Subject: Colemanballs (Page 34)

Bridge has done nothing wrong, but his movement’s not great and his distribution’s been poor.

English football player & manager

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

English football commentator

Figo is as important to England as Beckham is.

English football player & announcer

We have been saying this, both pre-season and before the season started.

He just got his body between himself and the goal.

English football player

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

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

You’re always going to be struggling if you haven’t got a left foot.

English football player & analyst

At least it was a victory and at least we won.

English football player

If we start counting our chickens before they hatch, they won’t lay any eggs in the basket.

British football commentator

Although we are playing Russian Roulette we are obviously playing Catch-22 at the moment and it’s a difficult scenario to get my head round.

The Dutch manager told them in the dressing gown at half-time.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

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

Celtic manager Davie Hay still has a fresh pair of legs up his sleeve.

The scoreline didn't really reflect the outcome.

British football commentator

This evening is a very different evening from the morning we had this morning.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

The Czech Republic are coming from behind in more than one way now.

English television football commentator

Terry Venables has literally had his legs cut off from underneath him three times as manager.

English football player & commentator

Goalkeepers aren’t born today until they’re in their late 20s or 30s and sometimes not even then.

English football player & manager

We signed to play until the day we died, and we did.

English football player

They're two points behind us, so we're neck and neck.

British football commentator