Subject: Colemanballs (Page 7)

He’s got his hands on his knees and holds his head in despair.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

If we played like that every week, we wouldn’t be so inconsistent.

English football player & manager

Now both teams want the ball… Sheffield want the ball, and so do United.

English football player & commentator

I think that their young legs would have found younger hearts inside them.

English football player & manager

Pires has got something about him, he can go both ways depending on who’s facing him.

English football player, manager & sports commentator

I think that France, Germany, Spain, Holland and England will join Brazil in the semi-finals.

(1940 – ) Brazilian football (soccer) player

Well clearly Graeme, it all went according to plan; what was the plan exactly?

English sports announcer

They get to about 30 yards out and then everything goes square and a bit pedantic.

Scottish football player & analyst

I'm afraid that Francis this season has been suffering from a panacea of injury.

I don’t think anyone enjoyed it… apart from the people who watched it.

Scottish football player & analyst

They can crumble as easily as ice cream in this heat.

He came in from the outfield there like an absolute rabbit.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

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

British commentator

If there’s one thing Gus Uhlenbeek’s got, it’s pace and determination.


Football’s not like an electric light; you can’t just flick the switch and change from quick to slow.

Scottish football player

We are on the crest of a slump.

Australian rugby coach

Moutinho using his weight there – all 5’ 7” of it.

English football player, manager & sports commentator

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

English football player & analyst

Well we got nine and you can't score more than that.

British football commentator

You have got to miss them to score sometimes.

English soccer player & manager

They’ll perhaps finish in the top three; I can’t see them finishing any higher.

English football player, coach & manager