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"A lot of hard work went into this defeat." Malcolm Allison

"I went down to pass on some technical information to the team - like the fact the game had started." Aston Villa manager Ron Atkinson, explaining why he had taken his seat in the dugout early in a match against Sheffield United

"Matt (Busby) always believed Manchester United would be one of the greatest clubs in the world. He was the eternal optimist. In 1968 he still hoped Glenn Miller was just missing." Patt Crerand

"The game in Romania was a game we should have won. We lost it because we thought we was going to win it. But then again, I Thought there was no way we was going to get a result there." Republic Of Ireland manager Jack Charlton in 1987

"The first thing that went wrong was half-time. We could have done without that." England manager Graham Taylor in 1988

"In terms of the Richter scale, this defeat was a force 8 gale." John Lyall

"Very few players have the courage of my convictions." Brian Clough

"Woman run everything. The only thing that I have done within my house in the last 20 years is to recognise Angela as an independent state." Brian Clough 

"Of course i didn`t take my wife to see Rochdale as an anniversary present. It was her birthday, Would I have got married during the Football season? And anyway, it wasn`t Rochdale, it was Rochdale reserves." Bill Shankly

"A fan is a person who, when you have made an idiot of yourself on the pitch, doesn`t think you`ve done a permanent job." Francis Lee

"Remember, postcards only, please. The winner will be the first one opened." Brian Moore

"They must go for it now as they have nothing to lose but the match." Ron Atkinson

"A lot of people in Football don`t have much time for the press; they say they're amateurs. But I say to those people, 'Noah was an amateur, but the Titanic was built by professionals." Malcolm Allison

"Kenny Dalglish has about as much personality as a tennis racket." Mick Channon

"You`ve devoted a whole chapter of your book to Jimmy Greaves." Interviewer
"Thats right. Well, what can you say about Jimmy Greaves?" Pat Jennings

"Sporting Lisbon in their green and white hoops, looking like a team of zebras." Peter Jones

"Bobby Robson must be thinking of throwing some fresh legs on." Kevin Keegan

"Whats he going to be telling his heam at half-time, Dennis?" Dickie Davies
"He`ll be telling them that there are forty-five minutes left to play." Denis Law

"Both of the Villa scorers - Withe and Mortimer - were born in Liverpool, as was the Villa manager -  Ron Saunders - who was born in Birkenhead." David Coleman

"Chesterfield 1, Chester 1. Another score draw there in that local derby." Desmond Lynam

"We fought two wars with the Germans. We probably got on better with the smaller nations like the Dutch, the Belgians, the Norwegians and the Swedes, some of whom are not even in Europe." Jack Charlton

"There`s a hell of a lot of politics in Football. I Don`t think Henry Kissinger would have lasted 48 hours at Old Trafford." Tommy Docherty

"Manchester United are buzzing around the goalmouth like a lot of red bottles." David Coleman

"well, what business has anyone got naming him Eamon O'Keefe if he isn`t Irish. Gordon Lee "probably the same business they have naming you Lee when your not Chinese." Billy Bingham

"He`s my man mountain - he would head aeroplanes away if it helped Birmingham City." Barry Fry on Liam Daish

"The last player to score a hat-trick in an FA Cup Final was Stan Mortensen. He even had a Final named after him - the Matthews Final." Lawrie McMenemy

"I do want to play the long ball, and i do want to play the short ball. I think long and short balls is what Football is all about." Bobby Robson

"Certain players are for me, certain players are pro me." Terry Venables

"Before the match I told my players they will be playing against 11 guys ready to fight for each other for 90 minutes........ but i didn`t expect it to be with each other." Spartak Moscow coach Oleg Romantsev after the infamous brawl between Blackburn`s Graeme Le Saux and David Batty

"I dont drop players - I make changes." Bill Shankly

"Don`t tell those coming the final result of the fantastic match, but let`s just have another look at Italy`s winning goal." David Coleman

"If in winning the game we only finish with a draw, we would be fine." Jack Charlton

"Nottingham Forest are having a bad run...... they`ve lost six matches now without winning." David Coleman

"Trevor Brooking floats like a butterfly, and stings like one too." Brian Clough

"You know, the Brazilians aren`t as good as they used to be, or as they are now." Kenny Dalglish

"Lukic saved with his foot which is all part of the goalkeeper`s arm." Barry Davies

"He hit the post, and after the game people will say, well, he hit the post." Jimmy Greaves

"If a week`s a long time in politics, it is an equinox in Football." Stuart Hall

"The USA are a goal down, and if they dont get a goal, they`ll lose." John Helm

"If history is going to repeat itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again." Terry Venables

"I hear Glenn Hoddle has found god that must have been one hell of a pass." Jasper Carrott

"He`s (a fellow coach) not so much a coach as a hearse." Tommy Docherty

"Last time we got a penalty away from home, Christ was still a carpenter." Lenny Lawrence

"We`ve got grounds which are a state of the art and administration which is state of the ark." PFA chairman Gordon Taylor

"Im not superstitious or anything like that, but i`ll just hope that we`ll play our best and put it in the lap of the God`s." Terry Neill

"My only problem (after his transfer to Italy) seems to be with Italian breakfasts. No matter how much money you`ve got, you cant get any Rice Krispies." Luther Blissett

"The news from Guadalajara, where the temprature is 96 degrees, is that Falcao is warming up." Brian Moore

"The doctor at Lazio told me I should try drinking wine, because it would be good for me. When I did, he had one look at me and said: 'You'd better go back on the beer." Paul Gascoigne