Topical, but my profound apologies to any football widows out there! I love a bit of it I do!
Today's Times has an article in which "The Plain English Campaign" defend the language used by football commentators saying "[they] do a very good job and make relatively few errors for the amount they say". The article then goes on to print some of the better colemanballs...
"The World Cup - A truly international event"
"That shot might not have been as good as it might have been"
"Nobody could have counted the number of moves Alan Ball made. I counted four or possibly five"
All John Motson
"He sliced the ball when he had it on a plate"
"He's treading on dangerous water here"
"He really has gambled all his eggs"
"I never comment on referees, and I'm not going to break the habit of a lifetime for that prat"
All Ron Atkinson
"If England get a point, it will be a point won as opposed to two points lost"
Mark Lawernson
"Football's football: If that weren't the case it wouldn't be the game it is"
Garth Crooks
"Southampton have forced Manchester United into a lot of unforced errors"
Steve Claridge
"Thistle need to score at least once if they want to win this game"
Sandy Clark
"The most vulnerable area for goalies is between their legs"
...you've scared everyone off already.
Ooop! You've done it again indeed!
I suppose it's a game of two halves though...
Reg you gave her a measly 5 minutes to get a comment!
If I could choose a player on the left for England I'd choose Ashley Cole and Wayne Bridge - Peter Beardsley