Soccer Sayings

Kilmarnock fans to the Rangers keeper after he had been diagnosed with mild schizophrenia

Two Andy Gorams, there's only two Andy Gorams

Chris Turner, Peterborough manager, before LC QF, 1992

I've told the players we need to win so that I can have the cash to buy some new ones.

George Best

I spent a lot of my money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.

Bryan Robson, Man Utd, 1990

If we played like that every week we wouldn't be so inconsistent.

John Lambie, Partick Thistle manager, when told a concussed striker did not know who he was.

That's great, tell him he's Pele and get him back on.

Andy Gray, Sky Sport

I was saying the other day, how often the most vulnerable area for goalies is between their legs.

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

Radio 5 Live

It's now 1-1, an exact reversal of the score on Saturday.

Newcastle United Fan, Radio 5 Live

Football today, it's like a game of chess. It's all about money.

Alan Ball

I'm not a believer in luck but I do believe you need it.

Trevor Brooking

Merseyside derbies usually last 90 minutes and I'm sure today's won't be any different.

Tom Ferrie

Dumbarton player Steve McCahill has limped off with a badly cut forehead

Dave Bassett

And I honestly believe we can go all the way to Wembley unless somebody knocks us out.

Peter Jones

And Arsenal now have plenty of time to dictate the last few seconds.

Jimmy Hill

What makes this game so delightful is that when both teams get the ball they are attacking their opponents goal.

Brian Moore

Newcastle, of course, unbeaten in their last five wins.

David Ackfield

Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer.

Gerry Francis

What I said to them at half time would be unprintable on the radio.

Mick Lyons

If there weren't such a thing as football, we'd all be frustrated footballers.

Derek Johnstone, BBC TV Scotland, 1994

He's one of those footballers whose brains are in his head.

Stuart Pearce, 1992

I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel.

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

Ron Atkinson lauds Gordon Strachan, 39

There's nobody fitter at his age, except maybe Raquel Welch

Berti Vogts, Germany coach

If I walked on water, my accusers would say it is because I can't swim.

Arrigo Sacchi, Italy coach, defending a meagre playing record

You don't have to have been a horse to be a jockey.

Dean Holdsworth, Wimbledon

The only way we will be going to Europe is if the club splash out and take us all to Eurodisney.

Wendy Toms, the first female referee to officiate in a professional game

If the players want to make it hard for me, I am happy to make it twice as hard for them.

Ray Wilkins on the QPR-Wasps groundshare

I think having Wasps around here as well gives us that little buzz around the place.

Ian Wright on the Arsenal captain's confession to alcoholism

It took a lot of bottle for Tony to own up.

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