Subject: Colemanballs (Page 34)

Hearts are now playing with a five man back four.

Scottish soccer player & analyst
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With eight or ten minutes to go, they were able to bring Nicky Butt back and give him fifteen to twenty minutes.

Irish football player & executive
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The lads really ran their socks into the ground.

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He is not unused to playing in midfield, but at the same time he's not used to playing there either.

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That’s cricket, Harry, you get these sort of things in boxing.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator
Boxing Colemanballs Misspokements Sports

To be fair, I don’t think Les Ferdinand was fouled there – I think he went over [fell] on his own ability.

English football player & manager
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I’d love to be a mole on the wall in the Liverpool dressing room at half-time; and not for the reasons that you’re thinking of Clive.

English former football player & manager
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Signori has all the tricks up his book.

England football player
Colemanballs Mixed metaphors

People want success. It's like coffee, they want instant.

British football commentator
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The good news for Nigeria is that they’re two-nil down very early in the game.

English football player & manager
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You could visibly hear the strain in his voice.

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While City were fighting a bad attack of wind their FA Cup opponents (Altrincham) were providing the biggest Cup upset so fart this season.

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The team must try to get their ship back on the road.

England football player
Colemanballs Mixed metaphors

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

(1926 – ) English sports commentator
Colemanballs Misspokements Sports

You can’t compare two players who are different because they’re not the same.

English football player & manager
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I’m going to make a prediction – it could go either way.

English former football player & manager
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It is a cup final and the one who wins it goes through.

professional football player, coach & executive
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They've been out a long time – credit them for getting back so quickly.

English football player
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Socrates, so named because his father was interested in Greek mythology.

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… and it (the ball) just crept on either side of the post.

English football player & commentator
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