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"Yo, Brethren ! It's Shreevesy here wiv the low-down on what's really kicking
off away from the training pitches. It might be hard to believe this, but when
I was earning the big money as Terry Yorath's right-hand man, no-one gave a
flying cr*p what I did. Not any more though. Now it's mega news if Rooney is
spotted at Greggs the Bakers, or Lamps is seen in Primark. Anyway, you spot 'em
and I'll whack 'em on.
Send your top spots to me at:
shreevesy@midfielddynamo.com
Good luck, and, in the words of my old mate
Pleaty.. Cowabunga Dudes!"
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| TOP SPOTS FOR MAY, 2008 |
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First things first - I've got a top spot of my own this month - a couple of weeks ago during a charity golf trip to Scotland I spotted
the spiritual Marvin Andrews at Kirkcaldy Links Market carrying an enormous Goose type thing. My God it looked heavy.
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Terry Turpin, son of Randolph, sat next to Lee Dixon on the Dockland's Light Railway as he knitted what looked like a chunky cardigan.
But he could have been wrong.
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Billy Foster saw two footballing Ian's, Woan and Cranson, free-style rapping at the main entrance to the Potteries Shopping Centre in Stoke.
Not content with just one top spot, Billy also spotted former Villa forward Gary Shaw playing Stone-Paper-Scissors with a pensioner near
WHSmith in Lichfield. I wonder if that pensioner was my old nemesis Egil Olsen ? He used to love that game. And Lichfield.
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Doug Foster stood behind Russell Osman as he coughed loudly in Wickes.
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Ryan Barnes saw fine-wine connoisseur Graeme Le Saux swigging from a bottle of Lambrini as the 17:30 to Woking pulled out of Waterloo Station.
My mate Micky Hazard would have paid good money to have seen that.
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Anthony Davis saw Neil McNab arguing with a pidgeon behind a quarry near Buxton.
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Top Spots regular Tony Don spotted Kevin Ratcliffe pushing a rat... off a cliff !!
As my old mucker Keith
Burkinshaw, aka the Burkmeister General, would say - "spookier than a deserted fair ground in an episode of Scooby Doo".
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Mike Young managed to evade Rio Ferdinand's dobermans, get into his house and hide in his boiler cupboard, where he saw Rio eat
an 8 pack of CheeseStrings. You've been 'merced' Rio !!
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Nick Tarry gazed on in admiration as ex-Arsenal defender Gus Caesar rotated crops in a field near Peterborough. Good work Tazman.
And way to go Gus !
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Rich Townsend heard foolish England goalkeeping coach Ray Clemence trying to order a Big Mac at a Burger King's, in Corby.
I always thought Ray was an idiot. Ooh Shreevesy loves a nice Burger King, especially those Chicken McNuggets and Zinger Burgers.
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And finally folks, Sylvester Riggle looked on in abject horor as Neil Warnock nearly choked to death on pastry outside Gregg's the Bakers
in Padstow.
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First up this month, Peter Grant spotted Spurs target Alan Hutton smoking a mackerel in Tobermory.
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City high-flyer Oliver Turtleneck saw Didier Drogba at the Ivy clutching a freshly signed photograph from Donald Sinden and
in the words of Oliver: "Obviously looking very pleased with himself". A doff of Shreevesy's large cap to that top spot Olly.
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Two top spots in one month for Wrexham's Eileen Bent - first up she saw Chris Sutton barking like a dog in Waitrose, then she
spotted Ian Ormonroyd dancing to drum'n'bass in the Metropolis nightclub. I love dancing too. But not drum'n'bass, I'm a
liquid funk kinda guy myself. Anyway, whatever, good spotting Eileen.
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Doug Foster watched aghast as Alex 'Big Eck' McLeish bought 2 large sheets of MDF at Homebase in Lincoln.
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Claudio Ranieri was spied trying to ram a shopping trolley full of bric-a-brac into a pillar between platforms 9 and 10 at
Kings Cross station. Our contact, Ryan Barnes, who wishes to remain anonymous, seemed to think he had a dead owl sellotaped
to his shoulder. As my mate Terry Venables would have said "Curious!".
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Brendan Neal heard Nicolas Anelka moaning about how late his bus was at Bolton Central Bus Station.
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Tony Don spotted Sunderland misfit Greg Halford buying car mats ...in Halfords! I can almost hear my mate Pleaty saying it
now - "Spooky!".
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Mike Young peered over Matt Le Tissier's wall at his castle in Jersey and saw him barbequeing what looked like a squirrel.
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Thomas Marshall saw Big Ron sharing a joke with a Welsh person. He didn't say where, but I presume Wales.
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Andy Shaw and his wife spent half an hour watching Carlton Palmer and Alan Cork tombstoning near Falmouth.
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And finally for this month, David Arkle noticed former Notts Forest 'pineapple-head' Jason Lee being ejected from a Grantham
library after he complained loudly about having gut trouble. It was probably one of those 24 hour things.
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Alex Chase spotted Ian Culverhouse in Norwich city centre, carrying a bucket.
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Doug Foster watched Sammy Lee buy a junior hacksaw in a B&Q superstore near Preston.
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Rob Dence saw Darren Moore bare knuckle boxing with a polar bear just off the A38.
Needless to say the big man won. Jeez, my wild-haired pal Terry Yorath would have loved
to have been in the mix with that particular scrap.
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Ryan Barnes caught Derek Mountfield being sick into a bin on platform 8 at St Pancras.
As my mate Pleaty would have said "Who's the stalwart now Mountfield ?".
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A clap of Shreevesy's hands for this one - Bill Carr saw ex-Charlton coaching guru Les Reed
licking envelopes outside a Help the Aged shop in Dartford. Bloody hell Les, get a grip man.
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Tony Don spotted Jason Scotland, visiting old friends in Scotland! As my mate
Pleaty would surely have said "Spooky!".
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Mike Young peered in through Phil Thompson's bay window and saw him watching a repeat of
Keeping Up Appearances on UK Gold.
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Wayne Biggins looked on in horror as Billy Davies crashed a boat into a duck on Matlock's
boating lake.
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And finally for this month, another of my female fans, Shirley Brooks,
saw moustachioed Man City legend Paul Power waving to a fisherman in Oldham.
Ooooh, I do love fishing.
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Godfrey Baldrick from Halesowen spotted Graeme Le Saux fighting a leopard at West Midlands Safari Park.
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A big Shreevesy thumbs up to Howard Young, who saw ex-Coventry winger Dave Bennett playing
British bulldog in a car park on the outskirts of Milton Keynes. My mate Pleaty
wound love to hear the full story behind that one.
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Terry Greyson watched Peter Reid arm wrestling a gypsy in Paignton.
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Frank Ibbertson saw Neil Webb folding a box in Lincoln.
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Bill Taylor saw PFA chief Brendon Batson nipping off to lay a cable in
Morrisons (the one in Peterborough).
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Tony Don noticed Matt Derbyshire, sightseeing in Derbyshire! As my mate
Pleaty would have said "Spooky!".
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Gifton Noel Williams gargling Tizer at the side of the A4023. Top spot
Bill Taylor. Again.
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Bob Merryman caught Lee Bowyer discussing olives with Kieron Dyer.
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And finally for this month, one of my female fans, Lisa Brooks, saw Jose Mourinho
glaring at a baboon during a summer holiday visit to the Chessington World of
Adventures. As my mate Pleaty would have undoubtedly said "Cowabunga Lisa !"
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Peter Shreeves' Top Spots ! 