Subject: Colemanballs (Page 31)

He’s caused Chelsea no amount of problems.

English football player & manager

Many clubs have a question mark in the shape of an axe-head hanging over them.

1-1 is probably a fair reflection of the score at half-time.

Irish football player & manager

Queens Park against Forfar, you can't get more romantic than that.

Scottish football player

Football's all about 90 minutes.

English football player & manager

Not the first half you might have expected, even though the score might suggest that it was.

English television football commentator

For such a small man, Maradona gets great elevation on his balls.

English football player, manager & sports commentator

The one thing England have got is spirit, resolve, grit and determination.

Scottish football player & analyst

Martin Keown is up everybody’s backsides.

English football player & analyst

It was a definite penalty but Wright made a right swan-song of it.

English football player & manager

The Czech Republic are coming from behind in more than one way now.

English television football commentator

Venison and Butcher are as brave as two peas in a pod.

British football commentator

If there weren’t such a thing as football, we’d all be frustrated footballers.

English football player & manager

If there are any managers out there with a bottomless pit, I’m sure that they would be interested in these two Russians.

English football player, manager & sports commentator

Manchester United are looking to Frank Stapleton to pull some magic out of the fire.

professional football player, coach & executive

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

English football commentator

I think Arsenal will win the game, but I think Everton have a real good chance.

Irish football player & executive

We’re calling him the young player of the year, but he’s only 20 years old.

Scottish soccer player & analyst

That’s the fastest time ever run – but it’s not as fast as the world record.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

This evening is a very different evening from the morning we had this morning.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

Walk on water? I know most people out there will be saying that instead of walking on it, I should have taken more of it with my drinks. They are absolutely right.

English football player & manager