John Motson famous quotes

04-12-2025

Arsene Wenger has got to unlock the purse strings
-- John Motson

#Wenger #Purses #Strings
Brazil - they're so good it's like they are running round the pitch playing with themselves.
-- John Motson

#Running #Brazil
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.
-- John Motson

#Spurs #Half #Cups
Defoe was level and anyone who says otherwise is picking hairs
-- John Motson

#Hair #Levels
The unexpected is always likely to happen.
-- John Motson

#Unexpected
The World Cup is a truly international event.
-- John Motson

#Events #World #Cups
The Czech Republic are coming from behind in more than one way now.
-- John Motson

#Czech Republic #Republic #Way
Not the first half you might have expected, even though the score might suggest that it was
-- John Motson

#Soccer #Half #Might
The match has become quite unpredictable, but it still looks as though Arsenal will win the cup
-- John Motson

#Soccer #Winning #Looks
That shot might not have been as good as it might have been
-- John Motson

#Soccer #Might #Shots
The goals made such a difference to the way this game went
-- John Motson

#Soccer #Games #Differences
Northern Ireland were in white, which was quite appropriate because three inches of snow had to be cleared from the pitch before kick off
-- John Motson

#Soccer #White #Snow
Nearly all the Brazilian supporters are wearing yellow shirts - it's a fabulous kaleidoscope of colour.
-- John Motson

#Yellow #Fabulous #Kaleidoscope
Ruud Gullit was able to impose his multi-lingual skills on this match.
-- John Motson

#Football #Skills #Able
Northern Ireland are ten minutes away from their finest victory. There's 15 minutes to go here.
-- John Motson

#Football #Victory #Finest
The game is balanced in Arsenal's favour.
-- John Motson

#Football #Games #Favour
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.
-- John Motson

#Football #Friendly #Done
For those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are in the all-yellow strip.
-- John Motson

#Football #Black And White #Yellow
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

#Men #Two #Goalkeepers

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