Subject: Colemanballs (Page 2)

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

The longer the game went on, you got the feeling that neither side really wanted to lose.

English football player & announcer

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

English football player & manager

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

English football player & commentator

Giggs came in from the left hand right.

(1946 – 2005) Irish professional football player

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

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

We have one David Beckham playing abroad and that would be two.

professional football player, coach & executive

Romania are more Portuguese than German.

English football player & commentator

And now we have the formalities over, we'll have the National Anthems.

English football player & commentator

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


Oldham are leading 1-0, a well-deserved victory at this stage of the game.

Scottish football player & manager

It’s hard to be passionate twice a week.

Irish football player

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

British football commentator

It feels like winning the cup final, if that’s what it feels like.

English football player & manager

He’s perfectly fit, apart from his physical fitness.

Welsh football player & manager

It’s a game of two teams.

sports announcer

This could be a repeat of what will happen in the European games next week.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

Robert Lee was able to do some running on his groin for the first time.

This is a truly international field, no Britons involved.

Sometimes in football you have to score goals.

Souness' football brain working at a hundred miles an hour there.

English football player & commentator