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> [Someone in the England team will have to grab the ball by the horns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-atkinson/someone-in-the-england-team-will-have-to-grab-the-ball-by-the-horns/)

[Ron Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-atkinson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abe/ron-atkinson-8807_balls_someone-in-the-england-team-will-have-to_1074052.jpg)

> [They've done the old-fashioned things well; they've kicked the ball, they've headed it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-atkinson/they-ve-done-the-old-fashioned-things-well-they-ve-kicked-the-ball/)

[Ron Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-atkinson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f78/ron-atkinson-8807_balls_they-ve-done-the-old-fashioned-things-we_1147974.jpg)

> [At international level, giving the ball away doesn't work too often.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-atkinson/at-international-level-giving-the-ball-away-doesn-t-work-too-often/)

[Ron Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-atkinson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ad/ron-atkinson-8807_balls_at-international-level-giving-the-ball-a_1532559.jpg)

> [You can see the ball go past them, or the man, but you'll never see both man and ball go past at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-atkinson/you-can-see-the-ball-go-past-them-or-the-man-but-you-ll-never-see/)

[Ron Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-atkinson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/923/ron-atkinson-8807_balls_you-can-see-the-ball-go-past-them-or-the_1699802.jpg)

> [Apart from picking the ball out of the net, he hasn't had to make a save.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-atkinson/apart-from-picking-the-ball-out-of-the-net-he-hasn-t-had-to-make-a/)

[Ron Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-atkinson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bca/ron-atkinson-8807_balls_apart-from-picking-the-ball-out-of-the-n_1753388.jpg)

> [He sliced the ball when he had it on a plate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-atkinson/he-sliced-the-ball-when-he-had-it-on-a-plate/)

[Ron Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-atkinson/)

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## Other authors on Ball

## More by Ron Atkinson

> [I'm going to make a prediction - it could go either way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-atkinson/i-m-going-to-make-a-prediction-it-could-go-either-way/)

[Ron Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-atkinson/)

> [Our fans have been branded with the same brush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-atkinson/our-fans-have-been-branded-with-the-same-brush/)

[Ron Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-atkinson/)

> [Now Manchester United are 2-1 down on aggregate, they are in a better position than when they started the game at 1-1.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-atkinson/now-manchester-united-are-2-1-down-on-aggregate-they-are-in-a-better/)

[Ron Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-atkinson/)

> [Moreano thought that the full back was gonna come up behind and give him one really hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-atkinson/moreano-thought-that-the-full-back-was-gonna-come-up-behind-and-give/)

[Ron Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-atkinson/)

> [There's nobody fitter at his age, except maybe Raquel Welch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-atkinson/there-s-nobody-fitter-at-his-age-except-maybe-raquel-welch/)

[Ron Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-atkinson/)

> [The Spaniards have been reduced to aiming aimless balls into the box.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-atkinson/the-spaniards-have-been-reduced-to-aiming-aimless-balls-into-the-box/)

[Ron Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-atkinson/)

> [Their forward got a lucky squeeze from the defender.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-atkinson/their-forward-got-a-lucky-squeeze-from-the-defender/)

[Ron Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-atkinson/)

> [You half fancied that to go in as it was rising and dipping at the same time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-atkinson/you-half-fancied-that-to-go-in-as-it-was-rising-and-dipping-at-the/)

[Ron Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-atkinson/)

> [They are playing above the ground.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-atkinson/they-are-playing-above-the-ground/)

[Ron Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-atkinson/)

> [Scholes is very influential for England at international level.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-atkinson/scholes-is-very-influential-for-england-at-international-level/)

[Ron Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-atkinson/)

> [I would not say he (David Ginola) is the best left-winger in the Premiership, but there are none better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-atkinson/i-would-not-say-he-david-ginola-is-the-best-left-winger-in-the/)

[Ron Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-atkinson/)

> [Huddersfield will want to win this one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-atkinson/huddersfield-will-want-to-win-this-one/)

[Ron Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-atkinson/)

> [Stoichkov's playing on the wing, in this situation he likes to come in and scalp the centre-half.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-atkinson/stoichkov-s-playing-on-the-wing-in-this-situation-he-likes-to-come-in/)

[Ron Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-atkinson/)

> [Scholes and Van Nistelrooy drugged the last two defenders.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-atkinson/scholes-and-van-nistelrooy-drugged-the-last-two-defenders/)

[Ron Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-atkinson/)

> [He'll take some pleasure from that, Brian Carey. He and Steve Bull have been having it off all afternoon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-atkinson/he-ll-take-some-pleasure-from-that-brian-carey-he-and-steve-bull-have/)

[Ron Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-atkinson/)

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