West Ham play a speficic type of game football.
Artur Boruc
"Javier Chevanton dont speak the language too good."
Kevin Bond
"We had a word with him about diving and since then the lads come on leaps and bounds."
Billy Dodds
"I'm not going to make it a target, but it's something to aim for."
Steve Coppell
Thats put a strain on his left-hand knee.
John Scales
Id settle for a 1-0 draw.
David Gold
For Tony Adams to confess his alcoholism like that took a lot of bottle.
Ian Wright
And in the days other football match, Manchester City and Norwich drew love-all.
Female radio announcer, presumably a tennis fan!
Every single player on the pitch is now in the Birmingham box, apart from two of them.
Paul Merson
I promise results, not promises.
John Bond
Ozil could find the needle in a haystack with his sense of smell.
Ray Hudson
"You don't score 64 goals in 86 games at the highest level without being able to score goals."
ALAN GREEN, speaking on Radio 5 Live
"Beckenbauer really has gambled all his eggs."
Ron Atkinson
"And we all know that in football if you stand still you go backwards."
Peter Reid
"Wenger and Mourinho were acting like a couple of teenage 12-year-olds."
....and then
"I have only one word for Wenger and Mourinho - grow up."
John Hartson

"If you're 0-0 down, there's no one better to get you back on terms than Ian Wright."
Robbie Earle
We didnt look like scoring, although we looked like we were going to get a goal.
Alan Buckley
"Merseyside derbies usually last 90 minutes and I'm sure today's won't be any different."
Trevor Brooking
Scoring three away from home you cant do better than that.
Ray Stubbs
If there wasnt such a thing as football wed all be frustrated footballers.
Mick Lyons
"It was six of a half and one dozen of the other."
Danny Higginbotham
"Because of the booking I will miss the Holland game if selected."
Paul Gascoigne
"That's twice he (Terry Phelan) has got between himself and the goal."
Brian Marwood
"Celtic manager Davie Hay still has a fresh pair of legs up his sleeve."
John Greig
"Sandros holding is face. You can tell from that its a knee injury."
Dion Dublin
Manchester United are substituting Blomqvist for Giggs just to bring more legs into the game.
Tony Gale
"Hes got a knock on his shin there, just above the knee."
Frank Stapleton
"It's nice for us to have a fresh face in the camp to bounce things off."
Lawrie Sanchez
"Footballers are no different from human beings."
Graham Taylor
"At 6 foot 7 Peter Crouch isn't as tall as he looks."
Gabby Logan
He's not a lad that likes to stand on his feet.
Chris Waddle

"We can't replace Gary Speed - where do you get an experienced player like him with a left foot and a
head?"
Bobby Robson
"Theyve picked their heads up off the ground, and they now have a lot to carry on their shoulders."
Ron Atkinson
"If you cut Jamie Carragher open, hell bleed red."
Clive Tyldesley
"Lampards not the first player to run to the crowd with lips over his mouth."
Adrian Chiles
"Bobby Robson must be thinking of throwing some fresh legs on."
Kevin Keegan
Alan Shearer has done very well for us, considering his age. We have introduced some movement into
his game because he has got two good legs now. Last season he played with one leg.
Bobby Robson
"He just got his body between himself and the goal."
Ray Clemence
"A tremendous strike which hit the defender full on the arm - and it nearly came off."
Kevin Keegan
"Neil Baker is standing on the touchline with hands in tracksuit bottoms scratching his head."
Graham McGarry
"Hes very fast and if he gets a yard ahead of himself nobody will catch him."
Bobby Robson
"As positive as Arsenal were, I thought they were quite negative."
Peter Reid
"Northern Ireland are ten minutes away from their finest victory. There's 15 minutes to go here."
John Motson
"Women's football does have its knockers."
Adrian Durham
"Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's like they've got eleven Dicks on the field."
Radio commentator
"Unless the chairman decides to sack me, I wont be quitting."
Carlton Palmer

