Marginal
The margin is very marginal.
Authors / Bobby Robson
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Bobby Robson
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Only one Peter Shilton
What can I say about Peter Shilton? Peter Shilton is Peter Shilton, and he has been Peter Shilton since the year dot.
Rudiments of poultry farming
If we start counting our chickens before they hatch, they won't lay any eggs in the basket.
On the fence
I'd say he's the best in Europe, if you put me on the fence.
Neck and neck
They're two points behind us, so we're neck and neck.
No monks at Newcastle United
They can't be monks - we don't want them to be monks, we want them to be football players because a monk doesn't play football at this level.
Girl power
If we invite any player up to the Quayside to see the girls and then up to our magnificent stadium, we will be able to persuade any player to sign.
B.C. trees
Look at those olive trees. They're two hundred years old – from before the time of Christ!
Towels, guns, and pressure
Tottenham have impressed me: they haven't thrown in the towel even though they have been under the gun.
Day or night
Ray Wilkins' day will come one night.
Two weeks or 14 days
Steve Hodge has been unfit for two weeks, well, no, for 14 days.
Scoring more than Brazil
There will be a game where somebody scores more than Brazil and that might be the game that they lose.
World cup (in France)
We're taking 22 players to Italy, sorry, to Spain...where are we, Jim?
Bobby borrowing from Hitler
Hitler didn't tell us when he was going to send over those doodlebugs, did he?
Underestimating Cameroon
We didn't underestimate them. They were a lot better than we thought.
Better tackle than Tyson
Titus looks like Tyson when he strips off in the dressing-room, except he doesn't bite. And he has a great tackle.
Andy O'Brien's nose
Andy O'Brien has an horrendous nose, the poor lad. It is massive, it is black and blue and it is awful.
Most important time
The first 90 minutes are the most important.
A year older
In a year's time, he's a year older.
Very fast indeed
He's very fast and if he gets a yard ahead of himself nobody will catch him.