If someone in the crowd spits at you, you have just got to swallow it..

I am not leaving twitter. If the mindless few defeat the thoughtful majority we are all doomed..

Chris Hughton has been sacked by Norwich. Now? With 5 games to go? Utterly bonkers!.

You've got no chance of reaching the top if you're just playing for money..

He's got great credentials by winning the World Cup, but he did it with Brazil - my granny could probably have managed Brazil to World Cup success..

...an excellent player, but he [Ian Wright] does have a black side..

When I see old photos of me on the beach I don't look too bad... but it's hard trying to breathe in for such a long time when I spot the photographer….

A handball is when your hand touches the ball..

Footballers are more likely to work better if they get a pat on their back from the boss. A knife in the back is never the answer..

That's one of the magical things about the Olympics, Team GB will have someone challenging in a sport that we've never watched and all of a sudden it….

Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win..

Ooh, it's too ­embarrassing to share my innermost romantic secrets - although I have written Danielle the odd poem. If anything they are more comedic….

Ageing footballers never lose their commitment; they just lose their pace.

The big thing is, everybody says it's being in the right place at the right time. But it's more than that, it's being in the right place all the time….

Every act of kindness is potent and lingers long in the heart of the recipient..

Messi doesn't have to do it in the Premier League to prove himself. The Champions League is the ultimate club competition. If he was in the Premier L….

Soccer is a game for 22 people that run around, play the ball, and one referee who makes a slew of mistakes, and in the end Germany always wins..

I just think to be a manager you've got to live and breathe and have this incredible enthusiasm for football, the whole thing. And while I love the g….

The best, most successful managers in the modern era are those who can keep a player happy even if he is not in the team. Given the size of the squad….

Fella’s a genius. Best ever by a distance in my life time. Never really saw Pele… Souness, Gullit, Venables and now Rooney agree Messi is the best th….

The World Cup is every four years, so it's going to be a perennial problem..