Ron Atkinson, Kevin Keegan, Dave Basset, David Beckham, Craig Brown, Paul Gasgoine, Glen Hoddle, Des Lynam, John Motson, Allan Parry, David Pleat, Bobby Robson and Terry Venables have between then came up with these beauties...
"Well, Clive, it's all about the two M's. Movement and positioning"
"He actually looks a little rubbishrubbishrubbishrubbish, that Totti"
"If Glenn Hoddle said one word to his team at half time, it was concentration and focus"
"He was lightning slow"
"We are now entering a new Millennium and football's a completely different cup of tea"
"Obviously for Scunthorpe it would be a nice scalp to put Wimbledon on their bottoms"
"It would be foolish to believe that automatic promotion is automatic in any way whatsoever"
"My parents have been there for me, ever since I was about 7"
"I remember so clearly us going into hospital so Victoria could have Brooklyn. I was eating a Lion bar at the time"
"I strongly feel that the only difference between the two teams were the goals that England scored" (Craig Brown who was at the time manager of Scotland. )
"The underdogs will start favourites for this match"
"I never make predictions, and I never will"
"I've had 14 bookings this season - 8 of which were my fault, but 7 of which were disputable"
"Because of the booking, I will miss the Holland game - if selected"
"With hindsight, it's easy to look at it with hindsight"
"The good news for Nigeria is that they're two-nil down very early in the game"
"I'm not disappointed - just disappointed" Kevin Keegan.
"I'll never play at Wembley again, unless I play at Wembley again" Kevin Keegan again.
"He's using his strength and that is his strength, his strength"
"I came to Nantes two years ago and it's much the same today, except that it's totally different"
"I know what is around the corner - I just don't know where the corner is. But the onus is on us to perform and we must control the bandwagon"
"The 33 or 34-year-olds will be 36 or 37 by the time the next World Cup comes around, if they're not careful"
"Goalkeepers aren't born today until they're in their late 20s or 30s and sometimes not even then. Or so it would appear. To me anyway. Don't you think the same?"
"I don't think they're as good as they are"
"Young Gareth Barry - he's young"
"More football later, but first let's see the goals from the Scottish Cup final" Des Lynam classic.
"Nearly all the Brazilian supporters are wearing yellow shirts - it's a fabulous kaleidoscope of colour"
"Bruce has got the taste of Wembley in his nostrils"
"And Ritchie has now scored 11 goals, exactly double the number he scored last season"
"There's a little bit of a South American touch, if that's not Irish, about this European side, Portugal"
"There's Thierry Henry, exploding like the French train that he is"
"At this moment there is not a problem at this moment"
"We didn't underestimate them. They were a lot better than we thought"
"Look at those olive trees. They're two hundred years old - from before the time of Christ!"
"I played cricket for my local village. It was 40 overs per side, and the team that had the most runs won. It was that sort of football"
"What can I say about Peter Shilton? Peter Shilton is Peter Shilton, and he has been Peter Shilton since the year dot" Bobby Robson. (Talking about Peter Shilton)
"For a player to ask for a transfer has opened everybody's eyebrows"
"I felt a lump in my mouth as the ball went in"