Quotes of the week

"I'm not just a pretty face, you know."

- David Ginola after receiving his Player of the Year award.

"I'm very grey, yes that's true. In a few years I'll be completely grey. But I will not be putting colours in my hair because growing grey is a compliment to my mother because she was grey and I respect my mother."

- Ginola again. (If his Ma gets a blue rinse will David do the same, we wonder)?

"David James will be playing his football somewhere else next season."

- Gerard Houllier, revealing the world's dodgiest keeper is on his way out of Anfield, finally gives Liverpool fans something to cheer about.

"Hodgson's back: it's not a joke."

- Front page headline in the Corriere dello Sport last week following the appointment of Roy Hodgson as Inter Milan coach until the end of the season.

"It would be like being taken over by the landlord you had been paying rent to for years . . . we would rather join up with Italy or Spain."

- Former Scotland manager Andy Roxburgh responds to Sports Minister Tony Banks' suggestion that there should be a united Great Britain team.

"I haven't been there yet, but I've seen it on the map."

- Millwall's Marc Bircham, who scored for Canada on his debut against Northern Ireland in Belfast on Tuesday night.

"Let's be honest, it doesn't do much for our Braveheart warrior image, does it?"

- Scottish Daily Record columnist Tam Cowan on the pink jersies worn by Scotland against Germany last Wednesday.

"If McManaman thinks he is coming to one of the world's biggest clubs then he is mistaken. The rumours surrounding the club are very dangerous and mostly true. The dressing-room is full of lies, backstabbing and whispers."

- Real Madrid striker Raul warning Steve McManaman that he'd made a "mistake" in joining the Spanish club. Raul? Steve will be earning £50,000 a week, that'll help him cope with the whispers.

"I think the club is a sleeping giant which could make it to the Premiership. My biggest ambition in life is proving people wrong."

- Multi-millionaire George Reynolds revealing his plans to waken the mighty . . Darlington County. Seems George has more money than sense.