Subject: Colemanballs (Page 29)

The last player to score a hat trick in a cup final was Stan Mortenson. He even had a final named after him, the Matthews final.

English football coach

I bet Keegan will be jumping like a Jack in a Beanstalk.

Jean Tigana has spent the entire first half inside Liam Brady’s shorts.

Irish sports broadcaster

You certainly wouldn’t bet against him not converting that chance.

English professional football player & commentator

If we can play like that every week, we’ll get some level of consistency.

Scottish football player & manager

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

English football player & manager

If you stand still there is only one way to go, and that’s backwards.

English football player

John Bond has brought in a young left sided midfield player, who, I guess, will play on the left side of midfield.

English football player & manager

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

Scottish soccer player & analyst

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

Football's all about 90 minutes.

English football player & manager

If you are in the six-yard box, standing in an offside position, then you are offside. 

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

I felt a lump in my mouth as the ball went in.

English football player & manager

Even when you’re dead you shouldn’t lie down and let yourself be buried.

English football player & manager

I was inbred into the game by my father.

English football player, manager & sports commentator

They're two points behind us, so we're neck and neck.

British football commentator

And Ritchie has now scored 11 goals, exactly double the number he scored last season.


We are now in the middle of the center of the first half.

English football player, manager & sports commentator

Johnson has reveled in the 'hole' behind Dwight Yorke

English former football player & manager

It’s raining very hard now and the players are getting wet.

New Zealand announcer