To say that these men paid their shillings to watch twenty-two hirelings kick a ball is merely to say that a violin is wood and catgut, that Hamlet is so much paper and ink. – J.B. Priestley, The Good Companions, 1928
If this can be termed the century of the common man, then soccer, of all sports, is surely his game…. In a world haunted by the hydrogen and napalm bomb, the football field is a place where sanity and hope are still left unmolested. – Stanley Rous, 1952
I understand what its like to come with your family, and to uproot yourself and come to another culture. You need a lot of support. People say, Shes got her daughter shes got her husband. Yeah, but she hasnt got anyone else. – Emma Thompson