"No regrets, none at all. My only regret is that we went out on penalties. Thats my only regret but no,
no regrets."
Mick McCarthy
"The Baggio brothers, of course, are not related."
RTE commentator
"And here goes Aguero, looking to relieve himself."
Mike Ingham
"He went in with his shuds stowing."
Gary Neville
"Lampard, as usual, arrived in the nick of time, but it wasn't quite soon enough."
Alan Parry
"Reading just had a great five-man move that involved everyone."
Phil Thompson
"If you gave Arsene Wenger eleven players and told him to pick his team, this would be it."
Andy Gray
"Mario Balotelli is like Marmite - you either love him or hate him. Me, I'm in between
Joe Royle
"Villa will probably play a lot worse than this and lose."
Alan Parry
"Goals dictate how matches go."
Paul Merson
"We havent scored which means you havent got a chance of winning."
Bobby Robson
"The new season will be all about scoring more goals than the opposition."
Alvin Martin
"A win would be better than a draw."
Denis Law
"Liverpool will think 'we could have won this 2-2'"
Ron Atkinson
"The best thing for them to do (Ireland) is to stay at 0-0 until they score the goal."
Martin ONeill
"We (England) haven't been scoring goals, but football's not just about scoring goals. It's about
winning."
Alan Shearer

"It's a lot harder to play football when you haven't got the ball."
Andy Gray
"Goals change games."
Ron Atkinson
"Well, either side could win it, or it could be a draw"
Ron Atkinson
"If you don't score you are not going to win a match."
Bobby Robson
"The first 90 minutes of the match are the most important."
Bobby Robson
"If Villa got another goal now it would change the scoreline completely."
Tony Cottee
"We can beat anyone on our day - so long as we score."
Alex Totten
"I think if they hadn't scored, we might have got a better result."
Howard Wilkinson
"Winning all the time is not necessarily good."
John Toshack
"Most goals are scored between the posts."
Jamie Redknapp
"Batistuta gets most of his goals with the ball"
Ian St John
Sometimes in football you have to score goals.
Thierry Henry
You have got to miss them to score sometimes.
Dave Bassett
"The more you lose, the more you dont win."
Alex McLeish
"He'd score more goals if he was a better finisher."
Dion Dublin
"A game is not won until it is lost."
David Pleat

"Liverpool have lost their last two and they conceded in both games."
Five Live radio commentator
"We were in an awkward position against Yugoslavia in that in order to win we needed to score more
goals than they did."
Jose Antonio Camacho
"Dumbarton player Steve McCahill has limped off with a badly cut forehead."
Tom Ferrie
"I was disappointed to leave Spurs, but quite pleased that I did."
Steve Perryman
"I'm as happy as I can be but I have been happier."
Ugo Ehiogu
"If you're going to win the Premier League, you're going to have to finish ahead of Chelsea and
Manchester City."
Graeme Souness
"And Arsenal now have plenty of time to dictate the last few seconds."
Peter Jones
"What makes this game so delightful is that when both teams get the ball they are attacking their
opponents goal."
Jimmy Hill
"That's football, Mike, Northern Ireland have had several chances and haven't scored but England have
had no chances and scored twice."
Trevor Brooking
"And there's Ray Clemence looking as cool as ever out in the cold."
Jimmy Hill
"And the news from Guadalajara where the temperature is 96 degrees, is that Falcao is warming up."
Brian Moore
"Souness gave Fleck a second chance and he grabbed it with both feet."
James Sanderson
Last night we were the best team on the day.
Roy Aitken
"Ji-Sung Park is probably not as young as he was when he arrived at Old Trafford all those years ago."
Ray Houghton
"No matter who our opponents are, or who we are playing against, we want to win the game."
David Beckham

"Im a firm believer that if the other side scores first, you have to score twice to win.
Howard Wilkinson
"They (Rosenborg) have won 66 games, and they've scored in all of them."
Brian Moore
"The Croatians don't play well without the ball."
Barry Venison
"As a striker, you are either in a purple patch or struggling. At the moment, Im somewhere in
between.
Bob Taylor
"We're at the top of the cliff and we can either fall off the edge or keep climbing."
Gary Neville
"If you closed your eyes you couldn't tell the difference between the two sides."
Phil Brown
"I've only played for Watford, so I'm a one-man club."
Lloyd Doyley
"Ogrizovic was in two minds as to whether to go or stay and in the end he did neither."
Radio commentator
"Their away record is instantly forgettable. The 5-1 defeat and 7-0 defeat spring to mind."
Radio 5 Live
"We actually got the winner three minutes from the end but then they equalized."
Ian McNail
"He could have done one of three things. He didn't do either."
Gordon Strachan
"It seems that they're playing with one leg tied together.
Kenny Sansom
"There's always been a fierce rivalry between Spurs and Tottenham."
David Pleat
"Both sides have scored a couple of goals, and both sides have conceded a couple of goals."
Peter Withe
"There will be a game where somebody scores more than Brazil and that might be the game that they
lose."
Bobby Robson
"Anyone who takes drugs should be hammered."
Andy Gray

