Subject: Colemanballs (Page 11)

Souness gave Fleck a second chance and he grabbed it with both feet.

We offer no excuses, though the shower of eggs, cans, nuts and bolts throughout the match did not help my team.

Dutch football coach

The Croatians don’t play well without the ball.

English football player & commentator

Everything in our favor was against us.

Irish football player & manager

Well as for Ian Rush, he's perfectly fit, apart, that is, from his physical fitness.

Welsh football player & manager

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

English football player & announcer

Now both teams want the ball… Sheffield want the ball, and so do United.

English football player & commentator

The scoreline didn't really reflect the outcome.

British football commentator

I'd like to play for an Italian club, like Barcelona.

The acoustics seem to get louder.

British football announcer

Here's Brian Flynn. His official height is five feet five and he doesn't look much taller than that.

English soccer commentator

It’s real end-to-end stuff, but unfortunately it’s all up at Forest’s end.

English football player & commentator

Emmanuel Petit has won more medals than any other player in the Premiership this year, although Patrick Vieira’s won the same medals.

British sports journalist

McCarthy shakes his head in agreement with the referee.

English football commentator

We estimate, and this isn’t an estimation, that Greta Waltz is 80 seconds behind.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

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

English sports announcer

Once Tony Daley opens his legs you’ve got a problem.

English football player & manager

And I honestly believe we can go all the way to Wembley… unless somebody knocks us out.

English football player & manager

Well Clive, it’s all about the two ‘M’s – movement and positioning.

English former football player & manager

We must have had 99 per cent of the match; it was the other three per cent that cost us.

Dutch football player & manager

He’s very quick for a man of his age. I suppose you’d call him ageless. He’s 33 or 34.

English football player, manager & sports commentator