The Charm of Rivalry

“When I’ve got nothing better to do, I look down the league table to see how Everton are getting along.”
Liverpool manager Bill Shankly

“I know this is a sad occasion but I think that Dixie would be amazed to know that even in death he could draw a bigger crowd than Everton can on a Saturday Afternoon.”
Liverpool manager Bill Shankly during Dixie Dean’s funeral

“The game had to be played in the afternoon, because the boys from Ajax aren’t allowed to play outside when it’s dark.”
AZ-player Barry van Galen

“The highest educated person at Real Madrid is the woman cleaning the toilets.”
Joan Gaspart, president of Barcelona

“Ach, not the Dutch again. You are all a$$holes anyway and Adolf should have gotten rid of you.”
Lothar Matthaus

at Gaspart and Matthaus.

"We do not expect much from them [Real Madrid]. All the praise is for Barca which hurts them. We are behind them in the table but we still get to play them in Barcelona and we can cut the points back to win the title,"-Dani Divez

what a fool

Not really a rivalry but this one stuck to my head.

"Typical Germans." Sir Alex Ferguson

Lord Hispano wrote:Not really a rivalry but this one stuck to my head.

"Typical Germans." Sir Alex Ferguson

Funny thing about one is that at the time there were hardly any Germans in the team lol.

"next time i won't bring my watch in case they steal it too"
- cesar after pathetico robbed us of a uefa cup semi final

You'd expect an Englishman to state that quote but ends up being a Scot.

Reporter: "Esteban Granero, what do you think the difference between Barcelona and Madrid is?"

Granero: "5 points."

The Franchise wrote:“The highest educated person at Real Madrid is the woman cleaning the toilets.”
Joan Gaspart, president of Barcelona

Cold as ice

Zealous wrote:Reporter: "Esteban Granero, what do you think the difference between Barcelona and Madrid is?"

Granero: "5 points."

That quote never fails to amuse me.

That Gaspart quote would have hurt my feelings if someone other than Gaspart said it

Barca are a passing fashion - Iker

Zealous wrote:Barca are a passing fashion - Iker

And then we went on to win the double...Oh Iker...

Meh trash talk isn't about hindsight :p

"I'm booed because I'm rich, handsome, and talented" Cristiano Ronaldo

che wrote:"next time i won't bring my watch in case they steal it too"
- cesar after pathetico robbed us of a uefa cup semi final

Can you explain ? just being curious

Lord Hispano wrote:"I'm booed because I'm rich, handsome, and talented" Cristiano Ronaldo

Where's the rivalry? Was Ronaldo talking to his mirror?

Poor, unattractive people are Cris's rivals

Zealous wrote:Poor, unattractive people are Cris's rivals

lol, a lot then

Lex wrote:

Lord Hispano wrote:"I'm booed because I'm rich, handsome, and talented" Cristiano Ronaldo

Where's the rivalry? Was Ronaldo talking to his mirror?

Fine.


"In this room, he's the freakin' boss, the freakin' man, the person who knows everthing about the world and I don't want to compete with him at all." Pep Guardiola to Mourinho

Not a rivalry per-se but this thread needs some Clough

"For all his horses, knighthoods and championships, he hasn't got two of what I've got. And I don't mean balls." (Mocking Fergie's European Cup record at the time.)

I very much doubt that the Matthäus quote is genuine. I mean, he has little non-footballing brain, but with such a quote he very likely would have been crucified here. Sources?

This thread is useless without Cantona:

"My best moment? I have a lot of good moments but the one I prefer is when I kicked the hooligan."

"After his first training session in heaven, George Best, from the favourite right wing, turned the head of God who was filling in at left back."

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea."

Pic worth a 1000 words