“You know what I wonder about? This - the more details of Sven-Göran Eriksson's love life that appear in the press, the more contempt he attracts for his choice of substitutes in England games. Now, we haven't done the research, but my guess is that Sven's performances in the sack and that of his subs on the pitch are not correlated. So why do we link them?” KnowsDoneChoicesGamesWonderHavensFootballResearchPerformancesEnglandPressesDetailsManagersSoccerRanLove LifeSubstitutesLinksContemptChairman Author:Daniel Finkelstein
“He shouldn't have resigned over that game. It was not a bad performance; in fact it was quite a good one for England. I would not have resigned under those circumstances.” FactsGamesFootballCircumstancesPerformancesEnglandManagersSoccerChairmanResignedBad Performance Author:Franz Beckenbauer
“The foreign players seem to be reveling in the European games and they've put in some massive performances for us. (on Liverpool)” SeemsGamesPlayerPerformancesEnglandMassiveLiverpool Author:Steven Gerrard
“I'm popular in the United States and I'm popular in England. England is just more concentrated. The people are closer together. Venues are closer together. Many albums of mine have been popular in England, but, no hit singles. All the hit singles I had were before I went to England. So, I'm not necessarily more popular in England, I'm just popular in England, and more so for my performances than hit records. But, I enjoy doing concert halls all over America, England, Scotland and Australia.” PeopleHas BeensStatesTogetherAmericaEnjoyUnitedUnited StatesRecordsMinesPerformancesEnglandAlbumsAustraliaHallsConcertsScotlandSinglesVenues Author:Jack Jones
“While the World Cup is great every four years, I think people struggle to get themselves excited about qualifiers against the smaller nations. It will take some good performances from the national team to get the feel-good factor back, as far as the England team goes at least.” PeopleThinkingWorldFeelsYearsNationsStruggleFourTeamPerformancesEnglandExcitedFeel GoodFactorsCupsFour YearsWorld CupNational Team Author:Michael Owen
“I protest that we fans are being emotionally starved and frustrated by long periods of perfect performance of these batteries. More over, when there are nothing but strikes and balls going on, you relapse into your worries over the Bank of England, or something else.” LongPerfectWorryFansPeriodsPerformancesBaseballBallsEnglandStrikesPresidentialProtestFrustratedBatteriesRelapse Author:Herbert Hoover