Great football/sporting quotes...

[coupwotcoup]

....just read this on the info bar at the top of the page:

Middlesbrough's Abel Xavier says he never intended to "dope himself" and will fight to prove his innocence.

I am sure there are many more to add to this!

[TB&G]

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coupwotcoup? said:
....just read this on the info bar at the top of the page:
Middlesbrough's Abel Xavier says he never intended to "dope himself" and will fight to prove his innocence.
I am sure there are many more to add to this!

And how about the David O'Leary charge?

If a team manager thinks that a matchday pillock is a referee why shouldn't he be allowed to say so?

Now what was that famous Ron Atkinson quote.

Something like "you'll never catch me saying that the referee is a prat" or something similar.

Remind me someone if I'm wrong.

[and1inthetree]

think it was "i've never criticised referees & i'm not about to start on that pratt"

 

i always thought you couldn't be sent off for what you think. indeed, i asked an ex-ref if he would have sent me off if i thought he was a "ladypart". he said no, so i said what if i said "i think you're a ladypart?" how about then? <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

[coupwotcoup]

'I couldn't settle in Italy, it was like living in a foreign country.'

Ian Rush

[Clocksider]

Remember that game at Millwall?

 

"Make a name for yourself, Smethurst. Apart from [****!!****]!"

[Clocksider]

That is the best minutes silence I've ever heard.

 

-Keegan, I think.

[Clocksider]

Argentina won't be at Euro 2000 because they are from South America.

 

-Keegan again.

[Sawbo Shaun]

Rush Has scored 3 goals ,which is exactly double the amount he had this time last year- David Coleman

 

Every time he takes his balls out his wife kisses them for luck , oh my god what have I said!- US golf commentator

[TB&G]

"He's managed to get his leg over" or something like it.

 

Brian Johnston - Cricket commentator.

[Clocksider]

If he is not interfering with play, he shouldn't be on the pitch.

 

-Cloughie's take on the offside rule.