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

RICHARD KEYS: 'Well Roy, do you think that you'll have to finish above Manchester United to win the league?'
ROY EVANS (Liverpool Manager): 'You have to finish above everyone to win the league.'

'...an excellent player, but he [Ian Wright] does have a black side.' - GARY LINEKER

'It's end to end stuff, all at one end.' - JEFF STELLING 

'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

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

'Newcastle, of course, unbeaten in their last five wins.' - BRIAN MOORE

'....and the news from Guadalajara where the temperature is 96 degrees, is that Falcao is warming up.' - BRIAN MOORE

'They (Rosenborg) have won 66 games, and they've scored in all of them.' - BRIAN MOORE

'He's a schizophrenic of a keeper.' - BRIAN MOORE

'Everybody thought the Saudis were coming here as chopping blocks.' - BRIAN MOORE 

'This is going to be a very long 30 minutes with 26 minutes left.' - BRIAN MOORE

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

'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

'What makes this game so delightful is that when both teams get the ball they are attacking their opponents goal.' - JIMMY HILL

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

JIMMY HILL: 'Don't sit on the fence Terry, what chance do you think Germany has got of getting through?'
TERRY VENABLES: 'I think it's fifty-fifty.'

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

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

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

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

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

'I don't think there is anybody bigger or smaller than Maradona.' - KEVIN KEEGAN

'Bobby Robson must be thinking of throwing some fresh legs on.' - KEVIN KEEGAN

'Mark Hughes at his very best: he loves to feel people right behind him...' - KEVIN KEEGAN

'The ref was vertically 15 yards away.' - KEVIN KEEGAN

'I'm going to make a prediction - it could go either way.' - RON ATKINSON 

'I would also think that the action replay showed it to be worse than it actually was.' - RON ATKINSON

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

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

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

'I never comment on referees and I'm not going to break the habit of a lifetime for that prat.' - RON ATKINSON 

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

'I tell you what, if the Cameroons get a goal back here they're literally gonna catch on fire.' - RON ATKINSON

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

'There's nobody fitter at his age, except maybe Raquel Welch.' - RON ATKINSON ON GORDON STRACHAN, AGED 39

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

'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.' - JONATHON PEARCE

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

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

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

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

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

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

'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

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

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

'It's now 1-1,an exact reversal of the score line on Saturday.' - ALAN GREEN

'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

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

'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 

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





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