"Beyond the Touchline is Nothing"
(Jacques
Derrida)
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"Beyond the Touchline is Nothing"
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Throughout
the
ages
the
good
and
the
great
have
offered
their
quotes
and
advice
on
what
makes
this
game
so special. This page will allow you to agree or disagree with their famed opinions.
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"Football
is
a
working
class
Ballet" Alf Garnett |
"Beyond
the
Touchline
is
Nothing" Jacques Derrida |
"Football
is
nothing
without Fans" |
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"All
that
I
know
most
surely
about
morality
and
obligations,
I
owe
to
football" |
"Train
the
right
way.
Help
each
other. It's a form of SOCIALISM without the Politics." Bill Shankly |
"Football
is
a
part
of
I,
when
I
play
the
world
wakes
up
around
me." Bob Marley |
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"It's
not
just
a
simple
game.
It's
a
weapon
of
the
revolution" Che Guevara |
"The
game
is
about
glory.... doing thing's in style" Danny Blanchflower |
"Behind
every
kick
of
the
Ball there has to be a thought" Dennis Bergkamp |
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"When
the
seagulls
follow
the
trawler,
it's
because
they
think
sardines
will
be
thrown
into
the
sea" Eric Cantona |
"The
Socialism
I
believe
in
is
everyone
working
for
each
other,
everyone
having
a
share
of
the
rewards.
It's
the
way
I
see
football,
the
way
I
see
life" Bill Shankly |
"The
imagined
community
of
millions
seems
more
real
as
a
team
of
eleven
named
people" Eric Hobsbawm |
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"My
idea
of
paradise
is
a
straight
line
to
Goals" Friedrich Nietzsche |
"I
spent
a
lot
of
money
on
booze,
birds
and
fast
cards.
The
rest
I
just
squandered" George Best |
"Have
you
noticed
how
we
only
win
the
World
cup
under
a
Labour
government" PM Harold Wilson |
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"If
the
game
is
lost,
your
earthly
life
is
wasted" Henrik Ibsen |
"There
is
no
greater
glory
for
man
than
that
which
he
achieves
with
his
own
hands
and
feet" Homer (not Simpson the other one) |
"Power
is
only
to
happy
to
make
football
bear
a
diabolical
responsibility
for
stupefying
the
masses" Jean Baudrillard |
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"In
football
everything
is
complicated
by
the
presence
of
the
other
team" Jean Paul Satre |
"Football
is
a
game
you
play
with
your
brain" Johan Cruyff |
"The
goal
passes
through
a
series
of
phases
independent
of
the
will
of
man" Karl Marx |
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"The
joy
of
seeing
Yuri
Gagarin
in
space
is
only
superseded
by
the
joy
of
a
good
penalty
save" Lev Yashin |
"Football
is
a
game
for
rough
girls,
not
suitable
for
delicate
boys" Oscar Wilde |
"Football
is
the
beautiful
game" Pele |
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"Life
itself
is
but
a
game
of
football" Sir Walter Scott |
"Know
your
opponent
and
know
yourself
-
make
one
hundred
challenges
without
hazard" Sun Tzu |
"Each
succeeds
in
reaching
the
goal
by
a
different
method" Machiavelli |
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"I
fell
in
love
with
football
as
I
was
later
to
fall
in
love
with
women:
suddenly,
inexplicably,
uncritically,
giving
no
thought
to
the
pain
or
disruption
it
would
bring
with
it." Nick Hornby |
"As
a
manager
you
learn
with
your
ears
and
not
with
your
tongue". Terry Venables |
"Forget
practice
makes
perfect,
it
should
read….Practice
makes
permanent…. Terry Venables |
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