116 Quotes by Ron Atkinson

We haven’t had a strategic free kick all night. No one’s knocked over attackers ad-lib.

They’ve done the old-fashioned things well; they’ve kicked the ball, they’ve headed it...

They’ve come out at half time and gone bang.

All I do know is that I’ll never be able to achieve what Tommy Docherty did, and that is take Aston Villa into the third division and Manchester United into the second division.

I’ve had this sneaking feeling throughout the game that it’s there to be won.

The ball goes down the keeper’s throat where it hits him on the knees to say the least.

They’ve certainly grown, the Japanese. I mean grown in stature, playing-wise.

The keeper was unsighted – he still didn’t see it.

He’s the equivalent of the Spanish David Beckham.