"Clint Dempsey scored a last-minute winner to earn Tottenham a 1-1 draw against United."
Alan Brazil
"I think Southampton will finish above teams that are well below them."
Paul Merson
"I can never predict my future because a big part of my future is already behind me."
Guus Hiddink
"Bobby Gould thinks I'm trying to stab him in the back. In fact I'm right behind him."
Stuart Pearson
"In football, if you dont score a goal then you cannot win."
Roberto Mancini
"If you can get through the first round you have a good chance of getting into the next one."
Nigel Worthington
"He'd score more goals if he was a better finisher."
Dion Dublin
"Sheffield United are attacking their own fans."
Matt Murray
"With 8 or 10 minutes to go, we were able to bring Nicky Butt back and give him 15 to 20 minutes."
Niall Quinn
"Thats not the type of header you want to see your defender make, with his hand.
Ron Atkinson
We lost because we didn't win.
Ronaldo
"I dont blame individuals, I blame myself.
Joe Royle
"Chesterfield 1 Chester 1. Another score draw there in that local derby.
Des Lynam
"It's 1-1, an exact reversal of the score on Saturday."
Radio 5 Live commentator
"I would not be bothered if we lost every game as long as we won the league."
Mark Viduka
"Henning Berg, one of the players classified as a foreigner, which obviously as a Norwegian is
something he's used to."
Radio commentator

"You can see the ball go past them, or the man, but you'll never see both man and ball go past at the
same time. So if the ball goes past, the man won't, or if the man goes past, they'll take the ball."
Ron Atkinson - and you will be tested on what he said later!
"The important thing is that he shook hands with us over the phone."
Alan Ball
"If you need just a first eleven and four others, why did Columbus sail to India to discover America?"
Claudio Ranieri and the question which Im sure has been on all our minds!
"Michael Owen will get double figures this season - or at least 10, possibly more."
Garth Crooks
"Without picking out anyone in particular. I thought Mark Wright was tremendous."
Graeme Souness
"Today was about our lack of ability to not produce the ability we've got."
Sam Allardyce
"Ally McCoist will always get you a goal, whether he's playing or on the bench."
Mark Hateley
"I don't know why we aren't scoring as we're keeping clean sheets."
Edwin van der Sar
"The problem at Wimbledon seems to be that the club has suffered a loss of complacency."
Joe Kinnear
"He has got his tactics wrong tactically."
Mick Quinn
"He reminds me of a completely different version of Robbie Earle."
Mark Lawrenson
"Referees, like most of us, are human beings."
Piara Powers
"I always used to put my right boot on first, and then obviously my right sock."
Barry Venison
"Lampard fired straight through the middle of a non-existent wall."
Paul McKenna
"Everton have a healthy list of injuries."
Michael Owen
"The header was cleared off the line by the crossbar."

Simon Brotherton
"Ruud Gullit was able to impose his multi-lingual skills on this match."
John Motson
"At this stage of the season I just tell the players to get points under their bags."
George Graham
"Theres a certain amount of one-way shirt swapping going on."
Adrian Chiles
"If we'd kept a clean sheet tonight we'd have won 1-0."
Steve Cotterill, after a 2-1 defeat!
"I think the next United manager is already at the club. It could be either Ryan Giggs or Ole Gunnar
Solksjaer, who isnt at the club."
Mickey Gray
"It's winner takes all, but a draw will do."
Mark Saggers
"Great striking partnerships come in pairs."
Nigel Spackman
"Hopefully Andy Carroll has only tweeted his hamstring."
Sam Allardyce
Brentford scored a last-minute winner four minutes from time."
Jeff Stelling
"There was nothing wrong with his timing, he was just a bit late."
Mark Bright
"Robbie Keane's not the second choice, he's my first choice. But Jermain Defoe is as well."
Martin Jol
"I don't want to be either partial or impartial."
Frank McLintock
"Ramires is involved in everything he does."
Graeme Le Saux
"The lads really ran their socks into the ground."
Alex Ferguson
"He dribbles a lot and the opposition don't like it - you can see it all over their faces"
Ron Atkinson
"I want to win the Nobel Peace Prize - and I'm going to fight as hard as I can to make it happen."

