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John Motson quotes

"If David Beckham claims that goal, it will be only the second goal he has scored for England... well, no, it won't be... it'll be the fourth or fifth free kick, I think... but certainly the one in Sapporo is the one we remember most in recent times... but how often has he changed the direction of the game for England?"

"Just one minute of overtime, so you can put the eggs on now if you like."

"And Seaman, just like a falling oak, manages to change direction"

"The referee is wearing the same yellow-coloured top as the Slovakian goalkeeper. I'd have thought the UEFA official would have spotted that - but perhaps he's been deafened by the noise of this crowd."

"Nearly all the Brazilian supporters are wearing yellow shirts - it's a fabulous kaleidoscope of colour"

"Hold on to your cups and glasses...you can smash them now, David Beckham has scored!"

"That's an old Ipswich move - O'Callaghan crossing for Mariner to drive over the bar"

"He's not quite at 110 per cent fitness."

"For those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are in the all yellow strip"

"England are playing this game in Bratislava because there's a much better atmosphere than in Prague"

"The World Cup is a truly International event"

"I think this could be our best victory over Germany since the war"

"You couldn't count the number of moves Alan Ball made... I counted four, and possibly five."

"Oh, that's good running on the run."

"And what a time to score. 22 minutes gone"

"It's a football stadium on the truest sense of the word"

"The unexpected is always likely to happen."

"And I suppose Spurs are nearer to being out of the FA Cup now than at any other time since the first half of this season, when they weren't ever in it anyway."

"I know that Gareth Barry has been told by Howard Wilkinson to take a long hard look at these with his left foot."

"Actually, none of the player are wearing earrings, Kjeldberg, with his contact lenses is the closest we can get"

"Middlesbrough are withdrawing Maccarone the Italian, Nemeth the Slovakian and Stockdale the right back"

"I can't fault Mark Palios too highly"

"Whether that was a penalty or not, the referee thought otherwise."

"Brazil - they're so good it's like they are running round the pitch playing with themselves"

"Northern Ireland were in white, which was quite appropriate because three inches of snow had to be cleared from the pitch before kick off"

"The goals made such a difference to the way this game went"

"That shot might not have been as good as it might have been"

"The match has become quite unpredictable, but it still looks as though Arsenal will win the cup"

"Not the first half you might have expected, even though the score might suggest that it was"

"Paul Gascoigne has recently become a father and been booked for over-celebrating."

"Bruce has got the taste of Wembley in his nostrils"

"Trevor Brooking's notes are getting wet with the rain. I must lend him some of the perspex I always bring to cover mine."

"I've just heard that in the other match Real Madrid have just scored. That makes the score, if my calculations are correct, 4 - 3! But I'm only guessing!"

"So different from the scenes in 1872, at the cup final none of us can remember"

"I was about to say before something far more interesting interrupted"

"It's so exciting we're talking at the same time for the first time ever!"

"There is still nothing on the proverbial scoreboard"

"In a sense it's a one-man show... except that there are two men involved, Hartson and Berkovic, and a third man, the goalkeeper."