Subject: Colemanballs (Page 5)

… and it (the ball) just crept on either side of the post.

English football player & commentator

Lorimer just turned on a sixpence, kept his head and buried it in the back of the net.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

Newcastle, of course, unbeaten in their last five wins.

English football player & commentator

It’s a great advantage to be able to hurdle with both legs.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

He’s got his hands on his knees and holds his head in despair.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

Football games turn on things that are done by players.

Scottish football player

Leeds is a great club and it's been my home for years, even though I live in Middlesborough.

Our fans have been branded with the same brush.

English former football player & manager

He held his head in his hands as it flashed past the post.

Scottish football player & broadcaster

The man [Alex Ferguson] is United; cut him and he will bleed red.

Scottish football player & broadcaster

That’s another nail in his afternoon.

British auto racing driver & announcer

The lad got over excited when he saw the whites of the goalposts eyes.

English football player

Bryan Robson, well, he does what he does and his future is in the future.

English soccer commentator

Rutherford’s asking the umpire how many balls he’s got left… he’s got two.

New Zealand-born sports broadcaster

We’ll still be happy to lose, it’s on at the same time as the Beer Festival.

Irish football manager

The Uruguayans are losing no time in making a meal around the referee.

English football commentator

He knows all about the Italian opposition, playing now in Turkey.

English television football commentator

If Glenn Hoddle had been any other nationality, he would have had 70 or 80 caps [appearances] for England.

English football player

If you take away their five goals, there was nothing between the teams.

English football player

It's a Renaissance, or put more simply, some you win, some you lose.

Irish television & radio commentator

He's carrying his left leg, which, to be honest, is his only leg.