> "I've told the players we need to win so that I can have the cash to
> buy some new ones"
> Chris Turner, Peterborough manager, before LCQF, 1992
>
> "Tell the Kraut to get his ass up front. We don't pay a million for a
> guy to hang around in defence."
> NY Cosmos executive, on Beckenbauer's positioning
>
> "I spent a lot of my money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I
> just squandered"
> George Best.
>
> "If we played like that every week we wouldn't be so inconsistent"
> Bryan Robson, Man U, 1990.
>
> "That's great, tell him he's Pele and get him back on."
> John Lambie, Partick Thistle manager, when told a concussed striker
> did not know who he was.
>
> "Fulham Football Club seeks a Manager / Genius."
> Newspaper ad, 1991.
>
> "Ardiles strokes the ball like it was part of his anatomy."
> Jimmy Magee, RTE WC commentator.
>
> "We didn't underestimate them. They were a lot better than we
> thought."
> Bobby Robson after England nearly lost to Cameroon, WC 1990.
>
> "We'll still be happy if we lose. It's on at the same time as the
> Beer Festival."
> Niall O'Mahoney, Cork City manager before UEFA Cup game v
> Bayern Munich.
>
> "It's hard to be passionate twice a week."
> George Graham on Arsenal's punishing schedule, 1991.
>
> "The new West Stand casts a giant shadow over the entire pitch, even
> on a sunny day."
> CHRIS JONES, Evening Standard
>
> "What will you do when you leave football, Jack -- will you stay in
> football?"
> STUART HALL, Radio 5 Live
>
> "Unfortunately, we keep kicking ourselves in the foot."
> RAY WILKINS, speaking on BBC1
>
> "I've got a gut feeling in my stomach..."
> ALAN SUGAR, speaking on BBC1
>
> "I would not say he (David Ginola) is the best left winger in the
> Premiership, but there are none better."
> RON AKTINSON in a TV interview
>
> "Johnson has revelled in the 'hole' behind Dwight Yorke..."
> Carling FA Premiership WWW Page
>
> "An inch or two either side of the post and that would have been a
> goal."
> DAVE BASSETT, speaking on Sky Sports
>
> "Both sides have scored a couple of goals, and both sides have
> conceded a couple of goals."
> PETER WITHE, speaking on Radio 5 Live
>
> "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
>
> "What's it like being in Bethlehem, the place where Christmas began?
> I suppose it's like seeing Ian Wright at Arsenal...."
> SIMON FANSHAWE, speaking on Talk Radio
>
> "And we all know that in football if you stand still you go
> backwards..."
> PETER REID, Tyne Tees Sport Special
>
> "I was saying the other day, how often the most vulnerable area for
> goalies is between their legs..."
> ANDY GRAY, Sky Sports
>
> "The lad got over-excited when he saw the whites of the goalpost's
> eyes."
> STEVE COPPELL, Radio 5 Live
>
> "They (Rosenborg) have won 66 games, and they've scored in all of
> them."
> BRIAN MOORE, ITV
>
> "If you can't stand the heat in the dressing-room, get out of the
> kitchen."
> TERRY VENABLES, Capital Gold
>
> "The lads really ran their socks into the ground."
> ALEX FERGUSON
>
> "He (Brian Laudrup) wasn't just facing one defender -- he was facing
> one at the front and one at the
> back as well."
> TREVOR STEVEN, STV
>
> "It's now 1-1, an exact reversal of the score on Saturday."
> Radio 5 Live
>
> "...but Arsenal are quick to credit Bergkamp with laying on 75% of
> their nine goals."
> TONY GUBBA, BBC Match of the Day
>
> "...an excellent player, but he (Ian Wright) does have a black side."
> GARY LINEKER, BBC
>
> "We say 'educated left foot'... of course, there are many players
> with educated right foots."
> RON JONES, Radio 5 Live
>
> "That's twice now he (Terry Phelan) has got between himself and the
> goal."
> BRIAN MARWOOD, Radio 5 Live
>
> "Mark Hughes at his very best: he loves to feel people right behind
> him..."
> KEVIN KEEGAN
>
> "Football today, it's like a game of chess. It's all about money."
> NEWCASTLE UNITED FAN, Radio 5 Live
>
> Gary always weighed up his options, especially when he had no
> choice."
> KEVIN KEEGAN, Radio 5 Live
>
> "We threw our dice into the ring and turned up trumps."
> BRUCE RIOCH, ITV
>
> "And I suppose they (Spurs) are nearer to being out of the FA Cup now
> than any other time since the first half of this season, when they
> weren't ever in it anyway."
> JOHN MOTSON, BBC
>
> "... and he crosses the line with the ball almost mesmerically tied
> to his foot with a ball of string..."
> IAN DARKE, Radio 5
>
> "I never make predictions and I never will."
> PAUL GASCOIGNE
>
> "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
>
> "If history is going to repeat itself I should think we can expect
> the same thing again."
> TERRY VENABLES
>
> "I'm not a believer in luck..... but I do believe you need it."
> ALAN BALL
>
> "The Uruguayans are losing no time in making a meal around the
> referee."
> MIKE INGHAM
>
> "I think that was a moment of cool panic there."
> RON ATKINSON
>
> "Beckenbauer really has gambled all his eggs."
> RON ATKINSON
>
> "Celtic manager Davie Hay still has a fresh pair of legs up his
> sleeve."
