Subject: Colemanballs (Page 5)

Football’s football: If that weren’t the case it wouldn’t be the game that it is.

English football player

Roy Evans bleeds red blood.

English football player & manager

The fact that Burnley got beat here already will stick in their claw.

English football player & announcer

They only count when they go in the goal.

English football player & commentator

Manchester United will find it very intimidating with 100 screaming fans in the Bernabeu.

English football player & manager

There is no change in the top six of division 2, except that Leeds have moved into the top six.

English sports announcer

As I say, if we score more goals than them, then we’ll win.

If ever a goal ever needed a game, this is it.

British football player & broadcaster

Well clearly Graeme, it all went according to plan; what was the plan exactly?

English sports announcer

He tried out this new formation, 4-3-1-2… bit like the Christmas Tree formation.

English football player & announcer

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

English football player & commentator

Ardiles strokes the ball like it was part of his anatomy.

Irish sports broadcaster

I can’t even spell spaghetti never mind talk Italian. How could I tell an Italian to get the ball? He might grab mine.

English football player & manager

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

English football player, manager & sports commentator

Here they come, every color of the rainbow: black, white, brown.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

It really needed the blink of an eyelid, otherwise you would have missed it.

English football player

While City were fighting a bad attack of wind their FA Cup opponents (Altrincham) were providing the biggest Cup upset so fart this season.

I am not a man of faith, but my wife is.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

Whelan was in the position he was, exactly.

English football player & manager

The Spaniards have been reduced to aiming aimless balls into the box.

English former football player & manager

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