On the other end of the line, there quickly came a death threat linked to my arrival back in Oporto. “You think you’re the best . . . you bastard . . . we won’t do anything now because you have a final to play tomorrow, but as soon as it’s over, consider yourself a dead man, because we’ll get you, and as soon as you get back to Oporto your fate is sealed. You don’t have a chance . . .”
'The Thermos-head got cross because of my hand-goal. What about the other one, Shilton, didn't you see that one? He didn't invite me to his testimonial ... oh, my heart bleeds! How many people go to a goalkeeper's testimonial anyway? A goalkeeper's!'
'I remember one exchange,' he says, 'between a big, pot-bellied skinhead, who shouted out to John Barnes, a beautiful black man, "Why don't you fuck off back where you came from?" Someone turned to this bloke and said to him, "He's just come from our penalty area, so don't be telling him to go back there ".'Observer Sport
In conversation with Jeff, though, you quickly realise that the minutiae of the game are coursing through his veins: "Any big mistakes?"Independent Online
"Kenny Deuchar of Gretna. I got into trouble for mispronouncing his name.
"Interesting chap. He's a doctor - can't play every week. Scored five on Saturday."
Betar's fans vented their anger after their club's 4-3 loss to bottom club Upper Nazareth. They placed the dressing rooms of both clubs under siege before local police guided the Nazareth players to their bus.
The federation's board "stressed that anarchy in the stands, the biggest problem in Turkish football, threatened lives and the future of football."
"How many other professional sporting bodies can boast an average attendance of more than 50,000 for their home games?
"Manchester United certainly. Newcastle United just about ..."
Apart from the 30,000 seat showpiece arena, an international exhibition centre for showjumping events and rock concerts is also in proposals.
One of the jail’s controversial H-Blocks, where 10 republican hunger strikers died in 1981, is to be retained as well.
"Roso chairman Mihai Macovei drove onto the field and attempted to run over the referee several times."
"Catalans will be taking an interest in tonight's Spain v England game in Madrid, they will be - most of them - supporting England. Should England score, the whole city will know about it. It happens every time, just as it does when Barça score a goal"
"He combines the looks of Lothar Matthäus, the elegance of Diego Maradona and the all-round ability of Oliver Bierhoff."
"On one occasion I drove from London to Manchester to meet a United player in a hotel car park. He handed me a wad of cash to go and book a room ..."
"Hughes has to appreciate he is now the main man and is accountable for all his decisions, or his foray into club management might soon turn sour."
On June 12, we published a story saying that Frank Skinner was part of the 'Leicester City Three' who were cleared of rape allegations during a team trip to Spain's La Manga resort.
This should have read Frank Sinclair and we apologise unreservedly to Mr Skinner for any distress caused and are happy to put the record straight.
"If (Wrexham's plight)doesn't trouble you, if it doesn't gnaw away at you, then you're not fit to call yourself a football fan."
"Nid oes gennym gêm am dri mis, felly rwy'n siwr o aros am hirach na'r tro diwethaf."BBC Cymru'r Byd
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