"If I'd had a gun at the time, I think I would have shot him."["]

- Aston Villa manager John Gregory on his reaction when Dwight Yorke told him he wanted to join Manchester United.

"Tomorrow we will announce our immense international signing of the summer - it will shock the whole of British football."

- Announcement by Doncaster Rovers' last week. The next day they unveiled Welsh international goalkeeper Neville Southall (40 next month), who will play for the club on a match-by-match basis. Rovers supporters who'd got Ronaldo or Zidane printed on the back of their shirts were reported to be "gutted".

"Kevin Keegan annoyed me a couple of times before and during the World Cup . . . sometimes he talked absolute rubbish.["]

- Glenn Hoddle gets the public back on his side, with yet more revelations from his World Cup diary.