Right my Fellow PON Members thinking Caps on. What in your Opinion are the Most Famous Words in Football ever said? They could have been spoken by a Player, a Manager/Coach a Radio or Television Commentator. Just a few words or sentences that you ,will always remember about the Beautiful Game. Mine came from when I was a Kid back in the 1960's and the 1966 World Cup Final between England and West Germany and where spoken by BBC Match Commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme and they were:-

There's People On The Pitch, They Think It's All Over. It Is Now.... It's Four.

As Geoff Hurst's thunderous shot hit the back of the West German Net and he completed his Hattrick.

Now Over To You.

I always remember this from Brian Clough. It's a classic.

 

jimmy sirrel - “If ye dinnae score ye dinnae win”

Bill Shankly was a great Liverpool manager in the 60s. He had a great quote too ????

"If you're not sure what to do with the ball, just pop it in the net and we'll discuss your options afterwards"

Most famous? Probably something universal like "it's a game of two halves". "The referee's decision is final" was another one, but it's kind of died out...

Pele's "beautiful game" has also been done to death.

On 28/09/2024 at 12:24, Wheelbarrow repair man said:

There's People On The Pitch, They Think It's All Over. It Is Now.... It's Four.

As Geoff Hurst's thunderous shot hit the back of the West German Net and he completed his Hattrick.

This is etched into my memory when I think of quotes from football. I don't know about anyone else, but I always have the habit of impersonating the commentator who said it by trying to say it exactly like him. I do this most times, I think of it. ????

Also, this one is there too.

I had a similar thing, when Kevin Nolan unfairly criticised me in a press conference because JJ had shared pictures of Liam Noble training, which was sent to him by a friend called Ben Hastings (who sadly passed on from cancer). He referred to me as "Arsenal fan TV" and claimed "He always has his picture taken with the players."

I only have a few pictures, and more are from after Kevin had left Notts.

It was usually Jake and Cal who had pictures with the players, and it wasn't like we bugged them. Just Kevin being a little pathetic about something very minor. He has since apologised, so it's water under the bridge but hate the time I would have happily had a boxing match with him for charity.

Don't write me off!  

"Parking the bus"????

Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins." Johan Cruyff