Memorable Footie Quotes and Moments

[Merlin]

We want to smash the league - Steve Gibson

 

[TeessideCleveland]

Jimmy Sirrell - when asked if his Notts County were lucky with their win

'The best team always wins. The rest is only gossip' - Think it was late 70's/early 80's

 

[Trug]

If he's not interfering with play What's he doing on the pitch - Cloughie

 

[Trug]

There are only two teams in Liverpool, Liverpool and Liverpool reserves - Bill Shankly

 

[Frozen Horse]

Norman Hunter with England on tour in Australia bemoaning the lack of bacon at breakfast......................
"A country with 50 million sheep and you've got no bacon!!!"

I've heard that attributed to Gazza...

 

[Grrreds]

Franz Carr .... runs like a greyhound, crosses like one - another from Cloughie

 

[Sheriff_John_Bunnell_ret]

Football she's a cruel mistress. She's more than a mistress. She's a wife, she's a mother, she's a daughter, she's an errant child. She can make you laugh, she make you cry. She can bring tears to me eyes. She can bring blood to me shoulders. She can bring the kettle to the boil.
Because football is about nothing, unless it's about something and what it is about is football.

 

[Brian Marwood]

“Man City won’t beat Brighton, mark my words”

 

[Blf]

We didn't underestimate them but they were a lot better than we thought they would be.

Bobby Robson on Cameroon.