GERRY FRANCIS (FORMER SPURS AND BRISTOL CITY MANAGER):
WHAT I SAID TO THEM AT HALF TIME WOULD BE UNPRINTABLE ON RADIO.
BRIAN MOORE:
NEWCASTLE, OF COURSE, UNBEATEN IN THEIR LAST FIVE WINS.
YOGI BERRA (HAHA- FUNNY NAME!) NOBODY GOES TO THAT RESTAURANT ANYMORE- IT`S TOO CROWDED.
GAZZA:
I NEVER MAKE PREDICTIONS AND I NEVER WILL.
DAVID ACFIELD (CRICKET COMMENTATOR):
STRANGELY, IN SLOW-MOTION REPLAY, THE BALL SEEMED TO HANG IN THE AIR FOR EVEN LONGER.
RON GREENWOOD:
PLAYING WITH WINGERS IS MORE EFFECTIVE AGAINST EUROPEAN SIDE LIKE BRAZIL, THAN ENGLISH SIDES LIKE WALES.
ALAN GREEN:
IT WAS THAT GAME THAT PUT THE EVERTON SHIP BACK ON THE ROAD.
TERRY VENABLES:
IF HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF, WE CAN EXPECT THE SAME THING AGAIN.
RAY WILKINS:
RONALDO IS ALWAYS VERY CLODE TO BEING EITHER OFFSIDE OR ONSIDE.
AND YOU THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO MISS OUT THE CLASSIC COCK-UPS OF KEVIN KEEGAN AND DAVID COLEMAN- THE MASTERS OF MIXED UP METAPHORS? YOU WERE WRONG. HERE`S A COMPILATION OF THEIR EFFORTS:
CHILE HAVE THREE OPTIONS- THEY COULD WIN OR THEY COULD LOSE.
HE`S USING HIS STRENGTH AND THAT IS HIS STRENGTH- HIS STRENGTH.
GARY ALWAYS WEIGHED UP HIS OPTION- ESPECIALLY WHEN HE HAD NO CHOICE.
I DON`T THINK THERE`S ANYONE BIGGER OR SMALLER THAN MARADONA.
I`D LOVE TO BE A MOLE ON THE WALL IN THE LIVERPOOL DRESSING ROOM.
IT`S UNDERSTANDABLE THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE KEEPING ONE EYE ON THE POT AND AOTHER ONE UP THE CHIMNEY.
I CAME TO NATES TO YEARS AGO AND IT`S MUCH THE SAME AS IT IS TODAY- EXCEPT THAT IT`S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
THEY COMPARE MCMANAMAN TO HEIGHWAY AND HE`S NOTHING LIKE HIM- BUT I CAN SEE WHY- IT`S BECAUSE HE`S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
A FASCINATING DUEL BETWEEN THREE MEN.
STEVE COPPELL:
THE LAD GOT OVER-EXCITED WHEN HE SAW THE WHITES OF HE GOALPOST`S EYES.
RADIO 1:
STREET HOCKEY IS GREAT FOR KIDS. IT`S ENERGETIC, COMPETITIVE AND SKILFUL. BEST OF ALL, IT KEEPS `EM OFF THE STREET.
GREG PHILLIPS:
IT WAS THE FASTEST EVER SWIM OVER THAT DISTANCE ON AMERICAN SOIL.
MURRAY WALKER:
'YOU MIGHT NOT THINK THAT`S CRICKET- AND IT`S NOT- IT`S MOTOR RACING'.
ANON:
'AND IAN MACKIE IS HERE TO PROVE HIS BACK INJURY IS BEHIND HIM'.
GEORGE GAVIN:
'SO, THIS MOVIE YOU STAR IN, "THE LIFE STORY OF GEORGE BEST" TELL US WHAT IT`S ABOUT'.
MURRAY WALKER: 'DO MY EYES DECEIVE ME OR IS SENNA`S CAR SOUNDING A BIT ROUGH?'
AND NOW FOR A LIST OF RON ATKINSON`S SLIP-UPS:
WELL, EITHER SIDE COULD WIN, OR IT COULD BE A DRAW.
I`M AFRAID THEY`VE LEFT THEIR LEGS AT HOME.
BECKENBAUER REALLY HAS GAMBLED ALL HIS EGGS.
