'The new West Stand casts a giant shadow over the pitch, even on a sunny day.' - CHRIS JONES (Evening Standard)
'What will you do when you leave football, Jack - will you stay in football?' - STUART HALL
'When the game kicks off, it's over.' - TOM TYRALL
'With news of Scotland's 0-0 victory over Holland...' - SCOTTISH TV
'So Sampdoria are keeping it real, but they can't play in the Spanish league with the other Real's.' - GRAHAM JOFFE
'...and France and Romania drew 1-0.' - MOIRA STEWART
'Winning's about playing football and scoring goals...' - BBC Radio 4
'There's nothing like second best, and Liverpool certainly are not!' - JIM ROSENTHAL
'If a week is a long time in politics, then for Ron Atkinson's Manchester United the last 7 days have been an equinox.' - STUART HALL
'Celtic were at one time 9 points ahead, but somewhere along the line their ship went off the rails.' - RICHARD PARK
'Jim McLean, one of the few managers who can physically lift a side.' - ARTHUR MONTFORD
'... and so they have not been able to improve their 100% record.' - reporter
'Souness gave Fleck a second chance and he grabbed it with both feet.' - JAMES SANDERSON
'He [Ben Thatcher] is only 20 but he's already played for the England Under-21 Side.' - Anglia TV presenter
'Liverpool's best chance ended when Beardsley shot himself.' - Daily Express match report
'Wembley is just one huge satsuma at the moment.' - JOHN INVERDALE
'FOOTBALL VIOLENCE : JUDGE HITS OUT' - Nottingham Evening Post headline
'There's an unmentionable 4-letter word in Northern Ireland's World Cup vocabulary at the moment - defeat.' - Daily Mirror
'IMPRESSIVE DISPLAY BY GERMANS : Aston Villa 1 Southampton 0' - Guardian
'THREE PLAYERS ON THE MOON' - Teletext headline
'4:45 Bad Influence! Ryan Giggs' Soccer Skills' - TV listing
'A minute's silence for the deceased Honorary President of FIFA, Sir Stanley Rous. Shot against the post by Maradona.' - FIFA News
'The kick-off is at 3:15, and the teams will be found elsewhere.' - Cambridge Daily News
'Brentford Reserves were involved in a nine-goal thriller when they beat Orient 4-3.' - Ealing Gazette
'Hughes was not a great deal more reassuring, his lack of a left foot again being apparent.' - Sunday Times
'Borussia Moechengladbach 5, Borussia Dortmund 1 : so Moechengladbach win the Borussia derby.' - GARY NEWBON
'In most associations half of the committee does all the work while the other half does nothing. I am pleased to report that in this football club it is the reverse.' - Liverpool Echo
'If you don't want to know the results, close your ears.' - London Tonight
'Trevor Steven, who until recently was a former Rangers player...' - Radio 4
'At half time England are drawing 2-0...' - Talk Radio newsreader (You want to hear this one in downloadable RealAudio?)
'A BILLION EYES ON SCOTS : Scotland will enjoy the honour, pomp and circumstance of opening France 98 against the World Cup holders, Brazil, in front of one billion television viewers next summer.' - NEIL McLEMAN
'Derby played perfect football, on a perfect pitch - all of it in the Bolton half.' - The Guardian
'Neil Redfearn's absence is being missed.' - Sky Sports reporter
'England bowed out of the World Cup last night with their heads held high.' - BRUCE MILLINGTON
'Paul Gascoigne was sent off for serious foul play as Middlesbrough crashed to Chelsea. The midfielder was sent off for foul and abusive language.' - CEEFAX
'Hodge scored for Forest after 22 seconds - totally against the run of play.' - PETER LORENZO
'Has bad luck been an element of his misfortune?' - FERGUS SWEENEY
'Goals either side of half-time condemned the young Scots to a deserved defeat at the hands of classy Scotland in front of a 4000 crowd in Deventer last night' - DAILY TELEGRAPH
'Their presence is expected to help an anaemic attack that scored only twice in a 1-0 loss in Guatemala on July 16 and a controversial 2-1 defeat in Costa Rica a week later.' - MICHAEL LEWIS (cnnsi.com)
JON CHAMPION : 'The question everyone is asking is why you didn't win by a greater margin?'
ARSENE WENGER : 'It was because we didn't get a second goal.'
'It could be bad news for Andy Sinton - his knee is locked up inside the dressing room' - GEORGE GAVIN
'Chelsea last won away on April Fools' Day - now it's Boxing Day, another great religious holiday' - DOMINIC JOHNSON
'Shay Given has shaken off a broken nose to play.' - Grandstand reporter
'England won 5-0 with Arsenal's Francis Jeffers scoring the winning goal.' - Channel 5 News
'Gomes had scored four goals for Portugal against Andorra, including a hat-trick.' - BILL O'HERLIHY
'Captain Beckham played like the Titanic...' - Radio Kent reporter
'Their away record is instantly forgettable. The 5-1 defeat and 7-nil defeat spring to mind.' - Radio 5 Live
'It's now 4-3 to Oldham, the goals are going in like dominoes' - Piccadilly Radio reporter
'Sheffield Wednesday the winners 2-0, leaving the Anfield crowd brainwashed.' - STUART HALL
'You'll be hoping that this run of injuries will stop earlier than it started.' - ANDREW GIDLEY
'Clearly, Graeme, it all went according to plan. What was the plan exactly?' - ELTON WELSBY
'So that's 1-0, sounds like the score at Boundary Park where of course it's 2-2' - JACK WAINWRIGHT
'The second goal was a blueprint of the first' - BRYON BUTLER
'Arsenal, with Petrovic anonymous...' - DAVID DAVIES
'And a goal at this stage could, quite literally, be worth its weight in gold' - BBC World Service reporter
'I bet Keegan will be jumping like a jack in a beanstalk.' - Sky Sports News reporter
'And the word is that Stern John may or may not play' - COLIN FRAY
'Ian Pearce has limped off with what looks like a shoulder injury.' - TONY COTTEE
'Lazio couldn't be doing better - they climbed up to fourth place last week' - JAMES RICHARDSON
'Celtic have extended their lead at the top to a remarkable 15 points. Now to soccer...' - TREVOR WELCH
'By the look of the boos around the ground it's no goal' - NICK COLLINS
'Everton should have had a third goal in the final minute but Kevin Campbell tried to tee up Radzinski instead of shooting himself' - PAUL WILSON
'Danny Murphy tried to shoot himself when Darius Vassell was unmarked' - Football 365
'Liverpool - the only team in action in the Premiership. A good chance for them.' - DAMIEN JOHNSON
'Bristol City will be attacking their fans in the second half' - GEORGE GAVIN
'We'll have more football later. Meanwhile, here are the highlights from the Scottish cup final.' - GARY NEWBON
'Physically imposing, Rosenborg play a fluid 4-4-3 formation that has been honed over a 20-year period' - IRISH INDEPENDENT
'Emmanuel Petit says he will not be forced out of Chelsea if the club complete the signings of Emmanuel Petit and Emerson' - BBCi
'Leeds hope to tie up a deal for the speedy frontman before this week’s Premiership opener at home to Leeds' - planetfootball.com
'Wayne Rooney became the longest player to score in the Premier League' - BBCi
'Liverpool goalkeeper Chris Kirkland has signed a contract which will keep him at the club until the start of the next century' - SIMON BROTHERTON
'Brian, I know you've got your backbone set in stone' - DAMIEN RICHARDSON
'Colin Cameron will miss both legs due to injury in Scotland’s Euro 2004 play off against Holland' - DAVID CROFT
'You're French Is Lousy Arsene' - Daily Record headline