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'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 (You want to hear this one in downloadable RealAudio?)

'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

'Hodge scored for Forest after 22 seconds - totally against the run of play.' - PETER LORENZO

'Has bad luck been an element of his misfortune?' - FERGUS SWEENEY

'Goals either side of half-time condemned the young Scots to a deserved defeat at the hands of classy Scotland in front of a 4000 crowd in Deventer last night' - DAILY TELEGRAPH

'Their presence is expected to help an anaemic attack that scored only twice in a 1-0 loss in Guatemala on July 16 and a controversial 2-1 defeat in Costa Rica a week later.' - MICHAEL LEWIS (cnnsi.com) JON CHAMPION : 'The question everyone is asking is why you didn't win by a greater margin?'
ARSENE WENGER : 'It was because we didn't get a second goal.'

'It could be bad news for Andy Sinton - his knee is locked up inside the dressing room' - GEORGE GAVIN

(source: The Football Quotes Page)