Ronaldo
"The underdogs will start favourites for this match."
Craig Brown
"Chris Porter scored his first league goal last week, and hes done the same this week."
Jeff Stelling
"The game is in a neutral country for both teams."
David Beckham
"Mirandinha will have more shots this afternoon than both sides put together."
Malcolm Macdonald
"If Glenn Hoddle had been any other nationality, he would have had 70 or 80 caps for England."
John Barnes
"I wouldnt be surprised if this game went all the way to the finish."
Ian St John
"Ireland have won a corner, and its in a very good position."
RTE commentator
"It would be foolish to believe that automatic promotion is automatic in any way whatsoever."
Dave Bassett
"That was a inch perfect pass to no one."
Ray Wilkins
"It's not as good as Adams' challenge, but it's on a par."
Ron Atkinson
"Derby County won't be pulling up any flowers in the Championship this season."
Radio commentator (Derby finished fourth!)
"Every single seat is absolutely packed."
Ron Jones
"Hell probably wake up having sleepless nights about that one."
Alan Parry
"He (Michael Owen) is a good goalscorer, not a natural born one - not yet. That takes time."
Glenn Hoddle
"If you were in the Brondby dressing room right now, which of the Liverpool players would you be
looking at?"
Ray Stubbs
"Keith Gillespie just lacks a little bit of inconsistency."

Graeme Le Saux
"We dont have any problems, apart from the problems we have.
Rafa Benitez
"Well have more football later. Meanwhile, here are the highlights from the Scottish Cup final."
Gary Newbon
"This is the better one. It's identical."
Alan Shearer
"Liverpool have now really got to win two away one in Barcelona, the other at home to Roma."
Bob Wilson
"As one door closes, another one shuts."
Howard Wilkinson
"Yes, he is not unused to playing in midfield, but at the same time hes not used to playing there either."
Emlyn Hughes
"We actually got the winner three minutes from the end but then they equalized."
Ian McNail
"The tackles are coming in thick and thin now."
Alan Brazil
"If we played like that every week, we wouldn't be so inconsistent."
Bryan Robson
"There are 0-0 draws and 0-0 draws, and this was a 0-0 draw."
John Sillett
"There are rumours of fractions within the Palace dressing room."
Shaun Derry
"You can't say my team aren't winners. They've proved that by finishing fourth, third and second in the
past three seasons."
Gerard Houllier, showing that Liverpool werent winners!
"Yes, six inches either side of the post and that would have been a goal."
Radio commentator
"Someone in the England team will have to grab the ball by the horns."
Ron Atkinson
"I have seen players sent off for far worse offences than that."
Alan Brazil
"And Seaman, just like a falling oak, manages to change direction."

John Motson
"That could have been his second yellow card if hed already got his first one of course"
Trevor Brooking
Pardew has got previous for this kind of thing but that was a one-off.
David Speedie
"The game is balanced in Arsenal's favour."
John Motson
When David Beckham leaves the game, it will take a very special player to come in and carry the
mantelpiece.
Sophie Nicolau
"Well, Clive, it's all about the two Ms - movement and positioning."
Ron Atkinson
"One accusation you can't throw at me is that I've always done my best."
Alan Shearer
"In terms of the Richter scale this defeat was a force 8 gale.
John Lyall
"Steve McManaman once described Zinedine Zidane as ridiculous. You can't get a higher compliment
than that.
Jason McAteer
"Chris Waddle is off the pitch at the moment exactly the position he is at his most menacing.
Gerald Sinstadt
"If someone in the crowd spits at you, you have just got to swallow it.
Gary Lineker
"He must be lightning slow.
Ron Atkinson
"The lad got over-excited when he saw the whites of the goalpost's eyes."
Steve Coppell
"Steve Bruce is like a cat on hot tin bricks."
Alvin Martin
"Arsenal are streets ahead of everyone in this league and Manchester United are up there with them."
Craig Bellamy
"Stokes gets a straight yellow for that challenge."
Ronnie Whelan

"The unthinkable is not something we are thinking about at the moment."

