Subject: Colemanballs (Page 28)

Mirandinha will have more shots this afternoon than both sides put together.


He never fails to hit the target… but that was a miss.

British football commentator

There will be a game where somebody scores more than Brazil and that might be the game that they lose.

British football commentator

Gary Speed has never played better, never looked fitter, never been older.

British football commentator

Johnson has reveled in the ‘hole’ behind Dwight Yorke.

A Kerry footballer with an inferiority complex is one who thinks he’s just as good as everybody else.

(1928 – 2002) Irish playwright, novelist & essayist

It's headed away by John Clark, using his head.

British football commentator

I was inbred into the game by my father.

English football player, manager & sports commentator

Maybe not goodbye, but farewell…

British football commentator

Simon Davies has had a few injuries; maybe he wasn’t fully foot.

English football player & analyst

If we start counting our chickens before they hatch, they won’t lay any eggs in the basket.

British football commentator

And at the end of the season you can only do as well as what you have done.

English football player & manager

He had all the time in the world to kill a few seconds.

Australian football player

I do want to play the long ball and I do not want to play the short ball. I think long and short balls is what football is all about.

British football commentator

Alex Ferguson is the best manager I’ve ever had at this level. Well, he’s the only manager I’ve actually had at this level. But he’s the best manager I’ve ever had.

professional football player

He wasn’t really trying to score with that shot.

English football player, manager & sports commentator

…and so they have not been able to improve their 100% record.

Of course, Steven Gerrard is one of only a few Liverpool players who never get left out by Rafa; and even he doesn’t always get picked.

English football player, manager & sports commentator

And Wigan Athletic are certain to be promoted barring a mathematical tragedy.

British football commentator

Celtic manager Davie Hay still has a fresh pair of legs up his sleeve.

Here are some names to look forward to – perhaps in the future.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator