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Referees, Officials and the Press - Part Two

 

I am praying for rain. Good luck.

Father John Fleming, Adelaide priest in telegram to Australian cricketers in Manchester. Prayer was answered.

 

Heno, mae tref wylaidd Wrecsam yn croesawu Rhufain odidog...Daeth y Rhufeiniwr...hanaeysddl hwnnw, Julius Caesar adref oI ymweliad cyntar a Phrydain ar geirau enwog Veni Vidi Vici Gobeithio na chaiff hanes ei ailadrodd!

Welcome to Roma, programme notes written in Welsh for Wrexham programme attributed to W P Griffiths, Chairman (no translation available).

 

We’re talking about a woman who has probably never been to a match in her life as a fee paying person, giving advice to everyone on how they should run matches. She destroys everything that’s important to working people, so why not football as well.

Derek Hatton, Militant Liverpool councillor and Everton fan on Margaret Thatcher.

 

I guess I'll have to gain 60 pounds, start smoking a cigar and wear clothes that don't match.

Garth Iorg Toronto Blue Jays baseball player on starting a newspaper column.

 

They let you chase girls, they just don’t let you catch them.

Glen Kozlowski, Brigham Young University’s American Football captain on the Mormon Church’s influence on his team

 

I’ve got a face made for radio.

Ron Luciano, US baseball umpire, after failing to make the grade as an NBC summariser.

 

If you guys could get just one per cent of stories right.

John McEnroe to press at Wimbledon.

 

We had a Mauritius referee against Paraguay. Mauritius is a lovely island, but they don’t play football.

Evaristo Meceda, Iraqui coach

 

A lot of beautiful girls may be made available to you before the game. Such traps are aimed at destabilising you. You are going to war and must be on the look out for all kinds of weapons.

King Mtetwa, Swaziland Home Affairs Minister to Highlanders FC players before match in Lesotho.

 

I have to make a living just like you. I happen to make mine in a nice way; you happen to make yours in a nasty way.

Sir Alf Ramsey

 

There is no aparthied practised in South Africa's Grand Prix because there are no coloured drivers or spectators.

Mike Reid

 

If ever he tried refereeing in the States, he’d turn up in an oil drum at the bottom of the Miami river.

Art Ross, Birmingham Bullets basketball coach

 

Like you, during a long and tempestuous history, we came under the yoke of our Anglo-Saxon brothers. You, wisely have much more sense than us, in that you devoured as many as you could.

Alun Thomas, Welsh Rugby Union President, welcoming Fijian tourists.

 

Some local education authorities actually think that competitive sport is bad for children. They’ll be telling us next that water doesn’t suit goldfish.

Dick Tracy, Minister for Sport

 

I want to be part of the American tradition of leggy lovelies who cheer their team on. Why deny a person the right to wear panty-hose, leotards and bobbles?

Glenn Welt, who brought a lawsuit for sexual discrimination against the Miami Dolphins who rejected his application to be a cheer-leader.

There is only one thing wrong with Mr Welt - he is an ugly man.

Miss Maytree Lumble, Miami Dolphins choreographer.