Subject: Colemanballs (Page 3)

Alan Shearer has done very well for us, considering his age. We have introduced some movement into his game because he has got two good legs now. Last season he played with one leg.

British football commentator

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

Solskjaer never misses the target; that time he hit the post.

Danish football player

Walsall have given City more than one anxious moment amongst many anxious moments.

Scottish football player

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

English football player & announcer

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

That was only a yard away from being an inch-perfect pass.

Mabutt has now played seven consecutive games for England, this is his seventh.

English football commentator

I was watching the Blackburn game on TV on Sunday when it flashed on the screen that George (Ndah) had scored in the first minute at Birmingham. My first reaction was to ring him up. Then I remembered he was out there playing'.

English football player

The Bulgarian team are here with a relatively 'old' squad. They impressed at USA in '94, but, well, they're four years older now… most of them.

Mark Hughes at his very best: he loves to feel people right behind him.

English football player & manager

Halifax against Spurs, the original David against Goliath confrontation.

British sports commentator

Apart from their goals, Norway hasn’t scored.

English football player & manager

Chris Waddle is off the pitch at the moment – exactly the position he is at his most menacing.

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

English football player

The goal that Charlton scored has aroused Arsenal.

Irish football player

For such a small man, Maradona gets great elevation on his balls.

English football player, manager & sports commentator

Will he score here? Yes!

English football player & manager

Bryan Robson, well, he does what he does and his future is in the future.

English soccer commentator

Peter Weir has just shrugged off an ankle injury.

Scottish football player

Although we are playing Russian Roulette we are obviously playing Catch-22 at the moment and it’s a difficult scenario to get my head round.