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1. It’s time to ditch the clone army of commentators and hear something new
(Stories)
... farmed out to the sidekicks; the pensionably tiresome Mark Lawrenson, or the adverb-averse Andy Townsend, or the consciously kickable Robbie Savage. What’s needed isn’t a nostalgic return to the crusty ...
Created on 06 September 2017
2. Gossy: The autobiography
(Players)
... of Andy Townsend getting picked ahead of him that he decides to go off the rails and enjoy a few pints, get a bit lippy around the training ground and nastier on the pitch. Enter the new manager, Mike ...
Created on 10 February 2015
3. Weekly Howl 04-05-12
(2012)
...  rumoured that the windscreen repair company more than recouped their investment by permanently stationing employees in the club’s car park to deal with the aftermath of shots from Andy Saville. Tom L ...
Created on 10 May 2012
4. Fake ID
(International football)
... cruited players such as Andy Townsend, who was born in Kent and started his career at Weymouth but went on to win 70 international caps. With Ireland qualifying for four major finals under Charlton, any mi ...
Created on 01 April 2012
5. Letters, WSC 293
(Readers' letters)
... bearing on my views on this subject. And let's bring in a special retrospective clause for Gary Neville while we're at it. Martin Howard, Cheltenham Dear WSC While Andy Thorley's rail against the lazy  ...
Created on 21 July 2011
6. From player to pundit: Robbie Savage
(TV watch)
...  to grind Andy Townsend’s reputation back into the dirt at any given opportunity, but the Tactics Truck was a three-minute feature that ran for roughly two months nearly ten years ago. Children the lengt ...
Created on 21 May 2011
7. Letters, WSC 290
(Readers' letters)
... t is bizarre. I'm tempted to make up my own such as a "garden-fencer" or "sellotaped-on" but I might sound as big a berk as Andy Townsend. Ian Taylor, Ipswich Dear WSC Regarding Ian Plenderleith' ...
Created on 21 April 2011
8. 20 years of Sky Sports football
(TV watch)
... in Sky considering Andy Gray's last straw to be remarks of a sexual nature towards Charlotte Jackson, who promoted the new season on Sky Sports in August by doing a shoot for Loaded magazine. The othe ...
Created on 21 March 2011
9. Identity crisis
(Media)
Ever wanted to be a football pundit? Glen Wilson explains how easy it was to be mistaken for a virtual Andy Townsend As Andy Gray took his final "boo" last month and emptied his desk of his telestrator ...
Created on 21 March 2011
10. Matters of opinion
(Surveys)
We asked you for your views on a variety of issues in our post-World Cup issue. Roger Titford analyses the responses On Sky TV, Andy Gray has several times passed his firm verdict on the 2010 World Cup ...
Created on 21 November 2010
11. Football Focus: behind the scenes
(TV watch)
... for maximum shaming effect to the most heart-clutching, boiled-eyed bawlers in the crowd. Later Tyldesley and Andy Townsend complained that Capello hadn’t celebrated the England goals. The whole event, ...
Created on 21 October 2010
12. World Cup 2010 TV diary – Group stages
(World Cup 2010)
... ts over their heads as the clock ticks down. “The man coming on works in a bank!” says Tyldesley of the last-minute sub, Andy Barron. Italy didn’t play badly, but looked toothless in attack. Brazil 3 I ...
Created on 21 August 2010
13. The José Mourinho show
(TV watch)
... “Off the line, and again, Leighton Baines...” he said confidently, then went silent before Andy Townsend broke in with: “He’s give it!” Robert Green was still rolling around well inside the goal with the ...
Created on 21 July 2010
14. Weekly Howl 28-05-10
(2010)
... tatty trainers, shuffled around by the tea and biscuit table free of hangers on, left with no alternative but to fall deep in conversation with Peter Drury. Andy Townsend worked the room in familiar blokey ...
Created on 02 June 2010
15. Pointless pundits
(TV watch)
... all their own fault. Alan Hansen and Andy Gray laid the groundwork with their arrows and circles on replays over a decade ago. Since then the tactics industry has boomed in newspaper columns and books ...
Created on 21 May 2010
16. Letters, WSC 277
(Readers' letters)
... idea for a reality TV show. Lasting six weeks and titled You Are The Ref or something similar, it would feature three of the most opinionated commentators (let’s say Andy Gray, Alan Green and Alan Brazil). ...
Created on 21 March 2010
17. ESPN replaces Setanta
(TV watch)
... the folly of man’s pursuit of happiness. A couple of football neologisms to end with. During ITV’s Champions League coverage, Andy Townsend introduced the phrasal verb “to towel it”, as in “Atlético Madrid ...
Created on 21 December 2009
18. In the wrong job
(TV watch)
... McManaman, who visibly surprised Andy Townsend by actually criticising Liverpool after their opening Champions League victory, so we may not see as much of him as had been feared following his arrival ...
Created on 21 November 2009
19. Survival Sunday
(TV watch)
... television pundit roster, try not to choose the least insightful one available. It is highly likely that Andy Townsend, Mark Lawrenson or even a chimp with a pointing stick would have managed more than ...
Created on 21 July 2009
20. Letters, WSC 267
(Readers' letters)
... the cup – ho hum! Ian Craig, Peterculter Dear WSC, Andy Marriott (Letters, WSC 266) is far from convinced that Lucas Neill’s salary is actually anywhere near as exorbitant as is generally believed. Indeed, ...
Created on 21 May 2009

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