Analysis Quote by Martin Samuel

Football is a great place to get away from things, and going over to Greece was amazing and I've loved it - it is…

— John McGinn

My favourite football memory is the opening match of France '98, and unfortunately Scotland had drawn Brazil.

— Amy Macdonald

God bless whoever invented football. It was the English, I think. And what a fantastic idea it was

— Paolo Rossi

Football in Italy at the end of the '80s and beginning of '90s was the best all over the world.

— Lothar Matthaus

Sometimes in England, people look down at the Europa League, but being from the continent, I've always realised what an important competition it is.

— Simon Mignolet

People remember the treble in 1999 as if we only had to turn up to collect three trophies. But on that cup run, we…

— Peter Schmeichel

Kyiv were the first team I had ever come up against who systematically pressed the ball. That was my football epiphany. I understood that…

— Ralf Rangnick

When I was in Dutch and Italian football, a lot of people looked at Manchester United, and when they were asked who was the…

— Edwin van der Sar

“Someone once tried to explain to me why football is so endlessly fascinating to its fans. It was all to do with unpredictability and…

— R.J. Bailey

The football was really good at Villa. It was all worthwhile.

— Robert Snodgrass

The biggest memory I have is the 1984 European Cup final against Roma and my 'spaghetti legs' routine during the penalty shoot-out that won…

— Bruce Grobbelaar

I don't know about Mario Balotelli saying, 'Why always me?' - England should be saying as a nation, 'Why always us?' You can go…

— Glenn Hoddle