Subject: Colemanballs (Page 30)

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

English football player & announcer

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

English football player, manager & sports commentator

And Arsenal [English Soccer Club] now have plenty of time to dictate the last few seconds.

English football player

That’s the fastest time ever run – but it’s not as fast as the world record.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

At the end of the day, the Arsenal fans demand that we put eleven players on the pitch.

It was a fair decision – the penalty – even though it was debatable whether it was inside or outside the box.

English football player

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

British football player

And the line-up for the final of the Women’s 400 meters hurdles includes three Russians, two East Germans, a Pole, a Swede and a Frenchman.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

52,000 people here at Maine Road tonight, but my goodness me, it seems like 50,000

British commentator

And Michael Schumacher just stood on his seat and pulled out something special.

British auto racer

That’s down to one thing, fitness and organization.

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

English football player, manager & sports commentator

Martin Keown is up everybody’s backsides.

English football player & analyst

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

English football player & analyst

Chile have three options – they could win or they could lose.

English football player & manager

They’ve one man to thank for that goal, Alan Shearer; and they’ve also got to thank referee Alan Wilkie.

English football player & commentator

Gary always weighed up his options, especially when he had no choice.

English football player & manager

If there weren’t such a thing as football, we’d all be frustrated footballers.

English football player & manager

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

England are numerically outnumbered in the midfield.

English football player & announcer

The crowd think that Todd handled the ball… they must have seen something that nobody else did.

British sports commentator