> JOHN GREIG
>
> "I spent four indifferent years at Goodison Park, but they were great
> years."
> MARTIN HODGE
>
> "Souness gave Fleck a second chance and he grabbed it with both
> feet."
> JAMES SANDERSON
>
> "They have missed so many chances they must be wringing their heads
> in shame."
> RON GREENWOOD
>
> "It's headed away by John Clark, using his head."
> DEREK RAE
>
> "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
>
> "He's very fast and if he gets a yard ahead of himself nobody will
> catch him."
> BOBBY ROBSON
>
> "The shot from Laws was precise but wide."
> ALAN PARRY
>
> "The game is balanced in Arsenal's favour."
> JOHN MOTSON
>
> "Merseyside derbies usually last 90 minutes and I'm sure today's
> won't be any different."
> TREVOR BROOKING
>
> "Many clubs have a question mark in the shape of an axe-head hanging
> over them."
> MALCOLM McDONALD
>
> "Tottenham have impressed me. They haven't thrown in the towel even
> though they have been under the gun."
> BOBBY CHARLTON
>
> You have got to miss them to score sometimes."
> DAVE BASSETT
>
> "Dumbarton player Steve McCahill has limped off with a badly cut
> forehead."
> TOM FERRIE
>
> "A contract on a piece of paper, saying you want to leave, is like a
> piece of paper saying you want to leave."
> JOHN HOLLINS
>
> "And I honestly believe we can go all the way to Wembley......unless
> somebody knocks us out."
> DAVE BASSETT
>
> "It was that game that put the Everton ship back on the road."
> ALAN GREEN
>
> "And Arsenal now have plenty of time to dictate the last few
> seconds."
> PETER JONES
>
> "Bobby Robson must be thinking of throwing some fresh legs on."
> KEVIN KEEGAN
>
> "What makes this game so delightful is that when both teams get the
> ball they are attacking their opponents goal."
> JIMMY HILL
>
> "Celtic were at one time nine points ahead, but somewhere along the
> road, their ship went off the rails."
> RICHARD PARK
>
> "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 so they have not been able to improve their 100% record."
> SPORTS
> ROUNDUP
>
> "In terms of the Richter Scale this defeat was a force eight gale."
> JOHN LYALL
>
> "In comparison, there's no comparison."
> RON GREENWOOD
>
> "I would also think that the action replay showed it to be worse than
> it actually was."
> RON ATKINSON
>
> "Mirandinha will have more shots this afternoon than both sides put
> together."
> MALCOLM McDONALD
>
> "Newcastle, of course, unbeaten in their last five wins."
> BRIAN MOORE
>
> "Football's not like an electric light. You can't just flick the
> switch and change from quick to slow."
> JOHN GREIG
>
> "Certain people are for me and certain people are pro me."
> TERRY VENABLES
>
> "I'm going to make a prediction - it could go either way."
> RON ATKINSON
>
> "And with 4 minutes gone, the score is already 0-0."
> IAN DARK
>
> "They have got their feet on the ground and if they stay that way
> they will go places."
> JOHN GIDMAN
>
> "Being naturally right-footed he doesn't often chance his arm with
> his left foot."
> TREVOR BROOKING
>
> "Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air
> for even longer."
> DAVID ACFIELD
>
> "What I said to them at half time would be unprintable on the radio"
> Gerry Francis
>
> "John Harkes going to Sheffield, Wednesday."
> New York Post (1993)
>
> "If there weren't such a thing as football, we'd all be frustrated
> footballers."
> Mick Lyons
>
> "He's one of those footballers whose brains are in his head"
> Derek Johnstone - BBC TV Scotland (1994)
>
> "The crowd think that Todd handled the ball.... they must have seen
> something that nobody else did"
> Barry Davies (1975)
>
> "I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel"
> Stuart Pearce (1992)
>
> "They compare Steve McManaman to Steve Highway and he's nothing like
> him, but I can see why - it's because he's a bit different"
> Kevin Keegan
>
> "Glen Hoddle hasn't been the Hoddle we know. Neither has Bryan
> Robson"
> Ron Greenwood
>
> "There's no way Ryan Giggs is another George Best. He's another Ryan
> Giggs"
> Denis Law
>
> "The only thing I have in common with George Best is that we come
> from the same place..play for the same club..and were discovered by
> the same man"
> Norman Whiteside
>
> "I never comment on referees and I'm not going to break the habit of
> a lifetime for that prat"
> Ron Atkinson (1979)
>
> "For those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are in the
> all-yellow strip"
> John Motson - BBC TV
>
> "I don't think there is anybody bigger or smaller than Maradona"
> Kevin Keegan
>
> Jimmy Hill: "Don't sit on the fence Terry, what chance do you think
> Germany has got of getting through?"
> Terry Venables: "I think it's fifty - fifty"
>
> "And he's got the icepack on his groin there, so possibly not the old
> shoulder injury"
> Ray French - Sky TV Rugby
>
> "Ah! isn't that nice, the wife of the Cambridge president is kissing
> the cox of the Oxford crew"
>
> "What a man, what a lift, what a jerk"
> Jimmy McGee on weight lifting in olympics (jerk being a movement in
> weight lifting)
>
> "Watch her spread her legs and show her class"
> Jimmy McGee on the last 300meters in a long distance final
> (Olympics).
>
> "This is really a lovely horse, I once rode her mother"
> Ted Walsh (Horse Racing Commentator)