Fottball (That's soccer to some) Quotes

[Crabbles]

Football comments

1) "Two Andy Gorams, there's only two Andy Gorams..." -Kilmarnock fans to the Rangers keeper after he had been diagnosed with mild schizophrenia.

2) 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 LC QF, 1992.

3) "I spent a lot of my money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered" - George Best.

4) "If we played like that every week we wouldn't be so inconsistent" - Bryan Robson, Man U, 1990.

5) "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.

6) "I was saying the other day, how often the most vulnerable Area, for goalies is between their legs" - Andy Gray, Sky Sports

7) Richard Keys: "Well Roy, do you think that you'll have to finish above Manchester United to win the league?"
Roy Evans: "You have to finish above everyone to win the league, Richard."

8) "If you can't stand the heat in the dressing-room, get out of the kitchen." - Terry Venables, Capital Gold

9) "It's now 1-1, an exact reversal of the score on Saturday." - Radio 5 Live

10) "Football today, it's like a game of chess. It's all about money." - Newcastle United Fan, Radio 5 Live

11) "I'm not a believer in luck... but I do believe you need it." - Alan Ball

12) "Merseyside derbies usually last 90 minutes and I'm sure today's won't be any different." - Trevor Brooking

13) "Dumbarton player Steve McCahill has limped off with a badly cut forehead." - Tom Ferrie

14) "And I honestly believe we can go all the way to Wembley...unless somebody knocks us out." - Dave Bassett

15) "And Arsenal now have plenty of time to dictate the last few seconds." - PETER JONES

16) "What makes this game so delightful is that when both teams get the ball they are attacking their opponents goal." - JIMMY HILL

17) "Newcastle, of course, unbeaten in their last five wins."
- BRIAN MOORE

18) "Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer."
- DAVID ACFIELD

19) "What I said to them at half time would be unprintable on the radio"
- GERRY FRANCIS

20) "John Harkes is going to Sheffield, Wednesday"
- New York Post (1993)

21) "If there weren't such a thing as football, we'd all be frustrated footballers."
- Mick Lyons

22) "He's one of those footballers whose brains are in his head"
- Derek Johnstone - BBC TV Scotland (1994)

23) "The crowd think that Todd handled the ball....they must have seen something that nobody else did"
- Barry Davies (1975)

24) "I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel"
- Stuart Pearce (1992)

25) 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"

Another theft, this time from Aero.

[Squeaky]

Nothing is so profound in life than the ramblings of a football commentator! We just need to delve deeper into the meanings

[Jules]

/has no idea what this means...not sure I need to (do I?)

[Squeaky]

Yes

The mysteries of footy are unravelled in those comments...often by the games greatest personalities.

[Jules]

OK, but *I* don't need to understand it....