Funny Soccer Quotes

Playing with wingers is more effective against European sides like Brazil than English sides like Wales. (Ron Greenwood)

Bobby Gould thinks I'm trying to stab him in the back. In fact I'm right behind him (Stuart Pearson)

If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing. (Terry Venables)

To play Holland, you have to play the Dutch. (Ruud Gullit)

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, Sky Sports)

Ardiles strokes the ball like it is part of his own anatomy. (Jimmy Magee,)

I would not say he (David Ginola) is the best left winger in the Premiership, but there are none better. (Ron Atkinson)

He dribbles a lot and the opposition don't like it - you can see it all over their faces. (Ron Atkinson)

It took a lot of bottle for Tony (Adams) to own up. (Ian Wright, commenting on his team-mate's alcoholism)

For those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are in the all-yellow strip. (John Motson)

We'll still be happy if we lose. The game's on at the same time as the Beer Festival. (Noel O' Mahony, Cork City boss before the game in Munich.)

I'd like to play for an Italian club, like Barcelona. (Mark Draper, Aston Villa)

What will you do when you leave football, Jack will you stay in football? (Stuart Hall, Radio 5 live)

If England are going to win this match, they're going to have to score a goal. (Jimmy Hill, sports presenter BBC)

Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's like they've got eleven Dicks on the field. (Metro Radio Sports Commentary)

Once Tony Daley opens his legs you've got a problem. (Howard Wilkinson)

We didn't underestimate them. They were a lot better than we thought. (Bobby Robson, after playing Cameroon in the 1990 world cup finals)

It was like being in a foreign country. (Ian Rush, on the difficulties of adjusting to playing football and living in Italy)

Jimmy Hill: Don't sit on the fence Terry. What chance do you think Germany
has of getting through?
Terry Venables: I think it's 50-50.

Hodge scored for Forest after 22 seconds totally against the run of play (Peter Lorenzo)

We actually got the winner three minutes from the end but then they equalized (Ian McNail)

I never comment on referees and I'm not going to break the habit of a lifetime for that prat. (Ron Atkinson)

I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel. (Stuart Pearce)