Whether celebrating success, responding to setbacks or challenging injustice, in person or on social media, the PA news agency looks back on some of the quotes of the year.
“Mine and my coaching staff’s methods are second to nobody in the world”
Jose Mourinho, two months before he was sacked by Tottenham.
“I’m disgusted with Manchester United and Liverpool the most. Liverpool, they pretend: ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone, the people’s club, the fans’ club’. Manchester United – 100 years, borne out of workers from around here, and they’re breaking away into a league without competition that they can’t be relegated from? It’s an absolute disgrace”
Gary Neville spoke for millions of football fans when the breakaway Super League was proposed.
“It’s amazing the amount of uproar that comes into the game when someone’s pocket is being hurt. It’s a shame it’s not like this with everything that’s going wrong in the game,…
