Geoffrey Green - Memorable Quotes

Memorable Quotes

  • On Garrincha in the 1958 World Cup: "the one man above all others to turn pumpkins into coaches and mice into men."
  • On Tottenham Hotspur's double in 1960-61: "Their game is to decoy, create and destroy."
  • On England's 1966 World Cup victory: "If England, perhaps, did not possess the greatest flair, they were the best prepared in the field, with the best temperament based on a functional plan."
  • On the architect of England's victory Sir Alf Ramsey: "Given to doctrinaire, puritanical, even apparently humourless, he has nonetheless dedicated himself to one end – victory. A lone wolf, he yet managed to build up a team spirit among his men unknown before in any international squad."
  • On the 1970 World Cup winning Brazilian team: "They have won because their football is a dance full of irrational surprises and Dionysiac variations."
  • On finishing his last World Cup assignment in 1974: "And so, on a personal note a well thumbed book is snapped shut on my last World Cup final."
  • On Bill Shankly's death in 1981: "Football was his religion and Anfield his kirk. Booking into a continental hotel, he wrote 'Anfield' in the address column. On being asked by the receptionist for his home address he replied: 'What the hell do you mean? That is my home.'"

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