Subject: Colemanballs (Page 9)

And Bailey comes out to save, immediately there is a whole wasps nest of blue shirts swarming around him.

British commentator

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

English football player

They’ve probably played better than they’ve ever done for a few weeks.

British football commentator

Whoever wins today will win the championship no matter who wins.

Scottish football player

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

British football player

They’ve taken the horns by the scruff of the neck.

English football player & analyst

Germany are a very difficult team to play… they had 11 internationals out there today.

Irish football player

The dice are stacked against them.

Irish football player & manager

It was a fair decision – the penalty – even though it was debatable whether it was inside or outside the box.

English football player

He hit the post, and after the game people are going to say, well, he hit the post.

English football player

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

British sports journalist

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

English football player & commentator

We had a lovely meal. Lovely. We had a big steak with all the tarnishings.

It’s now 1-1, an exact reversal of the score on Saturday.

And Cristiano Ronaldo has hit the ball with every inch of his body weight!

Well Clive, it’s all about the two ‘M’s – movement and positioning.

English former football player & manager

Eighty per cent of teams who score first in matches go on to win them; but they may draw some… or occasionally lose.

English football player, manager & sports commentator

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

Argentine football player

And with 4 minutes gone, the score is already 0-0.

English sports commentator

Ian St John to Greaves: Is he speaking to you yet?
Greaves: Not yet, but I hope to be incommunicado with him in a very short space of time.

English football player

Byron Butler: You'd obviously made up your mind to play both Stein and Walsh?

Bobby Robson: Yes, I thought that individually and as a pair, they'd do better together.

British football commentator