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> [“Never let the facts get in the way of a good national legend.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-ball/never-let-the-facts-get-in-the-way-of-a-good-national-legend/)

[Phil Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-ball/)

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## More by Phil Ball

> [“There is so much morbo festering between these two sides that they would have to employ a very powerful priest to exorcise the phenomenon,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-ball/there-is-so-much-morbo-festering-between-these-two-sides-that-they/)

[Phil Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-ball/)

> [“Never let the facts get in the way of a good national legend.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-ball/never-let-the-facts-get-in-the-way-of-a-good-national-legend/)

[Phil Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-ball/)

> [“Barcelona fans labor under the touchingly innocent belief that everyone else in the world, apart from Real Madrid and Espanyol fans, is happy to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-ball/barcelona-fans-labor-under-the-touchingly-innocent-belief-that/)

[Phil Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-ball/)

> [“Regions remembered who had fought for whom, and they have not forgotten. Football grounds grew up out of the divided earth and have not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-ball/regions-remembered-who-had-fought-for-whom-and-they-have-not/)

[Phil Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-ball/)

> [“I reserve the right to do what I like" he (Manuel Ruíz de Lopera) announced to the press, a statement that rather sums up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-ball/i-reserve-the-right-to-do-what-i-like-he-manuel-ru-z-de-lopera/)

[Phil Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-ball/)

> [“The essential absurdity of football - that it has become so important - is nine-tenths of the poetry.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-ball/the-essential-absurdity-of-football-that-it-has-become-so-important/)

[Phil Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-ball/)

> [“The terrible beauty of Spanish football is that someone, somewhere, hates your guts and will always be delighted to demonstrate this when your team…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-ball/the-terrible-beauty-of-spanish-football-is-that-someone-somewhere/)

[Phil Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-ball/)

> [“The great artists and poets may have gone, but football is here.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-ball/the-great-artists-and-poets-may-have-gone-but-football-is-here/)

[Phil Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-ball/)

> [“Que se jodan.'It was as if the girl had summed up, in three words, the way Spanish regions really feel about each other.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-ball/que-se-jodan-it-was-as-if-the-girl-had-summed-up-in-three-words-the/)

[Phil Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-ball/)

> [“In Coruña, people sit around on the sea walls or the rocks and stare out to sea, as if they expect Francis Drake to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-ball/in-coru-a-people-sit-around-on-the-sea-walls-or-the-rocks-and-stare/)

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