Leicester City Football Club Home   Forum   News   Shopping   Results & Fixtures   Fun   Multimedia   Email   Postcards   Prediction league   Links   Filbert St   Players   Leicestershire   Alliance and Leicester

'Neil Lennon wasn't sent off for scoring a goal, and that's what annoys me.' - MARTIN O'NEILL

'You don't need balls to play in a cup final.' - STEVE CLARIDGE

'He (Steve Walsh) is the type of player who will follow you to every end of the box.' - KERRY DIXON

'Martin O'Neill, standing, hands on hips, stroking his chin.' - MIKE INGHAM

We just ran out of legs.' - DAVID PLEAT

'He's such an honest person it's untrue.' - BRIAN LITTLE

'It's a case of him (Eric Cantona) losing les marbles.' - GARY LINEKER

'Steve Agnew is over this free kick - what do you think of the situation here, Steve Agnew?' - NEVILLE FOULGER

'Emile Zola has scored again for Chelsea' - Radio 5 Live

'Some supporters have come down onto the pitch from over the edge of the upper tier.' - NEVILLE FOULGER

'Most of the players will be wearing rubbers tonight.' - GARY LINEKER 

'I'd like to play for an Italian club, like Barcelona' - MARK DRAPER

'There's no in between - you're either good or bad. We were in between.' - GARY LINEKER

'The new West Stand casts a giant shadow over the pitch, even on a sunny day.' - CHRIS JONES (Evening Standard)

'What will you do when you leave football, Jack - will you stay in football?' - STUART HALL

'When the game kicks off, it's over.' - TOM TYRALL

'With news of Scotland's 0-0 victory over Holland...' - SCOTTISH TV

'So Sampdoria are keeping it real, but they can't play in the Spanish league with the other Real's.' - GRAHAM JOFFE

'...and France and Romania drew 1-0.' - MOIRA STEWART

'Winning's about playing football and scoring goals...' - BBC Radio 4

'There's nothing like second best, and Liverpool certainly are not!' - JIM ROSENTHAL

'If a week is a long time in politics, then for Ron Atkinson's Manchester United the last 7 days have been an equinox.' - STUART HALL

'Celtic were at one time 9 points ahead, but somewhere along the line their ship went off the rails.' - RICHARD PARK

'Jim McLean, one of the few managers who can physically lift a side.' - ARTHUR MONTFORD

'... and so they have not been able to improve their 100% record.' - reporter

'Souness gave Fleck a second chance and he grabbed it with both feet.' - JAMES SANDERSON

'He [Ben Thatcher] is only 20 but he's already played for the England Under-21 Side.' - Anglia TV presenter

'Liverpool's best chance ended when Beardsley shot himself.' - Daily Express match report

'Wembley is just one huge satsuma at the moment.' - JOHN INVERDALE

'FOOTBALL VIOLENCE : JUDGE HITS OUT' - Nottingham Evening Post headline

'There's an unmentionable 4-letter word in Northern Ireland's World Cup vocabulary at the moment - defeat.' - Daily Mirror

'IMPRESSIVE DISPLAY BY GERMANS : Aston Villa 1 Southampton 0' - Guardian

'THREE PLAYERS ON THE MOON' - Teletext headline

'4:45 Bad Influence! Ryan Giggs' Soccer Skills' - TV listing

'A minute's silence for the deceased Honorary President of FIFA, Sir Stanley Rous. Shot against the post by Maradona.' - FIFA News

'The kick-off is at 3:15, and the teams will be found elsewhere.' - Cambridge Daily News

'Brentford Reserves were involved in a nine-goal thriller when they beat Orient 4-3.' - Ealing Gazette

'Hughes was not a great deal more reassuring, his lack of a left foot again being apparent.' - Sunday Times

'Borussia Moechengladbach 5, Borussia Dortmund 1 : so Moechengladbach win the Borussia derby.' - GARY NEWBON

'In most associations half of the committee does all the work while the other half does nothing. I am pleased to report that in this football club it is the reverse.' - Liverpool Echo

'If you don't want to know the results, close your ears.' - London Tonight

'Trevor Steven, who until recently was a former Rangers player...' - Radio 4

'At half time England are drawing 2-0...' - Talk Radio newsreader

'A BILLION EYES ON SCOTS : Scotland will enjoy the honour, pomp and circumstance of opening France 98 against the World Cup holders, Brazil, in front of one billion television viewers next summer.' - NEIL McLEMAN

'Derby played perfect football, on a perfect pitch - all of it in the Bolton half.' - The Guardian

'Neil Redfearn's absence is being missed.' - Sky Sports reporter

'England bowed out of the World Cup last night with their heads held high.' - BRUCE MILLINGTON

'Paul Gascoigne was sent off for serious foul play as Middlesbrough crashed to Chelsea. The midfielder was sent off for foul and abusive language.' - CEEFAX

'It was a big relief off my shoulder.' - PAUL GASCOIGNE

'Football's not just about scoring goals - it's about winning.' - ALAN SHEARER (over there)

'It took a lot of bottle for Tony (Adams) to own up' - IAN WRIGHT on his team mate's admission of alcoholism

'I never predict anything, and I never will.' - PAUL GASCOIGNE

'I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country.' - IAN RUSH

'My name is usually the one on the end of people's lips.' - IAN WRIGHT

'All that remains is for a few dots and commas to be crossed' - MITCHELL THOMAS

'Winning doesn't really matter as long as you win.' - VINNY JONES

'He's put on weight and I've lost it, and vice versa.' - RONNIE WHELAN

'He'd no alternative but to make a needless tackle.' - PAUL ELLIOTT

'The opening ceremony was good, although I missed it.' - GRAEME LE SAUX

'I'd rather play in front of a full house than an empty crowd.' - JOHNNY GILES

'Football's not like an electric light - you can't just flick the button and change from slow to quick.' - JOHN GREIG

'I was disappointed to leave Spurs, but quite pleased that I did.' - STEVE PERRYMAN

'I spent four indifferent years at Goodison, but they were great years.' - MARTIN HODGE

