Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Joe Kinnear

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Irish footballer Joe Kinnear.

Last updated on December 18, 2024.

Joseph Patrick Kinnear is an Irish former football manager and player. Kinnear played as a defender, spending the majority of his career—ten seasons—with Tottenham Hotspur. With Tottenham he won the FA Cup, the EFL Cup twice, the FA Community Shield and the UEFA Cup. Kinnear was born in Dublin, moving to Watford, England at the age of seven. He was capped 26 times for the Republic of Ireland national football team. Following the end of his playing career he has also been the manager of India, Nepal, Doncaster Rovers, Wimbledon, Luton Town, Nottingham Forest and Newcastle United.

Irish - Footballer | Born: December 27, 1946

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It's like going into a nuclear war with bows and arrows.

Joe Kinnear

He lived in a fantasy world. There was not a day when he didn't add some Mickey Mouse story about a club that wanted him. First of all, he came in and told me that Arsenal wanted to buy him, then the next week it was Manchester Utd, then the next week it was Real Madrid. He made it clear that he did not want to be at the club so, in the end, there was only one thing I could do - send him to Wigan.

Joe Kinnear

If you aren't the chairman of Manchester United, Real Madrid or AC Milan, I'll get back to you later.

Joe Kinnear

The problem at Wimbledon seems to be that the club has suffered a loss of complacency.

Joe Kinnear

If I have to move on from Newcastle, hopefully it will be to somewhere else

Joe Kinnear

We're in the top six, we've got five points and I've told the lads we need another 80 to win the League.

Joe Kinnear

I had twelve years as a Tottenham player under Bill Nicholson and could not have wished to have played for a better manager. I can still hear his wise words in my head when I am out on the training ground as a manager myself.

Joe Kinnear

Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Joe Kinnear

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