I have seen players sent off for far worse offences than that.

John Cross is feeling very boyish about Arsenal's chances

I don't want to stir up a can of worms.

Belgium's not a hotpot of international football

In the papers this morning: 'Police closing in on Ian Holloway.' Sorry, it's 'Palace closing in on Ian Holloway.'

Some players need a boot up their backside. Other players need the arm

The man is United - cut him and he bleeds red

Levante have gone fourth in Serie A. If anyone can tell me what part of Italy Levante is in, please call. I've no idea

I'm not going to single individuals out but Yakubu has missed loads of great chances

I've got my doubts, there's no doubt about it

Scotland have this habit of kicking themselves in the foot

I am forever walking upon these shores, Betwixt the sand and the foam, The high tide will erase my food prints, And the wind will blow away the foam, But the sea and the shore will remain forever.

In the history of art there are periods when bread seems so beautiful that it nearly gets into museums.

Great is the Lord’s provisions. Even in times of famine, we have more than enough to eat.

At this point I think we need to embrace the weird. High-five it. Give it our phone number.

Thank God for sleep! And when you cannot sleep still thank Him that you live to lie awake.

I hate talking about music, to tell you the truth.

In television, I don't feel constraints. I feel a lot freedom to maneuver.

But I have a gut feeling on this and it’s not the oh-look-it’s-a-bright-shiny-world kind. (Tate)

It is the habit of mankind to entrust to careless hope what they long for, and to use sovereign reason to thrust aside what they do not desire

The force that propels the human spirit on the clear way forward and upward is the abstract spirit.