'You've got to believe that you're going to win, and I believe that we'll win the World Cup until the final whistle blows and we're knocked out.' - PETER SHILTON

'He's one of those managers you'd give your left leg to play for.' - COLIN COOPER

'I'm not convinced that Scotland will play a typically English game.' - GARETH SOUTHGATE

'We didn't think we'd come here tonight and get any sort of result.' - LES SEALEY

'If there wasn't such a thing as football we'd all be frustrated footballers.' - MICK LYONS

'I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel.' - STUART PEARCE

'I can't promise anything, but I promise 100%.' - PAUL POWER

'All the Leeds team are 100% behind the manager, but I can't speak for the rest of the squad.' - BRIAN GREENHOFF

'My legs sort of disappeared from nowhere.' - CHRIS WADDLE

'I may have handed in a transfer request, but there is no way that I want to leave this club.' - DAVID EYRES

'She (Eileen Drewery) gives the players a shoulder to talk to.' - NEIL WEBB

'Our consistency's been all over the place' - ANDY HINCHCLIFFE

'I've lost count of the times I've played in that fixture. Each one was a memorable occasion.' - TREVOR STEVEN

'The boss keeps those things up his sleeve, close to his chest' - CRAIG BURLEY

'It was like the ref had a brand new yellow card and wanted to see if it worked.' - RICHARD RUFUS

'The left foot has helped - it's always been there, but I haven't always had the chance to use it.' - STIG INGE BJORNEBEYE

'I'm five short [of the Arsenal goalscoring record] - not that I'm counting.' - IAN WRIGHT

'No money in the world can buy a white England shirt.' - ALAN SHEARER

'The manager has given us unbelievable belief.' - PAUL MERSON

'We defended like Trojans.' - MIKE STOWELL

'If you're 0-0 down, there's no-one better to get you back on terms then Ian Wright.' - ROBBIE EARLE

'Once you've had a bull terrier, you never want another dog. I've got six bull terriers, a rottweiler and a bulldog.' - JULIAN DICKS

'I always used to put my right boot on first, and then obviously my right sock.' - BARRY VENISON

'Without being too harsh on David Beckham, he cost us the match.' - IAN WRIGHT

'If it's not a contract I want then I won't sign it. That's not a threat.' - ROY KEANE

'I can't even remember when the Seventies was.' - ROBBIE KEANE

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

'I've had 14 bookings this season - 8 of which were my fault, but 7 of which were disputable' - PAUL GASCOIGNE

'If Gabriel Amato's shot had gone in, the result could have been different' - GIOVANNI VAN BRONCKHORST

'If, since the start, I'd played well and put in some good matches it would all have been too simple.' - NICOLAS ANELKA

'I was born in Newcastle and I've played for Newcastle Schoolboys all my life.' - DENNIS TUEART

'I've never wanted to leave. I'm here for the rest of my life, and hopefully after that as well.' - ALAN SHEARER

'I dreamt of playing for a club like Manchester United, and now here I am at Liverpool.' - SANDER WESTERVELD

'Leeds is a great club and it's been my home for years, even though I live in Middlesbrough.' - JONATHAN WOODGATE

'My motivation and my back no longer exist.' - MARTIN DAHLIN

'Welcome to Bologna on Capital Gold for England versus San Marino with Tennent's Pilsner, brewed with Czechoslovakian yeast for that extra Pilsner taste and England are one down.' - JONATHAN PEARCE

'Never go for a 50-50 ball unless you're 80-20 sure of winning it.' - IAN DARKE

'Lee Sharpe has got dynamite in his shorts' - STUART HALL

'If that had gone in, it would have been a goal' - DAVID COLEMAN

'If it had gone in, it would have been a goal' - BARRY DAVIES

'It's now 1-1, an exact reversal of the scoreline on Saturday.' - RADIO 5 LIVE

'You don't score 64 goals in 86 games without being able to score goals.' - ALAN GREEN

'Nicky Butt, he's another aptly named player. He joins things, brings one sentence to an end and starts another.' - BARRY DAVIES (pictured)

'Arsenal are quick to credit Bergkamp with laying on 75% of their nine goals.' - TONY GUBBA

'...and he crosses the line with the ball almost mesmerically tied to his foot with a piece of string.' - IAN DARKE

'If ever the Greeks needed a Trojan horse, it is now.' - GERALD SINSTADT

'It's as if there's a magnet on the outside of the posts and bar.' - JOHN HELM

'He's passing the ball like Idi Amin.' - ALAN PARRY

'A peep, peep, peep, another peep, and that's it.' - BARRY DAVIES greets a final whistle.

'What a debut for the young goalkeeper, as a striker.' - PETER DRURY

'What did you say to Souness after the end of the final whistle?' - TONY GUBBA

'It was one of the best goals I've seen this millennium.' - TONY GUBBA

'Bruce, on his right foot, is still running...' - ALAN GREEN

'Cantona's expression speaking the whole French dictionary without saying a word.' - BARRY DAVIES

'The long goal kick, and now, this could fall...' - GERALD 'not Issac Newton' SINSTADT

'He went through a non-existant gap.' - CLIVE TYLDESLEY

'Peru score their third, and it's 3-1 to Scotland.' - DAVID COLEMAN

'The Dutch look like a huge jar of marmalade.' - BARRY DAVIES

'Liverpool will be without Kvarme tonight - he's illegible.' - JIMMY ARMFIELD

'The whole season is disappearing and blowing up in their faces.' - Malaysian TV

'One or two people are streaming away.' - Radio 5 Live commentator

'He [Cole] is good in the air as well as off the ground...' - Metro FM commentator

'...he's using his favourite left foot..' - ITV commentator

'He's the proverbial brick door.' - Commentator

'...like a predator about to devour the target.' - ALAN PARRY

'And Rush, quick as a needle...' - RON JONES

'The Danes are probing for position - every one of them somewhere on the pitch.' - Commentator

'Poor Graham Shaw. It was there for the asking and he didn't give the answer.' - PETER JONES

'And Southampton have most assuredly lost their confidence in this second half.' - MIKE MCGEE

