On another night, they’d have won 2-2.
- Ron Atkinson
Zero-zero is a big score.
- Ron Atkinson
The keeper was unsighted – he still didn’t see it.
- Ron Atkinson
Well, Clive, it’s all about the two M’s – movement and positioning.
- Ron Atkinson
Football’s not a matter of life and death … it’s more important than that.
- Bill Shankly
My parents have been there for me, ever since I was about 7.
- David Beckham
We didn’t underestimate them. They were a lot better than we thought.
- Bobby Robson
I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.
- George Best
Well , either side could win it, or it could be a draw.
- Ron Atkinson
We lost because we didn’t win.
- Ronaldo
We must have had 99% of the game. It was the other 3% that cost us the match.
- Ruud Gullit
Raul, man, he’s like a Twinkie. He would survive a nuclear war.
- Ray Hudson
I definitely want Brooklyn to be christened, but I don’t know into what religion yet.
- David Beckham
Sometimes in football you have to score goals.
- Thierry Henry
I would not be bothered if we lost every game as long as we won the league.
- Mark Viduka
A verbal contract isn’t worth the paper it’s written on.
- Robin Williams
A James Cagney love scene is one where he lets the other guy live.
- Woody Allen
Life doesn’t imitate art, it imitates bad television.
- Alfred Hitchcock
Never go for a 50-50 ball unless you’re 80-20 sure of winning it.
- Ian Darke
Ian Rush is deadly 10 times out of 10, but that wasn’t one of them.
- Peter Jones
You don’t score 64 goals in 86 games without being able to score goals.
- Alan Green
Football (soccer) has taken the place of religion in Scotland.
- Robin Jenkins
All that remains is for a few dots and commas to be crossed.
- Mitchell Thomas
The opening ceremony was good, although I missed it.
- Graeme Le Saux
One accusation you can’t throw at me is that I’ve always done my best.
- Alan Shearer
I’d rather play in front of a full house than an empty crowd.
- Johnny Giles
Sometimes in football you have to score goals.
- Thierry Henry
He’s put on weight and I’ve lost it, and vice versa.
- Ronnie Whelan
We lost because we didn’t win.
- Ronaldo
I’d like to play for an Italian club, like Barcelona.
- Mark Draper
Without being too harsh on David Beckham, he cost us the match.
- Ian Wright
It was a big relief off my shoulder.
- Paul Gascoigne
I’m as happy as I can be – but I have been happier.
- Ugo Ehiogu
It took a lot of bottle for Tony (Adams) to own up.
- Ian Wright
I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel.
- Stuart Pearce
we lost because we didn’t win.
- Ronaldo
There’s no in between you’re either good or bad.. We were in
between.
- Gary Lineker
I’d like to play for an Italian club like Barcelona.
- Mark Draper
If it had gone in, it would have been a goal.
- Barry Davies
Thirty minutes to go, and it’s still 1-0 apiece.
- A commentator
Well, either side could win it, or it could be a draw.
- Ron Atkinson
An inch or two either side of the post and that would have been a goal.
- Dave Bassett
For those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are in the all yellow strip.
- John Motson
I think football would become an even better game if someone could invent a ball that kicks back.
- Eric Morecambe
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