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I’d be surprised if all 22 players are on the field at the end of the game – one’s already been sent off.

English football player

The river Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years.

English football player & manager

The only thing Norwich didn’t get was the goal that they finally got.

English football player

The margin is very marginal.

British football commentator

Simon Davies has had a few injuries; maybe he wasn’t fully foot.

English football player & analyst

He just got his body between himself and the goal.

English football player

The boys feet have been up in the clouds since the win.

English rugby player & manager

Germany are a very difficult team to play… they had 11 internationals out there today.

Irish football player

Mick McCarthy will have to replace Cascarino because he’s quickly running out of legs.

English football player & announcer

If England had scored in the first half, I think the young legs would have found younger hearts inside them.

English football player & manager

Well Ibrox [Stadium] is filling up slowly, but rapidly.


The whole team stopped as one man, but Arkwright in particular.

English football player & commentator

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

English football player & commentator

Football is a game of skill, we kicked them a bit and they kicked us a bit.

English football player & manager

There’s a real international flavor to this World Cup.

English football player & manager

You certainly wouldn’t bet against him not converting that chance.

English professional football player & commentator

Martin Keown is up everybody’s backsides.

English football player & analyst

If we played like that every week, we wouldn’t be so inconsistent.

English football player & manager

Byron Butler: You'd obviously made up your mind to play both Stein and Walsh?

Bobby Robson: Yes, I thought that individually and as a pair, they'd do better together.

British football commentator

Scoring the first goal in soccer is very important, because your opponent is then faced with the task of having to score one to draw level and two to take the lead.

He came in from the outfield there like an absolute rabbit.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator