LET ME
REPHRASE THAT

We spoke about it
for a while and out
of it came the fact
that he wouldn’t
speak about it.

Terry Venables on a conversation he had
– or didn’t have – with Middlesbrough
chairman Steve Gibson about his future

The secret of football is to equalise
before the opposition scores.

Danny Blanchflower

We’re now going to Wembley for
live second half commentary on the
England–Scotland game – except
that it’s at Hampden Park.

Eamon Andrews

 

The groin’s a little
sore but after the
semi-final I put it to
the back of my head.

Michael Hughes

The first half was end-to-end
stuff. The second half, in contrast,
was one end to the other.

Lou Macari

It was one of those goals
that’s invariably a goal.

Denis Law

There are two ways of getting the
ball. One way is from your own
players, and that’s the only way.

Terry Venables

I watched the game, and I
saw an awful lot of it.

Andy Gray

It was a match that could have gone
either way and very nearly did.

Jim Sherwin

Achilles tendons are a
pain in the butt.

David O’Leary

There goes Juantorena down
the back straight, opening his
legs and showing his class.

David Coleman

He sliced the ball when
he had it on a plate.

Ron Atkinson

Is acne an occupational hazard for
football strikers, as in ‘Duncan
Ferguson picked his spot
before tucking the ball away’?

Tom Shields

You can’t take your eye off
this game without seeing
something happen!

Harry Gration

What I said to them at half-time
wouldn’t be printable on the radio.

Gerry Francis