Funny Football Quotes

'I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country.'
- Ian Rush
'Germany are a very difficult team to play...they had 11 internationals out there today.' - Steve Lomas
'I always used to put my right boot on first, and then obviously my right sock.' - Barry Venison
'Alex Ferguson is the best manager I've ever had at this level. Well, he's the only manager I've actually had at this level. But he's the best manager I've ever had.' - David Beckham
'The opening ceremony was good, although I missed it.'
- Graeme Le Saux
'Sometimes in football you have to score goals.' - Thierry Henry

'I would not be bothered if we lost every game as long as we won the league.' - Mark Viduka
'We lost because we didn't win.' - Ronaldo
'I've had 14 bookings this season - 8 of which were my fault, but 7 of which were disputable.' - Paul Gascoigne
'I've never wanted to leave. I'm here for the rest of my life, and hopefully after that as well.' - Alan Shearer
'I'd like to play for an Italian club, like Barcelona.' - Mark Draper
'I was watching the Blackburn game on TV on Sunday when it flashed on the screen that George Ndah had scored in the first minute at Birmingham. My first reaction was to ring him up. Then I remembered he was out there playing.' - Ade Akinbiyi
'Without being too harsh on David Beckham, he cost us the match.'
- Ian Wright
'I was surprised, but I always say nothing surprises me in football.'
- Les Ferdinand
'It was like the ref had a brand new yellow card and wanted to see if it worked.' - Richard Rufus
'Winning doesn't really matter as long as you win.' - Vinny Jones

'When a player gets to 30, so does his body.' - Glen Hoddle
'I was a young lad when I was growing up.' - David O'Leary
'We must have had 99% of the game. It was the other three per cent that cost us the match.' - Ruud Gullit
'The philosophy of a lot of European teams, even in home matches, is not to give a goal away.' - Alex Ferguson
'In a year's time, he's a year older.' - Bobby Robson
'The first 90 minutes are the most important.' - Bobby Robson

'If they hadn't scored, we would've won.' - Howard Wilkinson

'He's 31 this year: last year he was 30.' - David Coleman
'If that had gone in, it would have been a goal.' - David Coleman
'Ian Rush is deadly 10 times out of 10, but that wasn't one of them.' - Peter Jones
'This will be their 19th consecutive game without a win unless they can get an equaliser.' - Alan Green

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

'It's headed away by John Clark, using his head.' - Derek Rae
'Celtic manager Davie Hay still has a fresh pair of legs up his sleeve.'
- John Greig
'And with just 4 minutes gone, the score is already 0-0.' - Ian Darke
'The USA are a goal down, and if they don't get a goal they'll lose.'
- John Helm

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