Commentators Quotes - Page 10

A peep, peep, peep, another peep, and that's it.

Barry Davies

Football

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It's going to take a shoehorn to prise these two teams apart

Alan Parry

Football, Team, Two

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...evoking memories, particularly of days gone by.

Mike Ingham

Football, Memories, Days Gone By

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Leeds are enjoying more possession now that they have the ball.

Simon Brotherton

Football, Balls, Enjoy

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52,000 here tonight, but it sounds like 50,000.

Bryon Butler

Football, Sound, Tonight

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England are looking better value for 0-0.

Barry Davies

Football, England, Values

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That's the kind he usually knocks in in his sleep - with his eyes closed.

Archie Macpherson

Football, Sleep, Eye

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He's pulling him off! The Spanish manager is pulling his captain off

George Hamilton

Football, Captains, Managers

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When I said they'd scored two goals, of course I meant they'd scored one.

George Hamilton

Football, Two, Goal

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A smoked salmon sandwich of a football match if ever there has been one.

Peter Drury

Football, Salmon, Sandwiches

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There's no telling what the score will be if this one goes in

George Hamilton

Football, Score, Ifs

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The tall team takes the low road into the lead

Martin Tyler

Football, Team, Lows

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Xavier, who looks just like Zeus, not that I have any idea what Zeus looks like.

Alan Green

Football, Ideas, Looks

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It flew towards the roof of the net like a Wurlitzer

George Hamilton

Football, Flew, Roof

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Hyypia rises like a giraffe to head the ball clear

George Hamilton

Football, Balls, Giraffe

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Tottenham ice their sublime cake with the ridiculous.

Peter Drury

Football, Ice, Cake

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He caught that with the outside of his instep.

George Hamilton

Football, Caught

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The unanimously applauded, self-congratulatory bromides of a Soviet Party Congress seemed contemptible. The unanimity of the sanctimonious, reality-concealing rhetoric spouted by American officials and media commentators in recent days seems, well, unworthy of a mature democracy.

Susan Sontag

Party, Reality, Self

Susan Sontag (2007). “At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches”, p.142, Macmillan

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Ian Baird is dashing around like a steam roller up front.

Martin Tyler

Football, Steam, Dashing

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Commentators frequently blame MMORPGs for an increasing sense of isolation modern life. But virtual worlds are less a cause of that isolation than a response to it. Virtual worlds give back what has been scooped out of modern life. The virtual world is in important ways more authentically human than the real world. It gives us back community, a feeling of competence, and a sense of being an important person whom people depend on.

Jonathan Gottschall

Real, Giving, People

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One or two of their players aren't getting any younger

Clive Tyldesley

Football, Player, Two

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Ardiles strokes the ball like it was a part of his anatomy.

Jimmy Magee

Football, Balls, Strokes

Jimmy Magee, Jason O'Toole (2012). “Memory Man: The Life and Sporting Times of Jimmy Magee: Sports trivia from the 'Memory Man' Jimmy Magee”, p.136, Gill & Macmillan Ltd

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As the seconds tick down, Belgium are literally playing in time that doesn't exist.

Guy Mowbray

Football, Tick, Belgium

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He had no chance of beating Schmeichel from there, but it was always worth a try.

Alan Parry

Football, Trying, Chance

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Anelka was travelling so fast that he couldn't keep his own feet

Clive Tyldesley

Football, Feet

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