Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Rip Van We Go Again on June 09, 2010, 01:52:25 PM
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From yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
All 15 staff at a Wakefield pub have changed their names to Wayne Rooney ahead of the World Cup.
And the managers of the Bay Horse on Bradford Road at East Ardsley, previously Lee and Lorraine Kennedy, are now both called Fabio Capello.
The former Mr Kennedy, said: "I'm expecting a consistent and very solid performance from the team. They're all match fit and they've got the ability."
And the name changes are a hit with pub regulars."They absolutely love it," said Mr Capello. "It makes a huge talking point."
But one Wayne Rooney, formerly barmaid Nadine Beck, said: "My boyfriend
isn't too happy. He says he's sleeping on the couch until I get it changed back as he's a Leeds fan."
Andy Wilkinson, Clover Taverns managing director, said the Rooney and
Capello names had been taken up by staff at all 10 Clover Taverns pubs. "If the team come back with the World Cup hopefully both manager and player will pay homage to their efforts by popping in for a drink served by their namesake."
He added: "Rooney embodies everything we think an English footballer should be – fearless, fast, powerful and strong."
All have certificates from the UK Deed Poll Service to prove their new identities. Their new names will remain until the end of the World Cup.
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Harmless fun - what's wrong with you? Jeeeeeez.
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Well I hope they have ensured that their driving licence, passport, electoral roll and bank cards reflect their new names.
Fun or not, you've just got to ask why?
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Because they're football crazy fools who want to cheer Our Boys onto world cup glory why do you think?
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Here's another
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/birmingham/10270257.stm
had to be a brummie didn't it
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I believe a number of people at the Bell pub in Marston Green/ Tile Cross have also legally changed their names to Wayne Rooney.
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I believe a number of people at the Bell pub in Marston Green/ Tile Cross have also legally changed their names to Wayne Rooney.
Immediate legislation should be passed to ban more than one name change per decade.
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Here's another
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/birmingham/10270257.stm
had to be a brummie didn't it
Dan Taylor, from Sutton Coldfield
This is one time when I'm happy to accept that Sutton isn't in Birmingham.
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Could I change my name to "Cheating Frog-eating Surrender Monkeys" for the World Cup?
I'll get onto Deed Poll now!
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I believe a number of people at the Bell pub in Marston Green/ Tile Cross have also legally changed their names to Wayne Rooney.
Snakes alive! Is that place still trading??
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Here's another
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/birmingham/10270257.stm
had to be a brummie didn't it
Dan Taylor, from Sutton Coldfield
This is one time when I'm happy to accept that Sutton isn't in Birmingham.
I remember a few years ago at a Lee Mack comedy gig in Sutton he asked the question "Was Sutton Coldfield in Birmingham"? He was taken aback by the the disagreements that ensued with the Suttonians claiming there Royal independence most vociferously. I claimed it definitely was in Birmingham not just because it had a Birmingham post code but more to the fact it had now got an Aldi.
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Here's another
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/birmingham/10270257.stm
had to be a brummie didn't it
What a pillock.
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I remember the story, in fact I'm sure I posted a thread on it where some guy changed his name to Motherwell Football Club.
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Here's another
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/birmingham/10270257.stm
had to be a brummie didn't it
What a pillock.
My sentiments entirely!
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They must have great fun with sayings though.
"Don't let the grass grow under your feet"...
"The grass is always greener"...
etc etc
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Hope a dog walks in and shits all over it. The Twat!
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I genuinely hate all that contrived 'fun.'
And how Sky get muppets like that to act out a scene or sing for the camera. Toe curling stuff. I get embarrassed on their behalf and have to turn over.
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I genuinely hate all that contrived 'fun.'
And how Sky get muppets like that to act out a scene or sing for the camera. Toe curling stuff. I get embarrassed on their behalf and have to turn over.
Stand on my corner when we have a live game and watch what people will do when there's a camera crew around.
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Here's another
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/birmingham/10270257.stm
had to be a brummie didn't it
I'm sure someone did that for the last world cup.
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Sky, the BBC and local papers need a nice fun story to fill up time/pages, meanwhile people with very dull lives want five minutes of fame to feel better, together they = stories like this!!
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I believe a number of people at the Bell pub in Marston Green/ Tile Cross have also legally changed their names to Wayne Rooney.
Only in a fuddled attemp to evade detection/prosecution.
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Because they're football crazy fools who want to cheer Our Boys onto world cup glory why do you think?
It's got fuck all to do with football and everything to do with the allure of fame.
People who are "football crazy" tend to put all their effort into following their team rather than pulling tiresome stunts such as these.
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Cocks the lot of them
I hate all this fake English pride - the reality is that a load of people who know nothing about the game end up getting bladdered in boozers whilst women shout "whats happening now" "why did he do that" then when we get beaten they think its fair game to smash anything with that countries contotations - French / German cars etc
ITs just like being in a bar at xmas do time - seeing the folk that go out once a year - its painful
If you are patriotic then fine - but dont just do it to be a sheep - be patriotic all your life
I will watch the games from my living room
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Cocks the lot of them
I hate all this fake English pride - the reality is that a load of people who know nothing about the game end up getting bladdered in boozers whilst women shout "whats happening now" "why did he do that" then when we get beaten they think its fair game to smash anything with that countries contotations - French / German cars etc
ITs just like being in a bar at xmas do time - seeing the folk that go out once a year - its painful
If you are patriotic then fine - but dont just do it to be a sheep - be patriotic all your life
I will watch the games from my living room
I'll watch the first at my pals bbq, but after that, I'll do the same.
Can you imagine how bad it will get if we actually host the bloody thing?