Subject: Colemanballs (Page 33)

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

English football player

Lorimer just turned on a sixpence, kept his head and buried it in the back of the net.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

I'm not going to make it a target but it's something to aim for.


Walk on water? I know most people out there will be saying that instead of walking on it, I should have taken more of it with my drinks. They are absolutely right.

English football player & manager

One of the great unknown champions because very little is known about him.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

Once he’s got confidence in his veins, he’s a real threat.

Irish football player & broadcaster

And here’s Moses Kiptanui – the 19 year old Kenyan, who turned 20 a few weeks ago.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

The keeper was coming out in installments.

English football manager

That would have been the icing on his start.

English football player, manager & sports commentator

Even when you’re dead you shouldn’t lie down and let yourself be buried.

English football player & manager

They've been out a long time – credit them for getting back so quickly.

English football player

So often the pendulum continues to swing with the side that has just pulled themselves out of the hole.

British football commentator

It’s his outstanding pace that stands out.

English-born Jamaican football player

When it comes to the David Beckhams of this world, this guy's up there with Roberto Carlos.

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

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

British football player

Figo is as important to England as Beckham is.

English football player & announcer

Derby County’s chickens have literally come home to roost this season.

British football player

If England are going to win this match, they’re going to have to score a goal.

professional football player, coach & executive

The Republic-of-China – back in the Olympic Games for the first time.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

We are on the crest of a slump.

Australian rugby coach