Football quiz: Christmas quotes – 'best day of the year by far #family'

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1. Who put the festive fixture list into perspective by saying: 'You think about soldiers out in Afghanistan or Iraq and they are not with their families and they are getting bullets fired at them whereas we are playing in the Premier League. It is hard if you have got family and kids and you have to leave them on Christmas Day to go and train but listen, we are a small minority of lucky players. We have a good life and playing football over Christmas is not the worst thing in the world'?

   1. Jamie Carragher

   2. Micah Richards

   3. Mark Noble

   4. John Terry

2. Who tweeted this on 25 December 2014: 'Christmas is underrated. Best day of the year by far. #Family'?

   1. Jermain Defoe

   2. Michael Owen

   3. Ashley Cole

   4. Victor Wanyama

3. Who blamed his wife when it was pointed out to him that he had no blue decorations on his Christmas tree but plenty of red ones. 'It was a big mistake of my wife,' he said. 'Put her under pressure! Of course I'm blue – I will do everything to be successful in this great club, but I like a glass of red wine and I don't need to shout that I'm a blue if I drink one.'

   1. Ronald Koeman

   2. Pep Guardiola

   3. Roberto Mancini

   4. Roberto Martínez

4. Who said this: 'Presents are really for the kids but the best one for me is always to get three points. This is the first festive period I have been at Fulham so at training on Christmas Day morning I don't know if anyone will be wearing silly party hats or throwing around any of the banter but there are plenty of crazy people there. Maybe Martin Jol will have a Christmas hat on'?

   1. Steve Marlet

   2. Scott Parker

   3. Danny Murphy

   4. John Arne Riise

5. Which Premier League manager had this routine last Christmas: 'I always let the families come in and if they want to bring their grandchildren or uncle or whoever, they can come in and watch training. We will literally come in and have a five-a-side in the morning, go over a couple of little bits – nothing is too serious because no one concentrates on Christmas Day anyway. Then the players will go home for Christmas lunch with their families. It's a nice Christmas Day if you're a footballer, particularly the way I do it, because you want to get out of the house at 8.30am to get away from the mayhem'?

   1. Alan Pardew

   2. Manuel Pellegrini

   3. Rémi Garde

   4. Mark Hughes

6. Who had this to say about the festive calendar in England: 'There is no winter break and I think that is the most evil thing of this culture. It is not good for English football. It is not good for the clubs or the national team. England haven't won anything for how many years? Because all the players are exhausted at the end of the season'?

   1. Louis van Gaal

   2. Roberto Mancini

   3. José Mourinho

   4. Sven-Göran Eriksson

7. Which referee made this claim earlier this year: 'A couple of times around about Christmas time in the Premier League players will want the time off. They will say a yellow card might suit my purpose. It's not what fans want to hear really'?

   1. Steve Bennett

   2. Howard Webb

   3. Mark Clattenburg

   4. Mike Dean

8. Who has no time for Christmas dos: 'I’ve always said I have no time for Christmas dos. It’s a busy time of year. I don’t know what players are thinking of going out on dos at this time. But they went for Sunday lunch, not a Christmas party. It was just a few lads having lunch. That’s it'?

   1. Harry Redknapp

   2. Iain Dowie

   3. Steve Bruce

   4. Tim Sherwood

9. Which Premier League manager splashed out on his players last year, saying: 'From the beginning when something was wrong I've been saying: "Dilly-ding, dilly-dong, wake up, wake up!" So on Christmas Day I bought for all the players and all the staff a little bell. It was just a joke'?

   1. Kevin Keegan

   2. Ian Holloway

   3. Alan Pardew

   4. Claudio Ranieri

10. Who was full of good cheer last Christmas, saying: 'Has anybody in this room not a feeling to apologise to me? That's what I am wondering. I think I was already sacked. Do you think I want to talk with the media now? I am here only because of the Premier League rules. I have to talk with you. Merry Christmas. Enjoy the wine and a mince pie. Goodbye'?

    1. Nigel Pearson

    2. Mick McCarthy

    3. Paul Lambert

    4. Louis van Gaal

11. Who expressed his love of the busy Christmas schedule by saying: 'At Christmas, nobody works in the world and everybody watches the Premier League. I would cry if you changed that. It is part of English tradition and English football'?

    1. Arsène Wenger

    2. David Moyes

    3. Alex Ferguson

    4. Tony Pulis

12. Who says he has a lot of love for Sam Allardyce at Christmas: 'To Big Sam the Christmas card is not big enough because I really enjoy writing a message to a good guy'?

    1. Tony Pulis

    2. José Mourinho

    3. Neil Warnock

    4. Alex Ferguson

Solutions

1:C, 2:B, 3:A, 4:D, 5:A, 6:A, 7:B, 8:A, 9:D, 10:D, 11:A, 12:B

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