Subject: Colemanballs (Page 6)

Most of the people who can remember when we were a great club are dead.

Anything from 1-0 to 2-0 would be a nice result.

British football commentator

The Brazilians aren’t as good as they used to be, or as they are now.

Scottish football player

Ian Rush, deadly ten times out of ten, but that wasn't one of them.

English football player

The Baggio brothers, of course, are not related.

Irish sportscaster

Apart from their goals, Norway hasn’t scored.

English football player & manager

And so no the fair, long hair of Adrian Heath has been thrown into action.

British commentator

Here are some names to look forward to – perhaps in the future.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

Newcastle, of course, unbeaten in their last five wins…

English football player & commentator

It’s end to end stuff, but from side to side.

English football player & analyst

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

Argentine football player

Playing with wingers is more effective against European sides like Brazil, than English sides like Wales. 

English soccer commentator

Morcelli has four fastest 1500-meter times ever; and all those times are at 1500 meters.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

Unfortunately, we don’t get a second chance; we’ve already played them twice.

English football player & analyst

We’re flying on the Concorde; that’ll shorten the distance — that’s self-explanatory.

British football commentator

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

English football player & manager

£5.3 million is a large loaf to be throwing away before a ball's been kicked.

English football player

The ball could have gone anywhere and almost did.

English professional football player & commentator

Both teams – and Brazil even – got better.

British football commentator

I’d like to see him scoring two or more goals in games which United win 1-0.

British sports journalist

We say ‘educated left foot’… of course, there are many players with educated right foots.