Funny or outrageous Football Quotes.

[JP Woody]

There have been hundreds of quotes down the years from Managers and players that have had you laughing or shaking your head in disbelief,Share them here.

Ill get the ball rolling with:

'I'd like to play for an Italian club, like Barcelona'. Mark Draper

 

[LGFIRE]

"if the goal was bigger that would have gone in"
"this is turning out to be a cricket score"

 

[JP Woody]

Name and shame the people who said it LG.

 

[leeumoconnor69]

I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country.'
- Ian Rush

 

[Jamabhoy1987]

If you're going to get in behind Rio Ferdinand you've got to show him what you've got and then go in hard
Jamie Redknapp

 

[christophermcl]

Andy Gray -
"Sloppy, it's the only word to describe that pass, casual"
:S

 

[Jamabhoy1987]

This is my personal fave it just proves how dumb beckham really is lol

Interviewer: 'Would it be fair to describe you as a volatile player?'
David Beckham: 'Well, I can play in the centre, on the right and occasionally on the left side.'

 

[JP Woody]

The idea was for people to post there favorites,not to go to a website and post the lot.

 

[Danny]

Bill Shankley
Some people think football is a matter of life and death – but I assure you, it’s much more serious than that

He has football in his blood - the disappointed scout complained. You may be right, Shanks said, but it hasn’t reached his legs yet.


Kevin Keegan
They compare Steve McManaman to Steve Highway and he’s nothing like him, but I can see why - because he’s a bit different.

The good news for Nigeria is that they’re two-nil down very early in the game.

I came to Nantes two years ago and it’s much the same today, except that it’s totally different.

The 33 or 34-year-olds will be 36 or 37 by the time the next World Cup comes around, if they’re not careful.

Goalkeepers aren’t born today until they’re in their late 20s or 30s and sometimes not even then

I’m not disappointed - just disappointed

We deserved to win this game after hammering them 0-0 in the first half.

Argentina won’t be at Euro 2000 because they’re from South America.

There’s a slight doubt about only one player, and that’s Tony Adams, who won’t be playing tomorrow

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Sir Alex Ferguson
If we can play like that every week, we’ll get some level of consistency

As with every young player, he’s only 18 – talking about a young David Beckham

Cole should be scoring from those distances, but I’m not going to single him out.

 

[leeumoconnor69]

The idea was for people to post there favorites,not to go to a website and post the lot.

urgh... if your gonna have a cry ill remove.

 

[SunderlandDanny1973]

Sir Bobby Robson-

The first 90 minutes are the most important

We didnt underestimate them, they were just better than we thought - talking about Cameroon

I don't want to look beyond the semi final, but i would love to take Newcastle to the Final

 

[Jamabhoy1987]

some of the great jock stein quotes too

(Before a European Cup game to Hunter Davies (an English Journalist) touring round Celtic and Rangers grounds who was commenting on Celtic's unpretentious surroundings compared to Rangers more "cathedral-like stadium")
"Ach, Rangers are alright, but they still haven't invented blue grass."

“25% of our [Celtic’s] managers have been Protestant!”
Jock Stein on being appointed manager of Celtic, when pointed out with headlines in the papers and by people that he was the first Protestant manager of Celtic (he was only the 4th in the clubs history (retold by Hugh McIlvaney)

"Jock, if there were two players, one Catholic and one Protestant. Who would you sign?"
"The Protestant"
"Why?"
"Because I know that Rangers would never sign the Catholic"
(winding up Rangers FC over their bigoted signing policies)

TV Presenter : 'Scott Symon, Rangers manager, what do you think the score will be in the Old Firm match'
Symon : I think 2-0 to Rangers
TV Presenter : 'And you Mr Stein what will the Old Firm score be?'
Big Jock : 'Only a fool would try to predict the score in an Old Firm game!'

 

[JP Woody]

urgh... if your gonna have a cry ill remove.

Im not crying,well not much anyway. :'(

 

[askep]

I'll chip in with a few from some (ex-)Gunners and about the Arsenal:

• "Sometimes in football you have to score goals." – Thierry Henry
• "There's no chance of Sol [Campbell] leaving for Arsenal. He is a Spurs fan and there's not a hope in **** of him playing in an Arsenal shirt." – David Buchler
• "Fergie said I was a Manchester United player in the wrong shirt - I said he was an Arsenal manager in the wrong blazer." – Tony Adams
• "I'd go so far as to say that Almunia will never play in Arsenal's first-team again. The man doesn't even look like a goalkeeper." – Rodney Marsh

Heh