'Dewalt had all kinds of time momentarily.' - PAT MARSDEN

'And the bald head of John Sillett leaps from the bench.' - STUART LINNELL

'Dumbarton player Steve McCahill has limped off with a badly cut forehead.' - TOM PERRIE

'Ian Baird is dashing around like a steam roller up front.' - MARTIN TYLER

'The Italians are hoping for an Italian victory.' - DAVID COLEMAN

'There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.' - JACK YOUNGBLOOD

'30 minutes to go, and it's still 1-0 apiece.' - Commentator

'This is the first time Denmark has ever reached the World Cup finals, so this is the most significant moment in Danish history.' - JOHN HELM

'Such a positive move by Uruguay - bringing 2 players off and putting 2 players on.' - JOHN HELM

'West Germany's Briegel hasn't been able to get past anyone yet - that's his trademark.' - JOHN HELM

'They're floating up on a sea of euphoria, and hoping to drag themselves clear of the quicksand at the bottom.' - PETER JONES

'It's headed away by John Clark, using his head.' - DEREK RAE

'Tottenham are trying tonight to become the first London team to win this cup. The last team to do so was the 1973 Spurs team.' - MIKE INGHAM

'The shot from Laws was precise but wide.' - ALAN PARRY

'It was the game that put the Everton ship back on the road.' - ALAN GREEN

'And with just 4 minutes gone, the score is already 0-0.' - IAN DARKE

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

'...and then there was Johan Cruyff, who at 35 has added a whole new meaning to the word Anno Domini.' - ARCHIE MACPHERSON

'I predicted in August that Celtic would reach the final. On the eve of that final I stand by that prediction.' - ARCHIE MACPHERSON

'Referee Norlinger is outstanding in the sense that he stands out.' - GEORGE HAMILTON

'The Uruguayans are losing no time in making a meal around the referee.' - MIKE INGHAM

'Celtic manager Davie Hay still has a fresh pair of legs up his sleeve.' - JOHN GREIG

'It's going to take a shoehorn to prise these two teams apart' - ALAN PARRY

'Sporting Lisbon in their green and white hoops, looking like a team of zebras...' - PETER JONES

'...evoking memories, particularly of days gone by.' - MIKE INGHAM

'Bristol Rovers were 4-0 up at half time, with four goals in the first half.' - TONY ADAMSON

'The Dutch fans look like a huge jar of marmalade' - BARRY DAVIES

'Leeds are enjoying more possession now that they have the ball.' - SIMON BROTHERTON

'That youngster is playing well beyond his 19 years - that's because he's 21.' - DAVID BEGG

'Arsenal now have plenty of time to dictate the last few seconds.' - PETER JONES

'Forest have now lost six matches without winning.' - DAVID COLEMAN

'Lukic saved with his foot, which is all part of the goalkeeper's arm.' - BARRY DAVIES

'The USA are a goal down, and if they don't get a goal they'll lose.' - JOHN HELM

'Both of the Villa scorers were born in Liverpool, as was the Villa manager, who was born in Birkenhead.' - DAVID COLEMAN

'The ball has broken 50-50 for Keegan' - DAVID COLEMAN

'It's been seventeen years since Celtic first won this competition, and after tonight it could be 18.' - RODDY FORSYTH

'McCarthy shakes his head in agreement with the referee...' - MARTIN TYLER

'Ian Rush is deadly 10 times out of 10, but that wasn't one of them.' - PETER JONES

'52,000 here tonight, but it sounds like 50,000.' - BRYON BUTLER

'For those who know Selhurst Park, West Ham are playing from right to left.' - Unknown

'It's only the absence of a goal we're waiting for.' - Unknown

'He's 31 this year : last year he was 30.' - DAVID COLEMAN

'Kevin Reeves...proving an ill wind blows nobody no good.' - DAVID COLEMAN

'The pace of the match is really accelerating, by which I mean it is getting faster all the time.' - DAVID COLEMAN

'England are looking better value for 0-0.' - BARRY DAVIES

'That's the kind he usually knocks in in his sleep - with his eyes closed.' - ARCHIE MacPHERSON

'The ball was literally glued to the back of his foot - into the back of the net.' - ALAN PARRY

'2-0 is a cricket score in Italy' - ALAN PARRY

'Franz Carr down the wing...sorry, Ruel Fox...' - ALAN GREEN

'The crowd think that Todd handled the ball...they must have seen something that nobody else did.' - BARRY DAVIES

'These two clubs had a monopoly of the domestic honours last season.' - TONY GUBBA

'Four minutes to go... four long minutes... three-hundred and sixty seconds...' - ALISTAIR ALEXANDER

'Now that [a goal scored from an acute angle] is defying the laws of gravity.' - HARRY NEAL

'Scholes hits the goalpost - he could hardly have hit that any better.' - BBC World Service

'Vialli's absolutely certain that he knows one way or the other whether he'll score or not.' - JONATHAN PEARCE

'Now Zola tries to inject some speed...' - RON JONES

'The ball must be as slippery as a wet baby.' - TONY GUBBA

'The ageless Dennis Wise, now in his thirties...' - MARTIN TYLER

'He had a very impressive first debut.' - GLR

'Ferguson hasn't scored since the opening day of the season - he's not a natural striker.' (five minutes later) 'Ferguson! At last a goal from him...natural instincts from a former Scottish striker.' - ROB PALMER

'...if that had crossed the line it would have been a goal.' - GARY BLOOM

'That's often the best place to beat a goalkeeper, isn't it, between the legs?' - CLIVE TYLESDLEY

'Knight saved it with his back arm' - IAN BROWN

'...a tale of too many cooks in the defence.' - IAN BROWN

'The silence is getting louder.' - DAVE WOODS

'A full-blooded encounter for a number of reasons, many of them illegitimate.' - JOHN CHAMPION

'These Scottish players are very ordinary. In fact they have no names.' - HAMMED ADIO (Zimbabwean TV)

'It's Denmark 3 Denmark 0...' - IAN BROWN

'He was in the right place at the right time, but he might have been elsewhere on a different afternoon.' - TONY GUBBA

