John Motson quotes
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“Arsene Wenger has got to unlock the purse strings”
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“Brazil - they're so good it's like they are running round the pitch playing with themselves.”
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“And I suppose they [Spurs] are nearer to being out of the FA Cup now than any other time since the first half of this season, when they weren't ever in it anyway.”
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“Defoe was level and anyone who says otherwise is picking hairs”
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“The World Cup is a truly international event.”
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“The Czech Republic are coming from behind in more than one way now.”
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“Not the first half you might have expected, even though the score might suggest that it was”
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“The match has become quite unpredictable, but it still looks as though Arsenal will win the cup”
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“That shot might not have been as good as it might have been”
-- John MotsonSource : "When a royal face didn't fit" by Frank Keating, www.theguardian.com. May 20, 2004.
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“The goals made such a difference to the way this game went”
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“Northern Ireland were in white, which was quite appropriate because three inches of snow had to be cleared from the pitch before kick off”
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“Nearly all the Brazilian supporters are wearing yellow shirts - it's a fabulous kaleidoscope of colour.”
-- John MotsonSource : Quoted in Motson's National Obsession (2004).
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“Ruud Gullit was able to impose his multi-lingual skills on this match.”
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“Northern Ireland are ten minutes away from their finest victory. There's 15 minutes to go here.”
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“Owen scores and breaks Lineker's competitive scoring record. Although this being a friendly it doesn't actual count, so he hasn't quite done it yet.”
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“For those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are in the all-yellow strip.”
-- John MotsonSource : Quoted in Motson's National Obsession (2004).
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“In a sense it's a one-man show... except there are two men involved, Hartson and Berkovic, and a third man, the goalkeeper.”
-- John Motson
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