Quotes of the week

Question: Bohemians, UCD and Finn Harps are football teams in which country? Answer: Finland.

- A question (and answer) on Channel 4's quiz show 15 to 1 last week.

"The sight of opposing fans walking together down Wembley Way . . . you won't get that anywhere other than Wembley."

- Former Coventry boss John Sillett.

"There's only one thing that's important in football - that's winning matches and playing good football."

- Terry Venables loses count.

"The other thing that bothers me is the way people seem to be against the French beef at the moment."

- Middlesbrough's French former-star Christian Karembeu loving life in England.

"He likes speaking French with me - and he's got a good vocabulary. Sometimes he gives me advice in French, translating English phrases. He says it in English, then French and asks me to correct his mistakes."

- And you wondered why Mikael Silvestre looked confused in the Manchester United defence most of the time? Blame Monsieur Ferguson.

"I train hard and give my best on the pitch but I feel frustrated. Then again, what can I do? Get a gun and shoot everybody?"

- Emmanuel Petit contemplates direct action to regain his first team place at Barcelona.