37 Quotes by Brian Barwick

Alan Smith was given an opportunity to play for England and chose to play elsewhere. It's probably not the cleverest thing he's done.

This is great news for England fans and the result of intensive lobbying by the FA.

This is very sad news. Peter Osgood made a wonderful contribution to English football.

This is the right outcome. It's been a long day but a fruitful day. The FA and Sven felt it was important to clarify his future and this is for the benefit of everyone. There has been so much speculation surrounding this matter in recent weeks and months; it was important to resolve it now.

There's been some ordering out we went to the local Taco Bell and made a 30-taco order and they were very pleased to see us.

I'm giving Sven an opportunity to take the best English side since 1966 to a World Cup, and that's my way of saying I have a fantastic degree of confidence in his ability to deliver for us.

I like him as a man and I think he's proved with his competitive record that he's an extremely good England coach and I get on will with him personally.

I am asking Sven to take what I believe to be the best English team since 1966 to the World Cup and try and win it. There was an opportunity for some significant clarification of the situation. We discussed it long and hard and felt the best way forward was him to focus on 2006. And then for him and us to part company in good heart and with good grace.

I can confirm that this season's FA Cup final will be held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on May 13.