Football quotes: Paisley was at Anfield during the bad times... one year they finished second
SADLY new Posh boss Jim Gannon doesn't appear in a new book 'Gaffers' which confirms 'the wit and wisdom of football managers', an ironic blurb if ever there was one.
SADLY new Posh boss Jim Gannon doesn't appear in a new book 'Gaffers' which confirms 'the wit and wisdom of football managers', an ironic blurb if ever there was one.Nor do Barry Fry or Chris Turner, two Posh former bosses with an ear for a tasty one-liner.
Fry's: "Simon Clark thinks a tackle is something you take fishing," or "I'm now out there spending someone else's money, which is brilliant! I feel like I've died and gone to heaven." must have been contenders.
As would Turner's classic: "I've told the players we have to win this game so I can afford to buy some new ones."
Those that did make the cut include:
"They had a dozen corners, maybe 12, I'm guessing," Craig Brown.
"They call him 'Big Ron' because he's a big spender in the transfer market. I call him 'Fat Ron'," Malcolm Allison.
"Germany, not for the first time this century, invading Czech territory," Ron Atkinson.
"They say Rome wasn't built in a day, but then I wasn't on that particular job," Brian Clough.
"Do you know, Sinatra once met me," Brian Clough.
"Cricket is the only game where you can actually put on weight while you're playing," Tommy Docherty.
"Elton John wanted to re-name Watford, Queen of the South," Tommy Docherty.
"When I was at St Mirren it was a desolate place. Even the birds woke up coughing," Sir Alex Ferguson.
"I can't imagine Thomas Brolin jumping for the ball. One if his false eyelashes might come out," George Graham.
"I never heard a minute's silence like that before," Glenn Hoddle.
"I don't see the problem with goalscorers taking their shirts off.
"It's what ladies like to see, except at Plymouth because my lads are as ugly as sin," Ian Holloway.
"Fans don't want to sit down because they want to sing.
"Only Val Doonican can sing sitting down," Kevin Keegan.
"I will calm down when I retire or die," Martin O'Neill.
"I was here during the bad times too. One year we came second," Bob Paisley.
"Bobby Moore could play in an overcoat and not break into a sweat," Sir Alf Ramsey.
"Hartson's got more previous than Jack The Ripper," Harry Redknapp.
"We didn't underestimate them. They were just better than we thought," Bobby Robson.
"General Pinochet tortured a lot of people, but there is no illiteracy in Chile," Luiz Felipe Scolari.
"Dixie Dean would be amazed that his funeral drew a bigger crowd than Everton manage on a Saturday afternoon," Bill Shankly.
"There should be a law against Bobby Moore. He knows what's happening 20 minutes before anyone else," Jock Stein.
"It's been an incredible rise to fame for Wayne Rooney. At 17 you should be more likely to get a phone call from Michael Jackson than Alex Ferguson," Gordon Strachan.
"I had mixed feelings. Like watching my mother-in-law drive over a cliff in my car," Terry Venables.
"Eric Cantona gave interviews on art, philosophy and politics. A natural room-mate for David Batty, I thought immediately," Howard Wilkinson.
"I don't believe in God. In Spain all 22 players cross themselves. If it works the game is always going to be a drawn" Johan Cruyff.
"The beauty of cup football is that Jack can always beat Goliath," Terry Butcher.
Gaffers, the wit and wisdom of football managers by Paul Dampier and Ashley Walton. 8.99 from book shops, or from www.bookguild.co.uk.
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