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Both of the Villa scorers were born in Liverpool, as was the Villa manager, who was born in Birkenhead.
I'm convinced, that when you are a footballer you are a symbol. You have to be a superman in some ways, to send messages to people all the time, to the youth all the time.
He's like a terrier, Scholes, he won't let go - even the postman would be afraid of him.
I hate Mourinho. He's a fool.
Be of good comfort, Mr. Ridley, and play the man! We shall this day light such a candle by God's grace, in England, as I trust never shall be put out.
Younes Kaboul is a vital clog in the Portsmouth engine
After his first training session in heaven, George Best, from the favourite right wing, turned the head of God who was filling in at left back. I would love him to save me a place in his team, George Best that is, not God.
Lady luck is trying his best for Liverpool
Alessandro del Piero reminds me of Robert Rosario when I had him at Coventry.
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
Straining upon the start. The game's afoot;
Follow your spirit: and upon this charge,
Cry - God for Harry! England and Saint George!
The FA would remove him tomorrow if they had a spine, but clearly, in former lives, were cruel to jellyfish which is why they have returned as them now.
Fernando Torres' English seems to be coming on good
Saint George he was for England, And before he killed the dragon he drank a pint of English ale out of an English flagon.
When you join this club as a young player you know you've got a mountain to climb to get yourself into the first team.
(on Manchester United)
Beckham? His wife can't sing and his barber can't cut hair.
King would get the ball off you without you even noticing he's the only defender in England who doesn't hold onto you, and he sometimes still gets the ball off my feet easily.
I'd give all the champagne I've ever drunk to be playing alongside him in a big European match at Old Trafford.
We'll all see through Mourinho. We'll find out he's just a Bengal lancer.
Steven Gerrard is the best player I've ever played with.
Defoe says that there were a hundred thousand country fellows in his time ready to fight to the death against popery, without knowing whether popery was a man or a horse.
In the FA Cup, you always have to expect the unexpectable
I'm an Englishman, after all,
Only England could have produced him, and he always said that the country was going to the dogs.
I, as you may know, am no stranger to the organic courgette, but I still cannot work out who these gay footballers are.
At 15, 16, you think you're going to be captain of England. But I realised it wasn't going to happen for me on a windy November night in Darlington, coming to my peak at the age of 23 but still playing for Mansfield Town.
Join the club.
(to Robbie Fowler after the striker missed a penalty against Middlesbrough that cost Man City a European place)
The Diogenes Club is the queerest club in London, and Mycroft one of the queerest men. He's always there from quarter to five to twenty to eight. It's six now, so if you care for a stroll this beautiful evening I shall be very happy to introduce you to two curiosities.
Jermaine Jenas is a fit lad. He gets from box to box in all of 90
minutes
Robbie Oliver could call me Pooey-Poo-Poo Smelly Face if he wanted to.
Liverpool is the pool of life, it makes to live.
God, these bloody English! Bursting with money and indigestion. Because he comes from Oxford. You
The problem with Chelsea is I lack a striker. I have Samuel Eto'o but he is 32 years old - maybe 35, who knows?
Boy, the things I do for England.
I could find David Beckham naked in a cardboard box on my doorstep and I would drop him off at the pound.
The Englishmen is at his best on the links and at his worst in the Cabinet.
I like David Beckham just because of his lifestyle. He don't ever need to score another goal again. How many times has he been on the cover of GQ?
Alan Pardew has had to juggle his pack
Colchester, Ash, my captain, staking my body with his cock like a conqueror, like a king.
Sir Alex, one of the best managers of all time. After 26 years of success in the game, we all owe him a tribute.
Richard Dunne comes from a great footballing family ... the Dunne family
Mr. Charismo? Surely not Tibor Charismo, the most famous man in all of England.
Pray God that no professional will ever captain England.
Just heard Paul Scholes has retired, best I've ever played against by a mile. Most technically gifted player in english history. Legend.
I am a big soccer fan, and a very big Liverpool fan.
I am a big admirer of Paul Scholes, he is one of the best players of his generation.
In the end you'll have to cede to Lord Mersey. He's too much of a peer, you understand? And a bit of a prick as well.
How can I think of leaving Liverpool after a night like this?
I've enjoyed my time in the game, whether it be managing Luton in the top flight, taking Spurs to Wembley or, as director of football, pinpointing players such as Jermain Defoe, Paul Robinson and Robbie Keane with real sell-on value.
Although my dad Harry is the manager of West Ham, we get on very well.
