Money Quote by J.B. Priestley

Nearly everything possible had been done to spoil the game: the heavy financial interest; the absurd transfer and player-selling system; the lack of any…

— J. B. Priestley

“(in those days, before Gazza, before cynical and meaningless pre-season tournaments which somehow still offer a methadone alternative to the real competitions to come,…

— Nick Hornby

“When you lay down a proposition which is forthwith controverted, it is of course optional with you to take up the cudgels in its…

— Henry James

The source of wealth is from individuals with little or no history of interest in the game, who have happened upon football as a…

— Sepp Blatter

Football is not a game but a religion, a metaphysical island of fundamental truth in a highly verbalized, disguised society, a throwback of 30,000…

— Arnold J. Mandell

The romance of English football is fantastic, but it has lost its identity under the influence of other cultures.

— Johan Cruyff

“[Books are] vital to learning. Half the population don't go to football matches but that doesn't make football any less important.”

— John Sutherland

As the scale of football finances increases, we see and hear of the decadence, irresponsibility and greed of the modern player.

— Simon Jordan

English football is evolving. It's no longer the game it used to be. Apart from the larger quantities of money which make it more…

— Gianfranco Zola

“However, football has a life of its own and it seems to outlive us all, even the most influential and historic figures and powerful…

— Brian Belton

It is important that we try to present an image of sport in the world that changes the idea that football is only about…

— Joan Laporta

No one knows anything about economics. It's the great lie of the economists. By contrast in football people might have contrasting opinions, each of…

— Vicente del Bosque