I`M GOING TO MAKE A PREDICTION- IT COULD GO EITHER WAY.
I THINK THAT WAS A MOMENT OF COOL PANIC THERE.
I WOULD NOT SAY THAT DAVID GINOLA IS THE BEST LEFT-WINGER IN THE PREMIERSHIP, BUT THERE ARE NONE BETTER.
WHAT IT DOES, BRIAN, IS MAKE AN IMPOSSIBLE JOB HARDER.
GLENN HODDLE:
THAT CHANCE CAME TO HIM ON A PLATE OUT OF THE BLUE.
MIKE WALKER:
I JUST WONDER WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THE SHIRT HAD BEEN ON THE OTHER FOOT.
ALAN PARRY:
AND THAT`S A PRICELESS GOAL WORTH MILLIONS OF POUNDS.
GARY LINEKER :
IF SOMEINE IN THE CROWD SPITS AT YOU, YOU`VE JUST GOT TO SWALLOW IT.
TERRY BUTCHER:
IN CUP COMPETITIONS, JACK WILL ALWAYS HAVE THE CHANCE OF BEATING GOLIATH. FANCY FINISHING OFF WITH SOME CLASSIC KEEGANS?
WE DIDN`T PLAY WELL, BUT SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE CRUMBS OFF THE TABLE.
WE WERE LIKE A BOXER HAVING A BAD TIME. THEY MIGHT KNOCK US OUT, BUT THE REFEREE MIGHT STOP THE FIGHT ON CUTS.
IT WAS A CASE OF THE CIRCUS COMING TO TOWN- BUT THE LIONS AND TIGER DIDN`T TURN UP.
I THINK IT`S GREAT THAT THERE`S NOW SUCH A LARGE NUMBER OF FANS IN CHINA, BECAUSE IT`S A BIG PLACE WITH LOTS OF COUNTRIES WITHIN IT- AND LOTS OF LANGUAGES.
JIMMY HILL:
STARMER-SMITH HAD SEVEN CRAPS AS SCUM-HALF FOR ENGLAND.
JIM SMITH:
AT THE MOMENT, WE`RE INTERESETED IN THE PESENT DAY- AND THAT`S CHARLTON TOMORROW.
DAVID COLEMAN (WHO ELSE?)
AND HERE`S MOSES KIPTANUI- THE 19 YEAR-OLD WHO TURNED 20 JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO.
SHELBOUREN ARE OBVIOUSLY HAVING TROUBLW WITH THE BOHEMIANS` FIVE-MAN BACK FOUR.
- EAMON GREGG
IF I PLAYED FOR SCOTLAND MY GRANDMA WOULD BE THE PROUDEST WOMAN IF THE COUNTRY, IF SHE WASN`T DEAD.
- MARK CROSSLEY.
GREAT STRIKING PARTNERSHIPS COME IN PAIRS.
- NIGEL SPACKMAN
HE`LL BE THE MOST FAMOUS FAMOUS GREEK FOR YEARS- EVEN THOUGH HE`S ARGENTINIAN.
- RON ATKINSON (AGAIN!)
I CAN DRINK LIKE A CHIMNEY.
-OUR VERY OWN BIG DUNCAN FERGUSON!
AND HERE ARE SOME THAT BEANO ON THE BLUE ROOM POSTED...
'It was like the ref had a brand new yellow card and wanted to see if it worked.' - Richard Rufus (Charlton Athletic)
'There's no in between - you're either good or bad. We were in between.'
- Gary Lineker (Then Everton)
'Winning doesn't really matter as long as you win.' - Vinny Jones (Then Wimbledon)
"It's interesting that the games in which we've dropped points are those where we haven't scored."
-S'Alex Ferguson
"If that had gone in, I don't think Van Der Sar would have saved it."
-Chris Waddle
"Manchester United's form has been awesome in the last 12 months. They've won 41 of their last 39 games."
-Alan Parry
"I've told the players we need to win so that I can have the cash to buy some new ones"
Chris Turner, Peterborough manager, before LCQF, 1992
"Tell the Kraut to get his ass up front. We don't pay a million for a guy to hang around in defence."
NY Cosmos executive, on Beckenbauer's positioning
"I spent a lot of my money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered"
George Best.
"If we played like that every week we wouldn't be so inconsistent"
Bryan Robson, Man U, 1990.
