“If you’re in the penalty area and don’t know what to do with the ball, put it in the net and we’ll discuss the options later.”

Mind you, I’ve been here during the bad times too – one year we came second.

I’d always had an interest in physiotherapy and psychology.

Florida has been really cool to us. This is our first big club tour, and Pennywise has been really nice.

One of the things I keep reminding players is that when you’re lost in a fog, you must stick together. Then you don’t get lost. If there’s a secret about Liverpool, that’s it.

I can let the team do the talking for me.

The sort of lad I am looking for is a kid who will nutmeg Kevin Keegan in training, then step aside him in the corridor

Ally MacLeod thinks that tactics are a new kind of mint.

I have a 16 year-old son, so I’m now a soccer mom. I stand on the sidelines and I hear the things parents are saying, so I want them to understand what it is their kids are feeling in any sports environment.

Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.

We are really quite lucky this yeara because Christmas falls on Christmas Day

We didn’t underestimate them. They were just a lot better than we thought.

Well we got nine and you can’t score more than that

The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.

There’s a tipping point that happens with soccer in which you just kinda get it. I was drawn to it because the best soccer teams play similarly to my favorite basketball teams .