Subject: Colemanballs (Page 13)

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

English football player & manager

Liverpool have come out with all guns flying.

English football player

That’s soccer, Mike, Northern Ireland have had several chances and haven’t scored but England have had no chances and scored twice.

English football player & analyst

Despite the rain, it's still raining here at Old Trafford.

professional football player, coach & executive

You’re either very good or very bad, there’s no in between; we were in between.

English football player & sportscaster

That was only a yard away from being an inch-perfect pass.

You takes your money, you pays your choice, sort of thing.

Manchester United have hit the ground running – albeit with a 3-0 defeat.

British football player

In Scotland football hooliganism has been met by banning alcohol from grounds but in England this solution has been circumnavigated.

Scottish football club chairman

I can’t see us getting beat now, once we get our tails in front.

Irish football player

Well, I’ve seen some tackles, Jonathan, but that was the ultimatum!

English football player & manager

Dave Wottle has completely misjudged this race… and here comes Wottle!

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

This Sport is Stupid Anyway – USA Out of World Cup

And Cristiano Ronaldo has hit the ball with every inch of his body weight!

Statistics are damn lies.

English football player, manager & sports commentator

Had we not got that second goal, I think the score might have been different, I’m not sure.

British football commentator

It’s like a toaster, the ref’s shirt pocket… every time there’s a tackle, up pops a yellow card; I’m talking metaphysically now of course.

English former football player & manager

In the Moscow Olympics Lasse Viren came in fifth and ran a champion’s race.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

Alex Ferguson is the best manager I’ve ever had at this level. Well, he’s the only manager I’ve actually had at this level. But he’s the best manager I’ve ever had.

professional football player

Both sides have scored a couple of goals, and both sides have conceded a couple of goals.

He had all the time in the world to kill a few seconds.

Australian football player