"That's great, tell him he's Pele and get him back on."
John Lambie, Partick Thistle manager, when told a concussed striker did not know who he was.
"Fulham Football Club seeks a Manager / Genius."
Newspaper ad, 1991.
"Ardiles strokes the ball like it was part of his anatomy."
Jimmy Magee, RTE WC commentator.
"We didn't underestimate them. They were a lot better than we thought."
Bobby Robson after England nearly lost to Cameroon, WC 1990.
"We'll still be happy if we lose. It's on at the same time as the Beer Festival."
Niall O'Mahoney, Cork City manager before UEFA Cup game v Bayern Munich. "... and that bronze medal is worth its weight in gold."
DAVID COLEMAN, BBC
"It's like the Alamo for Dunfermline. They're waiting for General Custer to appear."
DEREK JOHNSTONE, Radio Clyde
"There's a snap about Liverpool that just isn't there!"
RON ATKINSON, ITV
"Okay, so we lost, but good things can come from it -- negative and positive..."
GLEN HODDLE
"It could be bad news for Andy Sinton. His knee is locked up in the dressing room."
GEORGE GAVIN, Sky Sports
"I think I can just see the corner of the ball."
JACK NEWTON, Australian TV
"And later the roof will quite literally come off!"
RICHARD KEAYES, Sky Sports
"Egil Ostenstad... scored a hat-trick against Manchester Utd... really put his name on the map."
MIKE HILL, ESPN
"Hughes is still trying to shake off that knee of his."
TOMMY SMYTH, ESPN
Garth Crooks: Graham, are you happy with the result?
Graham Taylor: Yes -- but also disappointed as well.
BBC1
"They (Liverpool) may slither through the cup -- not this one, but not another one."
JIMMY HILL, BBC1
“That youngster is playing well beyond his 19 years… that's because he's 21.”
DAVID BEGG, Radio Scotland
“And the headwind was 3.1 against her… ”
DAVID COLEMAN, BBC1
“Barcelona … a club with a stadium that seats 120,000 people. And they're all here in Newcastle tonight!”
BRIAN MOORE, ITV
“To be talking about vital games at this stage of the season is ridiculous, really, but tomorrow's game is absolutely vital.”
Huddersfield Manager BRIAN HORTON, Huddersfield Examiner
Murray Walker: Is that an engine I hear… yes it's Tarso Marques in the Arrows… I tell you why he's done that, to get lots of TV coverage which he wouldn't have got otherwise!
Martin Brundle: Well, Marques would have got lots of TV coverage if he'd have come out in the Arrows — he drives for Minardi.
ITV
“Serena was unsure about the geography of the ball there.”
GARY BLOOM, Channel 4
“It's nice to see so many umbrellas here in spite of the rain.”
RICHARD KEYES, Sky Sports
“There are only four cars on the circuit at the present moment and two of them are in the garage.”
Murray Walker, ITV
“When a streaker appears on the pitch, the camera almost always cuts away to a close-up of the batsman's helmet.”
BBC Radio 4
There are two schools of thought about the chances of Tiger Woods in the British Open which starts on Thursday. One is that he will win.
Reuters
“I could visibly see his heart drop after he hit that shot…”
Commentator, BBC2, Open Golf Championship
“Fogherty is hanging on by the skin of his fingernails…”
KEITH HEUWEN, Sky Sports 3
“The Georgian goalie was just wonderful. It could've been Dave Seaman in drag.”
RAY WILKINS, Sky Sports
“It was a matchless minute of silence. I've never heard anything like that.”
GLENN HODDLE, BBC
“Well, 'if' is a big word in Formula One — 'if' is Formula One spelt backwards…”
MURRAY WALKER, ITV
“Yes, they've come out with all cylinders flying, Peter.”
LUTHER BLISSETT, Channel 4
“… defeated but victorious.”
Golf commentator, Sky TV
Lady presenter: Manchester United lost twice to Juventus last season. What do you think Alex Ferguson learned from that?
Mark Lawrenson: That his team lost both games.
BBC1
“You can see visually now that Villeneuve is catching Schumacher…”
MURRAY WALKER, ITV
“There's still nothing on the proverbial scoreboard…”
JOHN MOTSON, BBC1
“I'll start the detail by looking first at the whole of England.”