'The fans, and now most of the crowd, are interested in this event.' - ANGUS LOUGHRAN

'It had to go in, but it didn't.' - PETER DRURY

'That's lifted the crowd up into the air.' - BARRY DAVIES

'Jean Tigana has spent the entire first half inside Liam Brady's shorts.' - JIMMY MAGEE

'Cleland was the victim of his own downfall.' - ALAN PARRY

'Villa will probably play a lot worse than this and lose.' - ALAN PARRY

'Neil Sullivan has stopped absolutely everything have thrown at him...Wimbledon 1, Manchester United 1.' - MIKE INGHAM

'That's referee Mike Reed's 50th booking of the season, which works out at an average of six a game.' - ALAN PARRY

'Rangers are definitely on the back heel now' - ARCHIE MACPHERSON

'The crowd...a cacophony of colour' - PETER DRURY

'Daei's all alone here, with four Chelsea defenders for company.' - PETER DRURY

'Victor Hernandez, like an orchestral conductor directing his troops...' - JON CHAMPION

'That was only a yard away from being an inch-perfect pass.' - MURDO MACLEOD

'This will be their 19th consecutive game without a win unless they can get an equaliser.' - ALAN GREEN

'To a man, every Czech fan is on his or her feet.' - GARY BLOOM

'Hagi has got a left foot like Brian Lara's bat' - DON HOWE

'Hagi could open a tin of beans with his left foot' - RAY CLEMENCE

'There's no width on the wings.' - ANDY GRAY

'We are now in the middle of the centre of the first half' - DAVID PLEAT

'The lad got over-excited when he saw the whites of the goalpost's eyes.' - STEVE COPPELL

'To play Holland, you have to play the Dutch.' - RUUD GULLIT

'The Saudis would struggle in Europe because of that problem with those prayers five times a day. You don't know if they're going to turn up for training. I'm being serious.' - DON HOWE

'He's chanced his arm with his left foot.' - TREVOR BROOKING

'They've come out at half time and gone bang.' - RON ATKINSON

'It's the end of season curtain raiser' - PETER WITHE

'They're still in the game, and they're trying to get back into it.' - JIMMY HILL

'Signori has all the tricks up his book.' - RAY WILKINS

'It was one of those goals that's invariably a goal.' - DENIS LAW

'I'd say he's the best in Europe, if you put me on the fence.' - BOBBY ROBSON

'Glenn is putting his head in the frying pan.' - OSSIE ARDILES

'We're not used to weather in June in this country.' - JIMMY HILL

'England now have three fresh men,with three fresh legs.' - JIMMY HILL

'A game is not won until it is lost.' - DAVID PLEAT

'Wimbledon are putting balls into the blender.' - RODNEY MARSH

'Di Matteo's taken to playing in midfield like a duck out of water.' - PETER OSGOOD

'Poor Miklosko. Hasn't had to make a save yet he's let three goals in.' - TREVOR FRANCIS

'There's Bergkamp standing on the halfway line, with his hands on his hips, flailing his arms about.' - JOHN SCALES

'If England get a point, it will be a point gained as opposed to two points lost.' - MARK LAWRENSON

'Unfortunately, we don't get a second chance. We've already played them twice.' - TREVOR BROOKING

'[Phil Neville] was treading on dangerous water there...' - RON ATKINSON

'Both sides have scored a couple of goals, and both sides have conceded a couple of goals.' - PETER WITHE

'That's twice now he [Terry Phelan] has got between himself and the goal.' - BRIAN MARWOOD

'Stoichkov is pointing at the bench with his eyes.' - DAVID PLEAT

'I think it's that lack of width with his height.' - TREVOR BROOKING

'I've had this sneaking feeling throughout the game that it's there to be won...' - RON ATKINSON

'If you just came into the room and didn't know who was who you'd obviously say Newcastle looked the most likely to score.' - TERRY PAINE

'If there's a weakness in Chelsea's defence, it's in their defence.' - Radio 5

'I would also think that the 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 MACDONALD

'The Arsenal defence is skating close to the wind.' - JACK CHARLTON

'I think that was a moment of cool panic there.' - RON ATKINSON

'Beckenbauer has really gambled all his eggs.' - RON ATKINSON

'He's very fast and if he gets a yard ahead of himself nobody will catch him.' - BOBBY ROBSON

'He has a great understanding of where the goalkeeper is in relationship to the goal.' - DAVID PLEAT

'With eight minutes left, the game could be won in the next five or ten minutes' - JIMMY ARMFIELD

'Brazil, the favourites - if they are the favourites, which they are...' - BRIAN CLOUGH

'If history is going to repeat itself I should think we can expect the same thing again.' - TERRY VENABLES

'They didn't change positions, they just moved the players around.' - TERRY VENABLES

'He has got perfect control over the ball right up to the minute he lets it go.' - PETER WALKER

'They're all on top of their game - fans and players alike.' - DAVID FAIRCLOUGH

'They've missed so many chances they must be wringing their heads in shame.' - RON GREENWOOD

'If you're going to score one goal or less, you're not going to get your victories.' - TREVOR BROOKING

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

'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

'Fortunately, Paul Scholes' injury wasn't as bad as we'd hoped for.' - TREVOR BROOKING

'It's end to end stuff, but from side to side' - TREVOR BROOKING

'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

'He'll be giving everything, but he hasn't got everything to give.' - IAN ST JOHN

'Football's football: If that weren't the case it wouldn't be the game that it is.' - GARTH CROOKS

'And there's Ray Clemence looking as cool as ever out in the cold.' - JIMMY HILL

'It's one of the greatest goals ever, but I'm surprised that people are talking about it being the goal of the season.' - ANDY GRAY

'I think that their young legs would have found younger hearts inside them.' - JIMMY ARMFIELD

'He's got a brain under his hair.' - DAVID PLEAT

'If there are any managers out there with a bottomless pit, I'm sure that they would be interested in these two Russians.' - DAVID PLEAT

'Ronaldo is always very close to being onside or offside' - RAY WILKINS

'If Glenn Hoddle said one word to his team at half time, it was concentration and focus.' - RON ATKINSON

