“To be honest, it would have been better to watch it on Ceefax.” Has BeensWatchesFansHonestMediaFootballBeing HonestSoccer Author:Gary Lineker
“Edgar was named as one of the players involved, but he was in my room, discussing religious subjects with me.” ReligiousRoomsPlayerFansSubjectsMediaFootballInvolvedSoccerDiscussing Author:George Boateng
“In 2001 Steve Staunton became the record cap holder for which country? Brazil.” CountryRecordsFansMediaFootballSoccerCapsBrazil Author:Anne Robinson
“Sven's actual results on the park were not quite good enough to make him a hero, and not quite bad enough to get him the sack, so he left the gentlemen of the press with something of a void. And they abhor a void. Soon the discovery that Sven was in fact a hammer-man of legendary proportions filled the void, until the media came to realise that Sven was that rare thing, a man whose astonishing success with women somehow didn't make him more interesting.” MenEnoughFactsLeftInterestingResultsMediaFootballHeroDiscoveryFilledPressesManagersSoccerGentlemanParksProportionGood EnoughRealisingVoidHammersAstonishingChairmanLegendaryRare Things Author:Declan Lynch
“There were moments when I wondered at the gossamer veil that stops licence from being libel. I suspect that taking on the job of England manager puts you outside the protection of the courts. It must be part of the job description that you will be held hostage by media speculation and can have your character tortured, molested and finally executed at the public whim, in exchange for a lifetime's supply of money.” MomentsCharacterJobsMediaFootballEnglandCourtLifetimeProtectionManagersSoccerDescriptionSuspectsVeilsSpeculationChairmanWhimHostageLibel Author:A. A. Gill
“There's the beauty of the stage. I don't like filmed theater or opera because you're kind of playing soccer in a hockey game. Either or, they don't do justice to the media and you end up with a hybrid that is purely sensationalistic. Opera is a very theatrical medium that should be seen on a stage with the musicians in the pit in the audience.” ShouldKindEndsGamesJusticeAudienceStageMediaMusicianTheaterMediumsSoccerHockeyOperaPitsTheatricalHybridEither OrPlaying Soccer Author:Christoph Waltz
“People follow me on social media, and they can tell I have varied interests. I think in the U.K. people perhaps know me for some other stuff because of my involvement with soccer and support of Tottenham.” PeopleThinkingKnowsSocialStuffInterestSupportMediaSocial MediaSoccerKnow MeInvolvementFollow MeTottenham Author:Adam Richman
“Polls are now even more meaningless than ever... there was the case of Ronnie O'Brien, the young footballer who incredibly found himself at Juventus, and even more incredibly found himself in the running to win an internet poll of the great club's greatest ever player. The curse ironically struck O'Brien a second time when he was at one point leading Time magazine's list of the Greatest People Of The 20th Century. The error in the polling was soon rectified and O'Brien, happily, is leading a highly successful career playing pro-football with FC Dallas in the American soccer league.” PeopleRunningYoungFoundWinningCareersCasesSuccessfulPlayerFansCenturyMediaFootballInternetErrorsClubsListsMagazinesSoccerLeagueCurseMeaningless20th CenturyPollsFootballerDallasPro FootballPollingSuccessful CareerTime MagazineJuventus Author:Ian O'Doherty