John Kettley, Radio 4
"They are taking these holes by the neck and squeezing the birdies out of them."
IAN BAKER-FINCH (Australian Women's Open)
"I'd be surprised if all 22 players are on the field at the end of the game -- one's already been sent off."
GEORGE BEST, Sky Sports
"They've really got the bit between their legs now..."
BOBBY HAM, Pulse Sport
"In a sense it's a one-man show... except there are two men involved, Hartson and Berkovic, and a third man, the goalkeeper."
JOHN MOTSON, BBC1
"Robert Lee was able to do some running on his groin for the first time."
GLENN HODDLE, quoted in the Observer
"As Phil De Glanville said, each game is unique, and this one is no different to any other."
JOHN SLEIGHTHOLME, BBC1
Grand National winning jockey Mick Fitzgerald: "Sex is an anti-climax after that!"
Desmond Lynam: "Well, you gave the horse a wonderful ride, everyone saw that."
BBC
"Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's like they've got eleven Dicks on the field."
METRO RADIO
"Morcelli has the four fastest 1500-metre times ever. And all those times are at 1500 metres."
DAVID COLEMAN, BBC1
"The pit say PUMP ON, that probably means to switch the pump on."
MURRAY WALKER, BBC
"... and Edson Arantes di Nasciemento, commonly known to us as Pele, hands the award to Damon Hill, commonly known to us as, er... Damon Hill"
Murray Walker, BBC1
"There are lots of 'if's in motor racing and 'if' is a very long word."
Murray Walker, ITV
"There are only four cars on the circuit at the present moment and two of them are in the garage."
Murray Walker, ITV
"...but it doesn't look as quick of course in slow-motion..."
VIRGINIA WADE, BBC1
"It's a tale of two systems, John, and both exactly the same."
Mark Laurenson, Radio 5 Live
"The trouble is, all year I haven't had the ability to go faster than possible."
Chris Boardman, BBC 2
"We can't count our chickens, but there are two of them in the quarter finals."
RICHARD EVANS, Radio 5 Live
" . . . there will be fireworks brewing when these two [16-year-old tennis players] meet."
CHRIS EVERT, NBC TV (USA)
"He's nearly 300 pounds ‹ 287 to be exact, & that's an estimate..."
JIM ROSS, Sky Sports
"Except for his car, he's the only man on the track..."
MURRAY WALKER, ITV
"Bernhard Langer is considered a good putter from this range, irrespective of his reputation."
PETER ALLIS, BBC2
Tony Lewis: So, it's the 40th anniversary of Test Match Special. How long has it been going?
Christopher Martin-Jenkins: Forty years...
Radio 4
"Stoichkov is pointing at the bench with his eyes."
-David Pleat, Radio 5 Live
"If I said what I really thought of India's batting today it would be unprintable on TV."
-Geoff Boycott, BBC
He [footballer Ben Thatcher] is only 20, but he's already played for the England Under-21 side."
-"Kick Off Live", Anglia TV
" She was really strong... I don't know what she's been doing - training obviously..."
-Kelly Holmes, BBC
"30 minutes to go, and it's still 1-0 apiece."
-Commentator, Scot-FM
"He's had to suffer the swings and roundabouts of outrageous fortune, as Shakespeare put it."
-Darts Commentator, Sky Sports
"You seem to be a man who likes to keep his feet on the ground -- you sail a lot."
-Alan Titchmarch, BBC1
"It's like learning to play golf. Just when you think you've cracked it, they move the goalposts."
-Adrian Love, Southern Counties Radio
David Vine: He's playing like a world champion.
John Virgo: Well, he is a world champion.
-BBC2
"There are two schools of thought on the way the rest of this half is going to develop; everybody's got their own opinion..."
-Kevin Keegan, England v. Switzerland
John Champion: Well, we've just had the comical sight of the fourth official inflating a THIRD ball with a bicycle pump... I've always said UEFA officials have an inflated opinion of themselves, David.
David Pleat: There are seven trees to every person in this city...
-Radio 5 Live
"...he's using his favourite left foot.."
-ITV commentary during England/Switzerland game
"If England bring on three fresh men, three fresh legs..."
-Jimmy Hill, England v. Spain
"The game has gone rather scrappy as both sides realise they could win this match or lose it."
