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football players with rude surnames- a pointless thread but who cares


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And in cricket, Brian Johnson (RIP) once made an unfortunate spoonerism with the fast bowler Asif Masood.

 

Describing the bowler's action, the great John Arlott (RIP) said “Asif takes a step and then like a butler who has seen something he should not have, takes two steps back.”

 

Another Johnson (I think) masterpiece:

"The batsman's Holding, the bowlers' Willie..."

Much corpsing.

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I'll never forget Roberto López Ufarte

 

He played in the 1982 World Cup and I think it was Jimmy Greaves co-commentating and the two of them just had fit of the giggles at one point during the game.

 

Just one of those Peter Sellers moments.

 

Priceless.....

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Nicky Butt. I remember John Motson commentating on a match in which NB was playing, and at one boring stage of the game tried to say something clever, along the lines that Butt was playing just like his name. After a few seconds of silence realizing his faux pas, he then spent the next minute trying unsuccessfully to come up with a convoluted explanation of what he meant.

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