'Tottenham have impressed me : they haven't thrown in the towel even though they have been under the gun.' - BOBBY ROBSON

'There's no way that Ryan Giggs is another George Best : he's another Ryan Giggs.' - DENIS LAW

'They must go for it now as they have nothing to lose but the match.' - RON ATKINSON

'The Brazilians aren't as good as they used to be, or as they are now.' - KENNY DALGLISH

'He hit the post, and after the game people are going to say, well,he hit the post.' - JIMMY GREAVES

'It may have been going wide, but nevertheless it was a great shot on target.' - TERRY VENABLES

'Woodcock would have scored, but his shot was too perfect.' - RON ATKINSON

'Someone in the England team will have to grab the ball by the horns.' - RON ATKINSON

'He's not only a good player, but he's spiteful in the nicest sense of the word.' - RON ATKINSON

'He held his head in his hands as it flashed past the post.' - ALAN BRAZIL

'It's like a big Christmas pudding out there' - DON HOWE

'Zola's got two feet.' - DAVID PLEAT

'Venison and Butcher are as brave as two peas in a pod.' - JOHN SILLETT

'He was as game as a pebble.' - DAVID WEBB

'Once Tony Daley opens his legs, you've got a problem.' - HOWARD WILKINSON

'Ray Wilkins' day will come one night' - BOBBY ROBSON

'St Mirren have been under the rack.' - CHICK MURRAY

'It wasn't a bad performance, but you can't tell whether it was good or bad.' - JIMMY HILL

'The keeper was coming out in instalments.' - JOE ROYLE

'I'd like to see him scoring two or more goals in games which United win 1-0.' - BRIAN WOOLNOUGH

'They've come out with all cylinders flying.' - LUTHER BLISSETT

'Germany are probably, arguably, undisputed champions of Europe.' - BRYAN HAMILTON

'Tony Adams - he's the rock that the team has grown from.' - RON ATKINSON

'The teams at the bottom of the premiership are conceding a lot of goals and that's no coincidence.' - BARRY VENISON

'I think that France, Germany, Spain, Holland and England will join Brazil in the semi-finals.' - PELE

'Fiorentina start the second half attacking their fans; just the way they like things.' - RAY WILKINS

'The Newcastle back three, back four, back five have been at sixes and sevens.' - BARRY VENISON

'He [Ian Wright] is missing the absence of Dennis [Bergkamp].' - BRIAN MARWOOD

'It was a definite penalty but Wright made a right swan-song of it.' - JACK CHARLTON

'In the words of the old song, it's a long time from May to December but, you know, it's an equally long time from December to May." - JIMMY HILL

'...and he [Peter Schmeichel] extends and grows even bigger than he is.' - RON ATKINSON

'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

'They've done the old-fashioned things well; they've kicked the ball, they've headed it...' - RON ATKINSON

'He [Beckham] has two feet, which a lot of players don't have nowadays.' - JIMMY HILL

'They [Manchester United] are breathing down the heels of Liverpool now.' - GARY NEWBON

'We signed to play until the day we died, and we did.' - JIMMY GREAVES

'They'll perhaps finish in the top three. I can't see them finishing any higher.' - DON HOWE

'Kevin Keegan has now tasted the other side of the fence.' - DAVE MERRINGTON

'Martin Keown is up everybody's backsides.' - TREVOR BROOKING

'Preki quite literally only has the one foot.' - DAVID PLEAT

'Like Jim Smith's (Derby) side this year, we were answering our own questions.' - KEVIN HECTOR

'They've picked their heads up off the ground, and they now have a lot to carry on their shoulders.' - RON ATKINSON

'Well, either side could win it, or it could be a draw.' - RON ATKINSON

'He sliced the ball when he had it on a plate.' - RON ATKINSON

'I'm afraid they've left their legs at home.' - RON ATKINSON

'I wouldn't be surprised if this game went all the way to the finish.' - IAN ST JOHN

'Apart from their goals, Norway wouldn't have scored.' - TERRY VENABLES

'The Croatians don't play well without the ball.' - BARRY VENISON

'He never fails to hit the target. But that was a miss.' - BOBBY ROBSON

'Manchester United have hit the ground running - albeit with a 3-0 defeat.' - BOB WILSON

'That's no remedy for success.' - CHRIS WADDLE

'The gelling period has just started to knit.' - RAY WILKINS

'Emmanuel Petit has won more medals than any other player in the Premiership this year, although Patrick Vieira's won the same medals.' - BRIAN WOOLNOUGH

'The keeper was unsighted - he still didn't see it' - RON ATKINSON

'To be fair, I don't think Les Ferdinand was fouled there - I think he went over on his own ability.' - ALAN MULLERY

'Well, I've seen some tackles, Jonathan, but that was the ultimatum!' - ALAN MULLERY

'...Jurgen Klinsmann, who refutes to earn £25,000 a week.' - ALAN MULLERY

'He's not going to adhere himself to the fans' - ALAN MULLERY

'It doesn't endow me, to be honest...' - ALAN MULLERY

'I can't understand the notoriety of people' - ALAN MULLERY

'It's sometimes easier to defend a one goal lead than a two goal lead.' - MARK LAWRENSON

'Zero-zero is a big score.' - RON ATKINSON

'Pires has got something about him, he can go both ways depending on who's facing him.' - DAVID PLEAT

'Batistuta gets most of his goals with the ball.' - IAN ST JOHN

'...in the other two games, the FA Cup Final and the Premiership.' - RON ATKINSON

'He just got his body between himself and the goal.' - RAY CLEMENCE

'Even if you tap it in from one yard it counts in the record books as a goal, unlike the chances you miss.' - JIMMY HILL

'Korsten is making a meal of it...er...that's clearly a penalty, yes.' - TREVOR FRANCIS

'For such a small man Maradona gets great elevation on his balls' - DAVID PLEAT

'He's a great little player...who scored it again?' - JACK CHARLTON

'We were a little bit outnumbered there, it was two against two.' - FRANK MCLINTOCK

