Subject: Colemanballs (Page 17)

£5.3 million is a large loaf to be throwing away before a ball's been kicked.

English football player

He’s caused Chelsea no amount of problems.

English football player & manager

Dumbarton player Steve McCahill has limped off with a badly cut forehead.

There’s Jermaine Defoe, checking the weather on his phone no doubt… he’s a lovely boy.

English football player, manager & sports commentator

She’s not [runner] Ben Johnson… but then, who is.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

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

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

The Croatians don’t play well without the ball.

English football player & commentator

I came to Nantes two years ago and it's much the same today, except that it's totally different.

English football player & manager

Ian Durant has grown both physically and metaphorically in the close season.

Scottish football player & manager

Don't tell those coming in now the result of that fantastic match. Now let's have another look at Italy's winning goal.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

I predicted in August Celtic would reach the final. On the eve of the final I stand by that prediction.


My youth coach told me he’d got these two great 15-year-olds. I told him I don’t want to know, because by the time they’re 18 I’ll be dead.

Irish football player & manager

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

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

Believe it or not, goals can change a game.

I am a firm believer that if you score one goal the other team have to score two to win.

English football player & manager

The team must try to get their ship back on the road.

England football player

We deserved to win this game after hammering them 0-0 in the first half..

English football player & manager

I don’t really believe in targets, because my next target is to beat Stoke City.

Scottish football player

When he was dribbling, he used to go through a minefield with his arm, a bit like you go through a supermarket.

British football commentator

Byron Butler: You'd obviously made up your mind to play both Stein and Walsh?

Bobby Robson: Yes, I thought that individually and as a pair, they'd do better together.

British football commentator

Obviously for Scunthorpe it would be a nice scalp to put Wimbledon on their bottoms.

English soccer player & manager