Ron Atkinson Football Quotations

I'm going to make a prediction - it could go either way.

They've picked their heads up off the ground, and they now have a lot to carry on their shoulders.

One of the reserves came up to me and said 'I'm finding it a bit hard, it's the first time I've ever been dropped'. So I told him to do what Nick Faldo does and work at his game. Next thing I know he's doing exactly what Faldo does, he's taken up golf.

You can see the ball go past them, or the man, but you'll never see both man and ball go past at the same time. So if the ball goes past, the man won't, or if the man goes past, they'll take the ball.

I never comment on referees and I'm not going to break the habit of a lifetime for that prat.

Now Manchester United are 2-1 down on aggregate, they are in a better position than when they started the game at 1-1.

He dribbles a lot and the opposition don't like it - you can see it all over their faces

I just wanted to give my players some technical advice. I told them the game had started.

That's not the type of header you want to see your defender make, with his hand.

Liverpool will think 'we could have won this 2-2'

Someone in the England team will have to grab the ball by the horns.

Beckenbauer has really gambled all his eggs.

I would not say he (David Ginola) is the best left-winger in the Premiership, but there are none better.

Woodcock would have scored but his shot was too perfect.

Well, Clive, it's all about the two Ms - movement and positioning.

You half fancied that to go in as it was rising and dipping at the same time.

There's nobody fitter at his age, except maybe Raquel Welch.

Women should be in the kitchen, the discotheque and the boutique, but not in football.