'If England are going to win this match, they're going to have to score a goal.' - JIMMY HILL

'They have got their feet on the ground and if they stay that way they will go places.' - JOHN GIDMAN

'You're always going to be struggling if you haven't got a left foot' - TREVOR BROOKING

'That's a 14-15 pointer there if there ever was one.' - BARRY VENISON

'There won't be a dry house in the place.' - MARK LAWRENSON

'The candle is still very much in the melting pot.' - ALAN MCINALLY

'The Scots have really got their hands cut out tonight' - TREVOR FRANCIS

'When Celtic get an opportunity to go above Rangers they've got to jump at it with both hands.' - ALAN MULLERY

'Guppy has a dextrous left foot.' - BOBBY ROBSON

'You half fancied that to go in as it was rising and dipping at the same time.' - RON ATKINSON

'Chelsea look like they've got a couple more gears left in the locker.' - RON ATKINSON

'Flo literally turned Taricco inside-out.' - TREVOR FRANCIS

'Now Manchester United are 2-1 down on aggregate, they are in a better position than when they started the game at 1-1.' - RON ATKINSON

'That was a needle through the haystack job.' - CLIVE ALLEN

'An inch or two either side of the post and it would have been a goal.' - DAVE BASSETT

'In football, if you stand still you go backwards.' - PETER REID

'The lads ran their socks into the ground.' - ALEX FERGUSON

'We threw our dice into the ring and turned up trumps.' - BRUCE RIOCH

'If you can't stand the heat in the dressing room, get out of the kitchen ' - TERRY VENABLES

'We keep kicking ourselves in the foot' - RAY WILKINS

'I would not say that he (David Ginola) is one of the best left wingers in the Premiership, but there are none better.' - RON ATKINSON

'The spirit he has shown has been second to none.' - TERRY VENABLES on Terry Fenwick's drink-driving charge

'To be really happy, we must throw our hearts over the bar and hope that our bodies will follow.' - GRAHAM TAYLOR

'No-one hands you cups on a plate' - TERRY MCDERMOTT

'Nowhere in Europe, especially the world...' - ALEX FERGUSON

'There are two ways of getting the ball. One is from your own team-mates, and that's the only way.' - TERRY VENABLES

'The referee has a reputation for trying to make a name for himself.' - GRAEME SOUNESS

'If in winning we only draw we would be fine.' - JACK CHARLTON

'Shearer could be at 100 per cent fitness, but not peak fitness.' - GRAHAM TAYLOR

'It's a case of putting all our eggs into the next ninety minutes.' - PHIL NEAL

'Give him his head and he'll take it with both hands or feet.' - BOBBY GOULD

'Cole should be scoring from those distances, but I'm not going to single him out.' - ALEX FERGUSON

'I would have to be deaf not to read the allegations.' - BOBBY DOWNES

'Last night,we were the best team on the day.' - ROY AITKEN

'We're going to start the game at nil-nil and go out and try to get some goals.' - BRYAN ROBSON

'I can't see us getting beat now - once we get our tails in front.' - JIM PLATT

'As we say in football, it'll go down to the last wire.' - COLIN TODD

'They had a dozen corners, maybe 12 - I'm guessing.' - CRAIG BROWN

'I'm a firm believer that if the other side scores first you have to score twice to win.' - HOWARD WILKINSON

'If we can play like that every week we'll get some level of consistency.' - ALEX FERGUSON

'If they hadn't scored, we would've won' - HOWARD WILKINSON

'You've got to miss them to score sometimes.' - DAVE BASSETT

'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

'In comparison, there's no comparison.' - RON GREENWOOD

'In terms of the Richter scale this was a force 8 gale.' - JOHN LYALL

'It's the only way we can lose, irrespective of the result.' - GRAHAM TAYLOR

'Their football was exceptionally good - and they played some good football.' - BOBBY ROBSON

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

'It's understandable and I understand that.' - TERRY VENABLES (that's him over there)

'Certain people are for me, certain people are pro me.' - TERRY VENABLES

'If you can't outplay the opposition, you must outnumber them.' - TERRY VENABLES

'Hoddle hasn't been the Hoddle we know. Neither has Robson.' - RON GREENWOOD

'Well, we got nine and you can't score more than that.' - BOBBY ROBSON

'I do want to play the short ball and I do want to play the long ball. I think long and short balls is what football is all about' - BOBBY ROBSON

'Outside of quality we had other qualities' - BERTIE MEE

'Our first goal was pure textile.' - JOHN LAMBIE

'To be talking about vital games at this stage of the season is ridiculous, really, but tomorrow's game is absolutely vital.' - BRIAN HORTON

'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 inconsistent.' - BRYAN ROBSON

'A lot of hard work went into this defeat.' - MALCOLM ALLISON

'It was a game we should have won. We lost it because we thought we were going to win it. But then again, I thought that there was no way we were going to get a result there.' - JACK CHARLTON

'We probably got on better with the likes of Holland, Belgium, Norway and Sweden, some of whom are not even European.' - JACK CHARLTON

'The first 90 minutes are the most important.' - BOBBY ROBSON

'I promise results, not promises.' - JOHN BOND

'Without picking out anyone in particular, I thought Mark Wright was tremendous.' - GRAEME SOUNESS

'It would be a nice scalp for Scunthorpe to put Wimbledon on our bottoms.' - DAVE BASSETT

'Klinsmann has taken to English football like a duck out of water.' - GERRY FRANCIS

'Playing with wingers is more effective against European sides like Brazil than English sides like Wales.' - RON GREENWOOD

'We rode our luck, but that's what the goalposts are there for.' - JOE KINNEAR

'Even when you're dead, you must never allow yourself just to lie down and be buried.' - GORDON LEE

'We ended up playing football, and that's not our style.' - ALEX MacDONALD

'We got the winner with three minutes left, but then they equalised.' - IAN McNAIL

'Hagi is a brilliant player, but we're not going to get psychedelic over him' - ANDY ROXBURGH

