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"I never make predictions and I never will." (PAUL GASCOIGNE)
"And there's Ray Clemence looking as cool as ever out in the cold."
(JIMMY HILL)
"....and the news from Guadalajara where the temperature is 96
degrees, is that Falcao is warming up."
(BRIAN MOORE
"If history is going to repeat itself I should think we can expect
the same thing again."
(TERRY VENABLES
"I'm not a believer in luck..... but I do believe you need it."
(ALAN BALL
"The Uruguayans are losing no time in making a meal around the
referee."
(MIKE INGHAM)
"I think that was a moment of cool panic there." (RON ATKINSON)
"Beckenbauer really has gambled all his eggs." (RON ATKINSON)
"Celtic manager Davie Hay still has a fresh pair of legs up his
sleeve."
(JOHN GREIG)
"I spent four indifferent years at Goodison Park, but they were
great years."
MARTIN HODGE)
"Souness gave Fleck a second chance and he grabbed it with both
feet."
(JAMES SANDERSON)
"They have missed so many chances they must be wringing their heads
in shame."
(RON GREENWOOD)
"It's headed away by John Clark, using his head." (DEREK RAE)
"Tottenham are trying tonight to become the first London team to
win this Cup. The last team to do so was the 1973 Spurs side."
(MIKE INGHAM)
"He's very fast and if he gets a yard ahead of himself nobody
willcatch him."
(BOBBY ROBSON)
"The shot from Laws was precise but wide." (ALAN PARRY)
"The game is balanced in Arsenal's favour." (JOHN MOTSON)
"Merseyside derbies usually last 90 minutes and I'm sure today's
won't be any different."
TREVOR BROOKING)
"Many clubs have a question mark in the shape of an axe-head
hanging over them."
(MALCOLM McDONALD)
"Tottenham have impressed me. They haven't thrown in the towel even
though they have been under the gun."
(BOBBY CHARLTON)
You have got to miss them to score sometimes." (DAVE BASSETT)
"Dumbarton player Steve McCahill has limped off with a badly cut
forehead."
(TOM FERRIE)
"A contract on a piece of paper, saying you want to leave, is like
a piece of paper saying you want to leave."
(JOHN HOLLINS)
"And I honestly believe we can go all the way to
Wembley......unless somebody knocks us out." (DAVE BASSETT)
"It was that game that put the Everton ship back on the road." ALAN
GREEN)
"And Arsenal now have plenty of time to dictate the last few
seconds."
(PETER JONES)
"Bobby Robson must be thinking of throwing some fresh legs on."
(KEVIN KEEGAN)
"What makes this game so delightful is that when both teams get the
ball they are attacking their opponents goal."
(JIMMY HILL)
"Celtic were at one time nine points ahead, but somewhere along the
road, their ship went off the rails."
(RICHARD PARK)
"That's football, Mike, Northern Ireland have had several chances
and haven't scored but England have had no chances and scored twice."
(TREVOR BROOKING)
"...and so they have not been able to improve their 100% record."
(SPORTS ROUNDUP)
"In terms of the Richter Scale this defeat was a force eight gale."
(JOHN LYALL)
"In comparison, there's no comparison." (RON GREENWOOD)
"I would also think that the action replay showed it to be worse
than it actually was."
(RON ATKINSON)
"Mirandinha will have more shots this afternoon than both sides put
together."
(MALCOLM McDONALD)
"Newcastle, of course, unbeaten in their last five wins." (BRIAN
MOORE)
"Football's not like an electric light. You can't just flick the
switch and change from quick to slow."
(JOHN GREIG)
"Certain people are for me and certain people are pro me." (TERRY
VENABLES)
"I'm going to make a prediction - it could go either way." (RON
ATKINSON)
"And with 4 minutes gone, the score is already 0-0." (IAN DARK)
"They have got their feet on the ground and if they stay that way
they will go places."
(JOHN GIDMAN)
"Being naturally right-footed he doesn't often chance his arm with
his left foot."
(TREVOR BROOKING)
"Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the
air for even longer."
(DAVID ACFIELD)
What I said to them at half time would be unprintable on the radio
(Gerry Francis)
If we played like this every week, we wouldn't be so inconsistant
(Bryan Robson 1990)
John Harkes going to Sheffield, Wednesday. New York Post (1993)
If there weren't such a thing as football, we'd all be frustrated
footballers.
Mick Lyons
He's one of those footballers whose brains are in his head
Derek Johnstone - BBC TV Scotland (1994)
The crowd think that Todd handled the ball.... they must have seen
something that nobody else did
Barry Davies (1975)
I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel Stuart Pearce (1992)
They compare Steve McManaman to Steve Highway and he's nothing like
him, but I can see why - it's because he's a bit different
Kevin Keegan
Glen Hoddle hasn't been the Hoddle we know. Neither has Bryan
Robson
Ron Greenwood
There's no way Ryan Giggs is another George Best. He's another Ryan
Giggs
Denis Law
The only thing I have in common with George Best is that we come
from the same place..play for the same club..and were discovered by the
same man.
Norman Whiteside
I never comment on referees and I'm not going to break the habit of
a lifetime for that prat.
Ron Atkinson (1979)
For those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are in the
all-yellow strip
John Motson - BBC TV
I don't think there is anybody bigger or smaller than Maradona
Kevin Keegan
Jimmy Hill: Don't sit on the fence Terry, what chance do you think
Germany has got of getting through?
Terry Venables: I think it's fifty - fifty
Last two not football related:
And he's got the icepack on his groin there, so possibly not the
old shoulder injury.
Ray French - Sky TV Rugby
Ah! isn't that nice, the wife of the Cambridge president is kissing
the cox of the Oxford crew
Harry Carpenter - BBC TV Boat Race (1977)
Mad
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