Subject: Colemanballs (Page 3)

The number of chances they had before the goal they missed..

English football player & announcer

He was in a no-win situation, unless he won the match.

Scottish football player & manager

Argentina are the second-best team in the world, and there’s no higher praise than that.

English former football player & manager

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


Marseille needed to score first, and that never looked likely once Liverpool had taken the lead.

English football player, manager & sports commentator

If the goalkeeper wasn’t there, it would’ve been a goal.

English soccer player & manager

Mick McCarthy will have to replace Cascarino because he’s quickly running out of legs.

English football player & announcer

If England had scored in the first half, I think the young legs would have found younger hearts inside them.

English football player & manager

He’s got his hands on his knees and holds his head in despair.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

And so no the fair, long hair of Adrian Heath has been thrown into action.

British commentator

I’ve told the players to win so that I can have the cash to buy some new ones.

British comedian

Football's all about 90 minutes.

English football player & manager

In some ways, cramp is worse than having a broken leg.

English football player & manager

The only thing I have in common with George Best is that we come from the same place, play for the same club and were discovered by the same man.

Irish football player

If Glenn Hoddle had been any other nationality, he would have had 70 or 80 caps [appearances] for England.

English football player

We are really quite lucky this year because Christmas falls on Christmas Day.

English football player

We estimate, and this isn’t an estimation, that Greta Waltz is 80 seconds behind.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

Football games turn on things that are done by players.

Scottish football player

Manchester United have hit the ground running – albeit with a 3-0 defeat.

British football player

He knows all about the Italian opposition, playing now in Turkey.

English television football commentator

I think that France, Germany, Spain, Holland and England will join Brazil in the semi-finals.

(1940 – ) Brazilian football (soccer) player