Subject: Colemanballs (Page 31)

We must have had 99 per cent of the match; it was the other three per cent that cost us.

Dutch football player & manager

It’s got nothing to do with his ability… in fact, it has got to do with his ability.

English football player & commentator

Here's Brian Flynn. His official height is five feet five and he doesn't look much taller than that.

English soccer commentator

We were a little bit outnumbered there, it was two against two.

Scottish football player

This is a truly international field, no Britons involved.

It’s headed away by John Clark, using his head.

The late start is due to the time.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

He’s the only man I know who could start an argument with himself.

British football commentator

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

British commentator

He’s good at that, David Beckham; he’s good at kicking the ball.

English football player & manager

Wayne Rooney really has a man’s body on a teenager’s head.

Irish football player

The goal that Charlton scored has aroused Arsenal.

Irish football player

They’re in pole position, ie 3rd position, for the Champions’ League.

English football player & announcer

I've never wanted to leave. I'm here for the rest of my life, and hopefully after that as well.

Oh, he had an eternity to play that ball, but he took too long over it.

English football commentator

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

Notting Forest are having a bad run; they’ve lost six matches in a row now without winning.

There’s Bergkamp standing on the halfway line, with his hands on his hips, flailing his arms about.

English football player & announcer

If you’re a goalkeeper, it doesn’t matter what you save the ball with – if you keep it out, it’s not a goal.

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 not going to adhere himself to the fans.

English football player & manager