Len Ashurst quotes

  • I don't like soccer. I think it makes you soft. And by the way, you telling me it's the biggest whatever in the World, look, they drink tea everywhere too; they're pussies, you understand? I want some coffee.

  • 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.

  • On current form, both teams will probably lose.

  • He's not fit, either physically or biomechanically.

  • In general I like a guy who is athletic, somebody who can teach me something. Whether it's teaching me a new way to cut on a wave or teach me a three-point conversion or teach me how to dribble a soccer ball. There's something really cool about that.

  • A few question marks are being asked in the Honduran defence

  • It was the game that put the Everton ship back on the road.

  • This is the one-off occasion and you can't get any bigger occasion than that

  • The opening ceremony was good, although I missed it.

  • Ian Rush unleashed his left foot and it hit the back of the net

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