Subject: Colemanballs (Page 15)

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

Irish football player & executive

So often the pendulum continues to swing with the side that has just pulled themselves out of the hole.

British football commentator

I never comment on referees and I’m not going to break the habit of a lifetime for that prat.

English former football player & manager

Morcelli has four fastest 1500-meter times ever; and all those times are at 1500 meters.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

Ilie has a deception of pace.

English football player & manager

I don’t think anyone enjoyed it… apart from the people who watched it.

Scottish football player & analyst

He’s on the lips of every team in world football.


You’re always going to be struggling if you haven’t got a left foot.

English football player & analyst

I’m not going to pick out anyone in particular, but Jay Jay Okocha should not be captain of a soccer club.

English football player

I was here at Maine Road when City lost 4-0 to Wimbledon, but they could have been 2-0 up after five minutes, and if they had been, the final score might just have been different.

Irish football player

I’d be surprised if all 22 players are on the field at the end of the game – one’s already been sent off.

English football player

I’m not going to drag it out or make a point, because points are pointless.

English football team owner

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

English football player & commentator

Socrates, so named because his father was interested in Greek mythology.

Barnsley have started off the way they mean to begin.

English football player & commentator

At the end of the day, it's all about what's on the shelf at the end of the year.


With the very last kick of the game Macdonald scored with a header.


Fiorentina start the second half attacking their fans; just the way they like things.

England football player

Eighty per cent of teams who score first in matches go on to win them; but they may draw some… or occasionally lose.

English football player, manager & sports commentator

He just can’t believe what’s not happening to him.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

Dunfermline have a difficult month ahead over the coming 2 or 3 weeks.

Scottish football player