He's a fantastic talent and the complete footballer, probably the most coveted in the Premiership. It's a privilege for the rest of us to be on the same field. If i could have anything i wanted for Christmas, i'd take Thierry Henry
England have players who can rattle anyone's feathers
It is nice to know that even David Beckham doesn't have good taste in everything.
For a player to be good enough to play for Liverpool, he must be prepared
to run through a brick wall for me then come out fighting on the other side.
I wouldn't watch football if it wasn't for Lord Bendtner
His white boots were on fire against Arsenal, and he'll be looking for them to reproduce tonight.
How can you lie there and think of England when you don't even know who's in the team?
John Cross is feeling very boyish about Arsenal's chances
They say Paul Gascoigne is the new George Best but has he shagged three Miss Worlds?
You English are like mad bulls ... you see red everywhere! What on earth has come over you, to heap on us such suspicion as is unworthy of a great nation. I regard this as a personal insult ... You make it uncommonly difficult for a man to remain friendly to England.
Don't you see, Owen?"
"See what?"
"The day's over.
Carlos Tevez's English should be better than what it is
Fabio Capello needs to nail his hammers to the mast.
And here goes Aguero, looking to relieve himself.
In my entire life I have never seen a player of such quality and personality at such a young age, particularly wearing the 'heavy' shirt of one of the world's great clubs.
Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Alan Smith ... very much a striker, by reputation ... and by fact
When Arthur had been a boy at school, long before the Earth had been demolished, he had used to play football. He had not been at all good at it, and his particular speciality had been scoring own goals in important matches.
Sam Allardyce should learn a bit of humidity
Journalist: 'Have you received any death threats?' Harry Redknapp: 'Only from the wife when I didn't do the washing up!'.
You only get one chance of an England debut.
If I wasn't a footballer, I would be a virgin
I've always said, not giving too much away, I'm a believer in having all your stars on the pitch ...
Everyone in football knows what John Terry's like off the field
your uncle Geoffrey.
He's pulling him off! The Spanish manager is pulling his captain off
What a debut for the young goalkeeper, as a striker.
Loyalty doesn't seem to be in the game that much these days where players leave their clubs which made them the stars they are today either to seek personal glory or fill their pockets. But one man serves as the epitome of club loyalty..
Sir Alex Ferguson ceases to amaze me as a manager
Willem Dafoe is a shithead.
Pique or policy. We would never know.
He was one of that great class of Englishmen who love their wives and trust them unquestioningly with their money and their honour, but are apt to hedge a little over their motor-cars.
"Jose Mourinho is a big star ... he's cool. The first time he met (my wife) he whispered to her: 'Helena you have only one mission. Feed Zlatan, let him sleep, keep him happy' The guy says what he wants. I like him."
Richard Dawson must
Being an ex-England manager, one that failed to qualify for the World Cup, is like being a dead politician.
I admire David De Gea. I cannot remember anyone coming into Manchester United and being criticised the way he was. He was the subject of every debate in the media. You haven't seen De Gea defend himself in the media or shifting the blame elsewhere. He just gets on with it.
Arsene Wenger is sitting on the hot chair
David Nugent tore up the Championship but he's gone to Portsmouth and he's a fish up a tree
I would not say he (David Ginola) is the best left-winger in the Premiership, but there are none better.
We had probably our best ever Player of the Year Dance last week. You elected Dennis Wise as Player of the Year. Dennis accepted his award mimicking Vialli, whereupon Zola shouted 'Speak English', Dennis switched to his normal Cockney voice only for Zola to shout 'You're still not speaking English'.
Paul Lambert has learned Fabian Delph the game.
The men of England,- the men, I mean, of light and leading in England.
As a private person I think I am now totally different from Ruud van Nistelrooy the footballer.
He really is a cunt ay the first order. Nae doubt about that. The big problem is, he's a mate n aw. Whit kin ye dae?
A message to the best football supporters in the world. We need a 12th man here. Where are you? Where are you? Let's be having you. Come on!
Klepp, however...must have given the cigarette girl a photo unbeknownst to me, because he became engaged to the snippety little thing and married her one day, because he wanted to have his picture back
He's going to be what?! Oh for God's sake. Sir David Beckham? You're having a laugh. He's just a good footballer with a famous bird.
That's great, tell him he's Pele and get him back on.
MILTON! thou shouldst be living at this hour:
England hath need of thee: she is a fen
Nothing is more important to England's arrangements for the World Cup than the state of David Beckham's foot.
John Guidetti is a typical English striker. Even though he is Swedish