'It's thrown a spanner in the fire.' - BOBBY GOULD

'Maybe not goodbye, but farewell...' - BOBBY ROBSON

'Home advantage gives you an advantage.' - BOBBY ROBSON

'Eighteen months ago they (Sweden) were arguably one of the best three teams in Europe, and that would include Germany, Holland, Russia and anybody else if you like.' - BOBBY ROBSON

'There is great harmonium in the dressing room.' - SIR ALF RAMSEY

'There are 0-0's and 0-0's - and this was 0-0.' - JOHN SILLETT

'...when Flitcroft played for the A team, he had 'footballer' written all over his forehead.' - COLIN BELL

'Chester made it hard for us by having two players sent off.' - JOHN DOCHERTY

'When you are 4-0 up you should never lose 7-1' - LAWRIE McMENEMY

'I'm definitely maybe going to play Sturrock.' -JIM 'not Noel Gallagher' McLEAN

'I can count on the fingers of one hand ten games where we've caused our own downfall.' - JOE KINNEAR

'It would have killed them off a little bit.' - GERRY FRANCIS

'We've watched them twice, and seen a few videos. I didn't see them 38 times though, like McCarthy says he watched us. I don't think that's possible. I did my maths you see. That's 38 times 90 minutes - that's two months and the draw was only three weeks ago!" - GEORGES LEEKENS

'If it had gone in, it would have been a goal.' - JOE ROYLE

'I am often interested in players but I never say so, although I am looking for a striker and a midfield player.' - COLIN TODD

'We are not putting our cape over the tunnel : we are putting our cape in the tunnel.' - HOWARD WILKINSON

'They're not doing as well in the league as they've done.' - ROY HODGSON

'We have faced African teams, we have faced English teams - so we are ready to face Scotland because we know what their play will be like.' - MARIO ZAGALLO

'The way forwards is backwards.' - DAVE SEXTON

'The one thing I didn't expect is the way we didn't play.' - GEORGE GRAHAM

'I like to think it's a case of crossing the i's and dotting the t's.' - DAVE BASSETT

"When you score one goal more than the other team in a cup tie it is always enough.' - CESARE MALDINI

'What he's got is legs, which the other midfielders don't have.' - LENNIE LAWRENCE

'It's certainly a point not gained.' - COLIN TODD

'My own autobiography, which was written by Ian Ross...' - HOWARD KENDALL

'Hartson's got more previous than Jack the Ripper.' - HARRY REDKNAPP

'The important thing is he shook hands with us over the phone.' - ALAN BALL

'You must be as strong in March, when the fish are down.' - GIANLUCA VIALLI

'When a player gets to 30, so does his body.' - GLENN HODDLE

'I think in international football you have to be able to handle the ball.' - GLENN HODDLE

'His tackle was definitely pre-ordained.' - GLENN HODDLE

'I have a number of alternatives, and each one gives me something different.' - GLENN HODDLE

'If anyone is found guilty, I will step on them.' - GLENN HODDLE

'75% of what happens to Paul [Gascoigne] in his life is fiction.' - GLENN HODDLE

'We didn't have the run of the mill.' - GLENN HODDLE

'With hindsight, it's easy to look at it with hindsight.' - GLENN HODDLE

'Okay, so we lost, but good things can come from it - negative and positive.' - GLENN HODDLE

'Robert Lee was able to do some running on his groin for the first time.' - GLENN HODDLE

'We pressed the self-destruct button ourselves' - BRIAN KIDD

'We can beat anyone on our day, so long as we score.' - ALEX TOTTEN

'We had enough chances to win this game. In fact, we did win.' - ALEX SMITH

'I don't blame individuals, I blame myself.' - JOE ROYLE

'I just wonder what would have happened if the shirt had been on the other foot.' - MIKE WALKER

'Some of our players have got no brains, so I've given them the day off tomorrow to rest them.' - DAVID KEMP

'I was feeling as sick as the proverbial donkey.' - MICK MCCARTHY

'The beauty of Cup football is that Jack always has a chance of beating Goliath.' - TERRY BUTCHER

'There's a rat in the camp trying to throw a spanner into the works.' - CHRIS CATTLIN

'I'm the one with his head on the line.' - CHRIS WADDLE

'We must have had 99% of the game. It was the other three per cent that cost us the match.' - RUUD GULLIT

'Of the nine red cards this season we probably deserved half of them.' - ARSENE WENGER

'Winning all the time is not necessarily good for the team.' - JOHN TOSHACK

'Too many players were trying to score or create a goal.' - GERARD HOULLIER

'I've seen them on television on a Sunday morning most days of the week.' - JACK CHARLTON

'You weigh up the pros and cons and try to put them into chronological order.' - DAVE BASSETT

'It was not a mistake, it was a blunder.' - GERARD HOULLIER

'We didn't look like scoring, although we looked like we were going to get a goal.' - ALAN BUCKLEY

'The effort I think you should take for granted, but sometimes it's not there.' - GRAHAM TAYLOR

'We're down to the bare knuckles.' - GEORGE GRAHAM

'Nothing that UEFA or FIFA do surprises me any more and I'm very surprised this has not been sorted out long in advance.' - GRAHAM TAYLOR

'He made the impossible possible.' - ARSENE WENGER

'Davor has a left leg and a nose in the box.' - ARSENE WENGER

'We've got to get out there and set our stool out early.' - KEITH STEVENS

'Today's top players only want to play in London or for Manchester United. That's what happened when I tried to sign Alan Shearer and he went to Blackburn.' - GRAEME SOUNESS

'We're football people, not poets, but obviously I'm disappointed with the result.' - MICK McCARTHY

'To be second with one game to go - you can't ask for more.' - STUART McCALL

'Of the ten sendings off, nine have been different players, so it proves we're unlucky.' - KEITH STEVENS

'It was a continuance of what we have seen most of the season - that is, various clubs beating each other.' - RON NOADES

'What I don't understand is how a Frenchman can be playing for Manchester United. He's not even from England.' - LORD DENNING QC (on the Cantona affair)