-Kevin Keegan, ITV
"He's the proverbial brick door."
-Commentator, England vs Germany
"With the retirement of Dickie Bird something sad will have gone out of English cricket."
-John Major, BBC2
"The critical thing in hurdling is not to make mistakes."
-David Coleman, BBC1
"And all the cars are following each other round the track..."
-Murray Walker, BBC
"He's the most infuriating horse. He's been gelded, he's been shown every kindness -- all to no avail."
-Julian Wilson, BBC
"...and later we will have action from the men's cockless pairs..."
-Sue Barker, BBC
"Without my father, I definitely wouldn't be here today."
-Michael Diamond, Australian trap-shooter, Atlanta Olympics
On Winning:
"The only reason we're 7-0 is because we've won all seven of our games. "
-Dave Garcia, interim manager for Cleveland Indians
On the interdisciplinary duties of caddies:
"My horse was in the lead coming down the homestretch, when the caddie had to fall off. "
-movie mogul Samueal Goldwyn
"Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points, they almost always win. "
-Doug Collins, basketball commentator
"It's hard to be passionate twice a week."
George Graham on Arsenal's punishing schedule, 1991.
"An inch or two either side of the post and that would have been a goal."
DAVE BASSETT, speaking on Sky Sports
"Both sides have scored a couple of goals, and both sides have conceded a couple of goals."
PETER WITHE, speaking on Radio 5 Live
"You don't score 64 goals in 86 games at the highest level without being able to score goals."
ALAN GREEN, speaking on Radio 5 Live
"What's it like being in Bethlehem, the place where Christmas began? I suppose it's like seeing Ian Wright at Arsenal...."
SIMON FANSHAWE, speaking on Talk Radio
"And we all know that in football if you stand still you go backwards..."
PETER REID, Tyne Tees Sport Special
"I was saying the other day, how often the most vulnerable area for goalies is between their legs..."
ANDY GRAY, Sky Sports
"The lad got over-excited when he saw the whites of the goalpost's eyes."
STEVE COPPELL, Radio 5 Live
"They (Rosenborg) have won 66 games, and they've scored in all of them."
BRIAN MOORE, ITV
"If you can't stand the heat in the dressing-room, get out of the kitchen."
TERRY VENABLES, Capital Gold
"The lads really ran their socks into the ground."
ALEX FERGUSON
"He (Brian Laudrup) wasn't just facing one defender -- he was facing one at the front and one at the back as well."
TREVOR STEVEN, STV
"...but Arsenal are quick to credit Bergkamp with laying on 75% of their nine goals."
TONY GUBBA, BBC Match of the Day
"...an excellent player, but he (Ian Wright) does have a black side."
GARY LINEKER, BBC
"Football today, it's like a game of chess. It's all about money."
NEWCASTLE UNITED FAN, Radio 5 Live
Gary always weighed up his options, especially when he had no choice."
KEVIN KEEGAN, Radio 5 Live
"We threw our dice into the ring and turned up trumps."
BRUCE RIOCH, ITV
"And I suppose they (Spurs) are nearer to being out of the FA Cup now than any other time since the first half of this season, when they weren't ever in it anyway."
JOHN MOTSON, BBC
"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
"He's very fast and if he gets a yard ahead of himself nobody will catch him."
BOBBY ROBSON
"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
"Bobby Robson must be thinking of throwing some fresh legs on."
KEVIN KEEGAN
"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
"I'm going to make a prediction - it could go either way."
