'PEN' IS MIGHTIER THAN THE WORD.CHRIS WADDLE'S inability to take a penalty has been well known since July 1990. But Waddle's inability to say the word "penalty" enlivened Radio Five Live's coverage of the England-Slovenia game. Waddle (pictured) referred to spot-kicks as "pelanties" - from Slovenia's early "pelanty" shout through this analysis of the first England goal: "Rooney can't believe he's got a pelanty" and "I can't believe Rooney would go down looking for a pelanty". Will his bosses forgive him - or will he pay the ultimate pelanty? Meanwhile, there is no sign that BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. colleague Graham Taylor Graham Taylor may refer to one of the following individuals:
Although on spotting ex-Villa Park sideman side·man n. A member of a jazz band who is not the leader or a featured soloist. John Ward also in the radio booth at a recent match, he did pass along a note reading forlornly "did you ever think it would come to this?". |
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