Subject: Colemanballs (Page 29)

And Cristiano Ronaldo has hit the ball with every inch of his body weight!

He [David Beckham] has two feet, which a lot of players don’t have nowadays.

professional football player, coach & executive

And he missed the goal by literally a million miles.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

We’re calling him the young player of the year, but he’s only 20 years old.

Scottish soccer player & analyst

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

English football player & announcer

The new west stand casts a giant shadow over the entire pitch, even on a sunny day.

I was saying the other day, how often the most vulnerable area for goalies is between their legs.

British football player

Don’t tell those coming in the final result of that fantastic match, but let’s just have another look at Italy’s winning goal.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

The midfield picks itself: Beckham, Scholes, Gerrard and A.N. Other.

English football player

I think that their young legs would have found younger hearts inside them.

English football player & manager

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

English football player

Germany are a very difficult team to play… they had 11 internationals out there today.

Irish football player

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

England football player

Not the first half you might have expected, even though the score might suggest that it was.

English television football commentator

Stoichkov is pointing at the bench with his eyes.

English football player, manager & sports commentator

Ronaldo is always very close to being onside or offside.

England football player

Nottingham Forest are having a bad run, they've lost six matches in a row now without winning.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

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

English football player, manager & sports commentator

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

British football commentator

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

English football player & analyst

The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head.

Scottish football player & manager