Phil Anderton Quotes (16 Quotes)

We offered all supporters, via our website, the opportunity to submit their views against four options and overwhelmingly they wanted smoking to be banned in the outdoor sections of the stadium.

We will not be pursuing our interest in this particular player. The club didn't feel that the overall value was right and will therefore now look at other options.

It would be completely different if they came from Stuttgart, but some of these players are here from Kaunas and there's a measure of influence we can have there,

And, in the event of their being unable to agree such numbers not later than 14 days prior to the date of the league match in question, the number of visiting supporters allowed shall be determined by the board whose decision shall be final and binding.

We can expect to benefit from some of the best stadium design expertise in the world.

He impressed us so much, the debate about his age is not relevant for me,

Any suggestion Mr Romanov personally intervened and phoned Dundee United to call off the deal is complete nonsense. If we sell or buy a player it's a financial matter as well as a football issue and the board has a say. The package for Neil MacFarlane wasn't appropriate and so we said 'no'.

He decided he could not join at that time and we understood that,

We are going to take the appropriate time to reach our long-term aspirations.

Ali Russell is a highly talented marketeer, and given the growth potential here at Hearts he has decided to join my team at Tynecastle,

We have changed the objective now to sell out every league game of the season. The response from the fans has been great. We are not going to be complacent, though. There are a number of things we still haven't got right yet but Rome wasn't built in a day.

In an ideal world, you would have all your players funded and tied down. It can work the other way. You could bring in a player on big wages and a long contract and find he quickly falls out of form. I'm sure there are numerous examples of that in the past and possibly at Hearts. This way we can look at, for example, Ibrahim Tall (on loan till January) and if he does well, great, we can exercise our option and, if not, say thanks very much and off he goes.

We will revisit names on the original list because we are in a different situation now,

It would fantastic if someone like Sir Bobby could come and join us at this club,

We have kept in touch since then and he is somebody we respect for obvious reasons.

He impressed Vladimir with his knowledge and standing and I think he would put far younger men to shame.