David Peace, The Damned Utd

"And I didn't think you believed in god or a heaven.''Having been here thirty-four days,' I tell him, 'I've changed my mind, Sydney.''Why's that then?' he smiles.'Well, if there's a hell like this place, then there has to be heaven somewhere."

David Peace, The Damned Utd

"Age does not count. It’s what you know about football that matters."

David Peace, The Damned Utd

"How you harangue referees. How you fall over when you've not been touched. How you make a meal out of every tackle to try and get the other player booked. How you protest when you have nothing to fucking protest about –"

David Peace, The Damned Utd

"He once told me, Instead of scoring thirty goals a season, why don't you score twenty-five and help someone else to score fifteen? That way the team's ten goals better off."

David Peace, The Damned Utd