It was not hard to find inspiration for this hub, having trawled the net looking for something similar and finding it difficult to find many more than five or six funny soccer quotes in the same place. As an Englishman, 'Soccer' is of course 'Football' to me. Please note that to have a full appreciation of these quotes you probably need to understand the rules and format of soccer, and in some cases an understanding of British humour or culture, but I hope that this hub has at least something for everybody! So here it is, the funniest soccer quotes found by me on the web.

"On another night, they'd have won 2-2." - Ron Atkinson (commenting on a Valencia-Liverpool Match)

"Zero-zero is a big score." - Ron Atkinson again!

"Well, Clive, it's all about the two M's - movement and positioning." - Ron Atkinson once more!

"Well, either side could win it, or it could be a draw." - Yep, you guessed it, Ron Atkinson yet again!

"We didn't underestimate them. They were a lot better than we thought." - Bobby Robson

"We must have had 99 percent of the game. It was the other three percnet that cost us the match."- Ruud Gullit

"He dribbles a lot and the opposition don't like it -you can see it all over their faces." - Mr Ron Atkinson once more, the king of stupid quotes!

"Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's like they've got eleven Dicks on the field." - A commentator with Metro Radio

"We actually got the winner three minutes from the end but then they equalized.”- Ian McNail

"I don't like to see players tossed off needlessly" - Andy Gray, neither do I Andy!

"The beauty of Cup football is that Jack always has a chance of beating Goliath" - Former England Captain Terry Butcher

"When you are 4-0 up you should never lose 7-1" - Lawrie McMenemy, Manager of Southampton FC

"And Farmer has now scored 19 goals, exactly double the number he scored last season" - Gary Lyon an Australian Commentator, finding multiplication difficult!

"Winning doesn't really matter as long as you win" - Thanks for clearing that up Vinny Jones!

"Is the Pope Catholic. No I'm serious, is he? I really need to know"- David Beckham.

"Diego Maradona - a flawed genius who has now become a genius who is flawed" - Bob Wilson

"Chile have three options - they could win or they could lose."- Kevin Keegan

"The ref was vertically 15 yards away.”- Kevin Keegan, considering a challenge for Big Ron's crown?

"Moreano thought that the full back was gonna come up behind and give him one really hard.”- Its slightly embarrassing for me to say, but its.... yep you've guessed it... Big Ron Atkinson again

"Newcastle, of course, unbeaten in their last five wins." - Brian Moore

"I would not say he is the best left winger in the Premiership, but there are none better.” - I should have called this article "Ron Atkinson's stupidest quotes"

"I spent 90 percent of my money on women and drink. The rest I wasted!" - The legendary George Best, RIP

"This is an unusual Scotland side because they have good players"- Javier Clemente, suprisingly not an Englishman!

"The Germans only have one player under 22, and he's 23!” - Kevin Keegan!

"We lost because we didn't win"- Ronaldo

"Well, I can play in the centre, on the right and occasionally on the left side"- David Beckham after being asked if he is 'volatile', obviously thinking that this meant 'versatile'

Reporter:- "It looked like you were outplayed in certain area's of the field in today's game." Gordon Strachan:- "Yes, we were outplayed in certain parts of the field today, the big green area of it..."

"There's no in between you're either good or bad.. We were in between."- Gary Lineker

"I would not be bothered if we lost every game as long as we won the league"- Mark Viduka, seemingly finding the concept of a league table hard to fathom!

"I'd like to play for an Italian club like Barcelona" - Former Southampton and Aston Villa midfielder Mark Draper

'Leeds is a great club and it's been my home for years, even though I live in Middlesbrough.'- Jonathan Woodgate

"The Italians are hoping for an Italian victory." - David Coleman

"Playing with wingers is more effective against European sides like Brazil than English sides like Wales." - Ron Greenwood

"If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing."- Terry Venables

"To play Holland, you have to play the Dutch" - Ruud Gullit

"An inch or two either side of the post and that would have been a goal." - Dave Bassett

"If England are going to win this match, they're going to have to score a goal." - Jimmy Hill

"I never comment on referees and I'm not going to break the habit of a lifetime for that prat." - My favourite all time soccer quote, courtesy of the one and only Ron Atkinson!

Feel free to add any more great soccer quotes to the comment box below. Just in case anybody needs an antidote to this article, try my other hub which gives you some of Soccer's most inspirational quotes! Be sure to check out and bookmark my blog at www.ryankett.com, where you will find a portal to all of my latest online content.