'Spurs will play either Eintracht or Frankfurt.' - ALISTAIR BURNETT

'The rest of the team are very large...they dwarf above you.' - FRED DINENAGE

'London clubs are doing brilliantly at the moment - Arsenal are top of the Premiership, QPR are near the top of the first division, Watford top of the 2nd, Peterborough top of the third...' - Caller to Radio 5 Live

'Tony Banks described the English fans arrested in Marseille as brain-dead louts. This goes for me as well.' - TALK RADIO CALLER

'I'm glad that European players can go into the Hall of Fame, because it would be unfair to miss them out just because they don't come from England.' - JO GUEST

'I like watching matches, but I'm not certain about the scoring system.' - JUNE SARPONG

'Do I support a London football team? I do. I support Manchester United.' - CAPRICE

'I was in Moldova airport and I went into the duty-free shop - and there wasn't a duty-free shop.' - ANDY GRAY

'I've got a gut feeling in my stomach...' - ALAN SUGAR

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

'Tomorrow, the whole of Newcastle vs Manchester United.' - IAN PAYNE

'He has now got a scapegoat to hang his hat on.' - FRANCIS LEE

'Many clubs have a question mark in the shape of an axe-head hanging over them' - MALCOLM MacDONALD

'Obviously on paper, it's a very good game. Do you think, in theory, it'll be one?' - ANDREW GIDDLEY

'And now for international soccer special : Manchester United versus Southampton.' - DAVID COLEMAN

'More football later,but first let's see the goals from the Scottish Cup final.' - DES LYNAM

'Poborsky's had one or two moments - two,actually.' - DES LYNAM

'England were beaten in the sense that they lost.' - DICKIE DAVIS

'The immortal Jackie Milburn died today.' - CLIFF MORGAN

'And now the goals from Carrow Road, where the game finished 0-0.' - ELTON WELSBY

'This would cut hooliganism in half by seventy-five percent.' - TOMMY DOCHERTY

'When you're down, you Palace fans, the fickle finger of fate rarely smiles on you.' - JONATHAN PEARCE

'If you were in the Brondby dressing room right now, which of the Liverpool players would you be looking at?' - RAY STUBBS

'He [Stan Mortensen] had a cup final named after him : the Matthews Final.' - LAWRIE McMENEMY

'Some of the fans come onto the pitch and shake the players on the back of the chest.' - MIKE MORRIS

'It's a Dutch invention, but we started it in Scotland.' - ANDY ROXBURGH

'What the difference is between three minutes to three and five o'clock,I'm not sure.' - JOHN REAMES (Lincoln chairman)

'I'm dumbfounded, but nothing surprises me in this game.' - FRANCIS LEE

'We have made an undertaking to Arsene Wenger and his family not to name our new coach.' - PETER HILL-WOOD

'Were you watching Ian Wright's performance? Did you see what he said?' - IAN PAYNE

'You'd have put your house on Ian Wright scoring that one.' - RICHARD KEYS to Paul Merson

'The Laudrup brothers can turn on a herring' - IAN PAYNE

'The match will be shown on Match of the Day this evening. If you don't want to know the result, look away now as we show you Tony Adams lifting the trophy for Arsenal.' - STEVE RIDER

'We have more non-English players in our league than any other country in the world.' - GORDON TAYLOR

'Lombardo speaks much better English than what people realise.' - MARK GOLDBERG

'There may be no mechanism for United to launch an appeal against Irwin's dismissal. But the Reds should appeal anyway.' - PAUL HINCE

'And in the day's other football match, Manchester City and Norwich drew love-all.' - Radio Manchester announcer

'You can't do more than score three goals away from home.' - RAY STUBBS

'It was the reserves' fourth game in the league and the record stands at one win, two draws and two defeats' - OFFICIAL MANCHESTER CITY WEBSITE

'Me and Joe are so close, we will continue living in the same underpants.' - SAM HAMMAM

'Alongside me is Keggy Keegal - sorry, Kevin Keegal...' - BRIAN MOORE

The following are all words of wisdom from the England manager:

'It's like a toaster, the ref's shirt pocket. Every time there's a tackle,up pops a yellow card.'

'The ref was vertically 15 yards away.'

'There are two schools of thought on the way the rest of this half is going to develop; everybody's got their own opinion...'

'Goalkeepers aren't born today until they're in their late twenties or thirties.'

'This could be a repeat of the final.'

'The game has gone rather scrappy as both sides realise they could win this match or lose it.'

'I don't think there's anyone bigger or smaller than Maradona.'

'England can end the millenium as it started - as the greatest football nation in the world.'

'They compare Steve McManaman to Steve Heighway and he's nothing like him, but I can see why - it's because he's a bit different'

'Despite his white boots, he has real pace...'

'You can't do better than go away from home and get a draw...'

'He can't speak Turkey, but you can tell he's delighted.'

'There'll be no siestas in Madrid tonight.'

'...using his strength. And that is his strength, his strength.'

'One of his strengths is not heading' (of course, one of Keggy's strengths is not talking)

'Gary always weighed up his options, especially when he had no choice.'

'I'm not disappointed - just disappointed.'

'The tide is very much in our court now.'

'Chile have three options - they could win or they could lose.'

'That would have been a goal if it wasn't saved.'

'I came to Nantes two years ago and it's much the same today, except that it's totally different.'

'A tremendous strike which hit the defender full on the arm - and it nearly came off.'

'The good news for Nigeria is that they're two-nil down very early in the game'

'The substitute is about to come on - he's a player who was left out of the starting line-up today.'

'That decision, for me, was almost certainly definitely wrong.'

'I know what is around the corner - I just don't know where the corner is. But the onus is on us to perform and we must control the bandwagon.'

'Hungary is very similar to Bulgaria. I know they're different countries...'

'In some ways, cramp is worse than having a broken leg.'

'The 33 or 34-year-olds will be 36 or 37 by the time the next World Cup comes around, if they're not careful.'

'England have the best fans in the world and Scotland's fans are second-to-none'

'It's understandable that people are keeping one eye on the pot and another up the chimney.'

'I'd love to be a mole on the wall in the Liverpool dressing room at half-time.'

'It could be far worse for me if it was easy for me.'

'Discipline is not only very important, it's crucial.'