Tommy Docherty Quotations

Elton John decided he wanted to rename Watford and call it Queen of the South.

Personally, I am very, very sorry we have come to this. I suppose it is another sign of the times.

They offered me a handshake of ?10,000 to settle amicably. I told them that they would have to be a lot more amicable than that.

Football wasn't meant to be run by linesmen and air traffic control.

It's a very sad day for people like myself who loved him to bits. The only thing was he should have been picked more for the England squad and team. His handful of caps was not enough for a player of his talent and ability.

I don't think Henry Kissinger would have lasted 48 hours at Old Trafford.

There's a hell of a lot of politics in football.

Players taught to watch the man with the ball leaves them totally unprepared for the next move, which is always dictated by a player without the ball.

I've always said there's a place for the press but they haven't dug it yet.

Somebody compared him to Billy McNeil, but I don't remember Billy being crap.

Cricket is the only game that you can actually put on weight when playing.

If that lad makes a First Division footballer, then I'm Mao Tse Tung.

You can keep all your Bests, Peles and Maradonas, Duncan Edwards was the greatest of them all.