Subject: Colemanballs (Page 30)

Oldham are leading 1-0, a well-deserved victory at this stage of the game.

Scottish football player & manager

They’ve come out with all cylinders flying.

British football player & manager

Peter Weir has just shrugged off an ankle injury.

Scottish football player

If that ball had crossed the line, it would have been a goal.

Argentine football player

The scoreline didn't really reflect the outcome.

British football commentator

The first 90 minutes of a football match are the most important.

British football commentator

The keeper was coming out in installments.

English football manager

The Newcastle back three, back four, back five have been at sixes and sevens.

English football player & commentator

The tackles are coming in thick and thin.

Scottish football player & broadcaster

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

English soccer commentator

To play Holland, you have to play the Dutch.

Dutch football player & manager

There will be a game where somebody scores more than Brazil and that might be the game that they lose.

British football commentator

Both sides have scored a couple of goals and both sides have conceded a couple of goals

English football player & manager

The river Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years.

English football player & manager

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

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

The ball could have gone anywhere and almost did.

English professional football player & commentator

And then there was Johan Cryuff, who at 35 has added a whole new meaning to Anno Domini.

Scottish football player

The World Cup is every four years, so it’s going to be a perennial problem.

English football player & sportscaster

Tottenham have impressed me; they haven’t thrown in the towel even though they have been under the gun.

English football player

Well, we got nine and you can’t score more than that.

British football commentator