Peter Kenyon
"Id been ill and hadnt trained for a week and Id been out of the team for three weeks before that, so I
wasnt sharp. I got cramp before half-time as well. But Im not one to make excuses."
Clinton Morrison
"The first half was end-to-end stuff. In contrast, in this second half its been one end to the other."
Lou Macari
If Arsenal dont finish third, they might not finish in third place.
Alvin Martin
"What do you think of Manchester United's three Rs - Rooney, Ronaldo and van Nistelrooy?"
Rob McCaffrey
"Mark Hughes crossed every I and dotted every T."
Robbie Savage getting it all wrong!
I dont want Rooney to leave these shores but if he does, I think hell go abroad.
Ian Wright
"The world is my lobster."
Keith ONeill
"You half fancied that to go in as it was rising and dipping at the same time."
Ron Atkinson
"I'm not a believer in luck, but I do believe you need it."
Alan Ball
"I will be writing to the relevant authorities to complain, but I'm wasting my breath."
Joe Royle
Cole should be scoring from those distances, but Im not going to single him out.
Alex Ferguson
"If you can't stand the heat in the dressing-room, get out of the kitchen"
Terry Venables
"I don't want to compare Bowditch to Matt Le Tissier, but the way he scored his goal was similar to
Matt."
Joe Royle
"Beckenbauer has really gambled all his eggs."
Ron Atkinson
"If history is going to repeat itself I should think we can expect the same thing again."
Terry Venables

"I never comment on referees and I'm not going to break the habit of a lifetime for that prat."
Ron Atkinson, breaking the habit of a lifetime!
"You're on your own out there with ten mates."
Michael Owen
"I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel."
Stuart Pearce
"I'm sure Spurs will get another opportunity, hopefully before the final whistle.
Steve Claridge
"And I honestly believe we can go all the way to Wembley - unless somebody knocks us out."
Dave Bassett
"All the cul-de-sacs are closed for Scotland."
Joe Jordan
"You can see the relief on Falcao's shoulders."
Michael Gray
"There was nothing wrong with the performance, apart from throwing away the game."
Glenn Hoddle
"Owen scores and breaks Lineker's competitive scoring record. Although this being a friendly it doesn't
actual count, so he hasn't quite done it yet."
John Motson
"It looks tough for Palace when you see some of the results they've got coming up."
Shaun Derry
"Hes started anticipating whats going to happen before its even happened."
Graeme Le Saux
"That kind of ball is meat and two drink for the Palace defence."
Denis Irwin
"Phil Dowd checks his whistle and blows his watch."
Alan Green
"I wont name any names but Ill name just one, David Dein."
Niall Quinn
"Our target is to get into the play-offs. If not, we want automatic promotion.
Dennis Oli of Grays Athletic things must be different in the non-league world!
"And Brighton have beaten Southampton 4-2 which is exactly the same result as last year when they
won 3-1

Des Lynam
"Tony Fernandes is in that goldfish bowl and hes swimming against the tide."
Niall Quinn
"People will look at Bowyer and Woodgate and say Well, theres no mud without flames."
Gordon Taylor
"Theres such a fine line between defeat and losing."
Gary Newbon
The ball was coming down like a butterfly with sore feet.
Jamie Redknapp
"Viv Anderson has pissed a fatness test."
John Helm
"If it stays as it is I can't see it altering."
Graham Taylor
"As with every young player these days, Ronaldo is 18."
Alex Ferguson
"Hodge scored for Forest after 22 seconds - totally against the run of play."
Peter Lorenzo
"Michael Owen is irreplaceable, but Sven has Emile Heskey, James Beattie, Wayne Rooney and Darius
Vassell and whoever he picks can do the job."
David Platt
"I don't want to give Robbie Blake any praise, but he was superb."
Steve Cotterill
"It all went a bit grape-shaped."
Jason McAteer
"The Gillingham players have slumped to their feet."
Mick Quinn
"He's signalling to the bench with his groin."
Mark Bright
"Who will win the League? It's a toss of a coin between three of them."
Matt le Tissier
"I would not say he (David Ginola) is the best left-winger in the Premiership, but there are none better."
Ron Atkinson
"For those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are in the all-yellow strip."

John Motson
"And now the goals from Carrow Road, where the game finished 0-0."
Elton Welsby
"He didnt try to take the net off its hinges with that header."
Andy Townsend
"John Bond has brought in a young left-sided midfield player, who I guess will play on the left side of
midfield."
Jimmy Armfield
"To be a good player in the Premiership you have to perform on the pitch, as it is everywhere."
Kanu
"He may well yet pull his team from the edge of the cliff by the scruff of its neck into the land of milk
and honey."
Jonathan Hayward
They were numerically outnumbered.
Garry Birtles
The game is not over until it is.
Dwight Yorke
"Michael Owen to Newcastle is the biggest transfer of the season so far - and it will be until there's a
bigger one."
Jim White
"I can learn as much from Darius Vassell as he can from me - but he can learn more"
Andrew Cole
"Id like to have seen Tony Morley left on as a down-and-out winger."
Jimmy Armfield
I spent four indifferent years at Goodison, but they were great years.
Martin Hodge