RON ATKINSON
"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)
"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)
"I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel"
Stuart Pearce (1992)
"Glen Hoddle hasn't been the Hoddle we know. Neither has Bryan Robson"
Ron Greenwood
"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"
"And he's got the icepack on his groin there, so possibly not the old shoulder injury"
Ray French - Sky TV Rugby
"What a man, what a lift, what a jerk"
Jimmy McGee on weight lifting in olympics (jerk being a movement in weight lifting)
The next race starts in ten minutes, that's our time of course (David Coleman)
Brendan Foster, by himself, with 20,000 people (David Coleman)
Moses Kiptanui - the 19 year old Kenyan, who turned 20 a few weeks ago (David Coleman)
Its a great advantage to be able to hurdle with both legs (David Coleman)
He's 31 this year. Last year he was 30 (David Coleman)
The late start is due to the time (David Coleman)
And with an alphabetical irony, Nigeria follows New Zealand (David Coleman)
I'm not going to make it a target, but it's something to aim for (Steve Coppell)
And Alex has literally come back from the dead (Ted Lowe)
Mrs Thatcher... greeted by a small multitude. (Michael Charlton)
And somewhat surprisingly, Cambridge have won the toss (Harry Carpenter)
An interesting morning, full of interest (Jim Laker)
Well Ibrox is filling up slowly, but rapidly (James Sanderson)
On this 102nd cup final today there are just two teams left (David Coleman)
I felt a lump in my mouth as the ball went in (Terry Venables)
When this table was first made, it was brand new (Arthur Negus)
If we get promotion, lets sit down and see where we stand (Roy McFarland)
She's not Ben Johnson, but then who is ? (David Coleman)
Gary never had a nickname, he was always called either Gary or 'The King' (Pat Pocock)
He's got his hands on his knees and holds his head in despair (Peter Jones)
I was disappointed to leave Spurs, but quite pleased that I did (Steve Perryman)
He came in from the outfield there like an absolute rabbit (Henry Blofeld)
I only hope people will come along in peace and enjoy a good fight (Mickey Duff)
Brian Moore: The whistle's gone, Ray Houghton clearly 5 or 6 yards offside Ron Atkinson: Yes, but for me that's
when Houghton is at his most dangerous
We showed what English football and English footballers are all about - we played the Continentals at their own game (George Graham)
If England are going to win this match, they're going to have to score a goal. (Jimmy Hill, BBC)
It took a lot of bottle for Tony (Adams) to own up. (Ian Wright - commenting on his teammate's alcoholism)
I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country. (Ian Rush)
Dennis Pennis: Have you ever thought of writing your autobiography? Chris Eubank: On what ?
I'd like to play for an Italian club, like Barcelona. (Mark Draper - Aston Villa)
"Willie Carson, riding his 180th winner of the season, spent the last two furlongs looking over one shoulder, then another, even between his legs, but there was nothing there to worry him." (Sporting Life)
"We now have exactly the same situation as we had at the start of the race, only exactly the opposite" (Murray Walker)
"After playing Cameroon in the 1990 world cup finals: "We didn't underestimate them. They were a lot better than we thought" (Bobby Robson)
On the difficulties of adjusting to playing football and living in Italy: "It was like being in a foreign country" (Ian Rush)
"Bill Frindal has done a bit of mental arithmetic with a calculator" (John Arlott)
"Fred Davis, the doyen of snooker, now 67 years of age and too old to get his leg over, prefers to use his left hand. (Ted Lowe)
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.
"Henry Horton's got a funny stance. It looks as if he's shitting on a sooting stick." (Brian Johnstone)
"There's going to be a real ding-dong when the bell goes." (David Coleman)
"The lead car is absolutely unique, except for the one behind it which is identical" (Murray Walker)
"I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel" (Stuart Pearce)
"I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father" (Greg Norman)
"Sure there have been injuries and deaths in boxing - but none of them serious" (Alan Minter)
"The Port Elizabeth ground is more of a circle than an oval. It's long and square" (Trevor Bailey)
"The racecourse is as level as a billiard ball" (John Francombe)
"Watch the time -it gives you an indication of how fast they are running" (Ron Pickering)
"A brain Scan revealed that Andrew Caddick is not suffering from stress fracture of the shin" (Jo Sheldon)
That's inches away from being millimetre perfect" (Ted Lowe)
"Bobby Gould thinks I'm trying to stab him in the back. In fact I'm right behind him" (Stuart Pearson)
"I'll fight Lloyd Honeyghan for nothing if the price is right" (Marlon Starling)
"If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again" (Terry Venables)
"The Queen's Park Oval, exactly as its name suggests - absolutely round." (Tony Crozier)
Pires has got something about him, he can go both ways depending on who's facing him - David Pleat
I wouldn't be surprised if this game went all the way to the finish - Ian St John
Apart from their goals, Norway haven't scored - Terry Venables
The Croatians don't play well without the ball - Barry Venison
It had to go in, but it didn't - Peter Drury
That's lifted the crowd up into the air - Barry Davies
He never fails to hit the target. But that was a miss. - Bobby Robson