But marcel desailly backed off and parlour kept advancing, then he whipped in a shot from 25 yards to give arsenal a lead that fredrik ljungberg doubled ten minutes later. He spent his career playing for arsenal, middlesbrough and hull city. Dismissing his manifold talents, lovejoy proclaimed, oh its alright, its only ray parlour, whereupon the romford pele curled a beautiful shot into the top corner, with the gunners going on to. Ray parlour news newspapers books scholar jstor april 2017. Front cover of ray parlour s forthcoming autobiography is a work of tim lovejoy bashing art photo chris wright 24th, february 2016. Ray was hardly a prolific scorer in his playing days but he wasnt adverse to a longrange effort and a. He played 60 games for boro in two and a half years. Its time to reveal the gunners greatest 50 goals as voted for by arsenals fans. Stormzy proves what a nice guy he is by suffering ray.
Tim lovejoy, commentating for sky on their celebrity fan feed, has become the defining soundtrack to the 2002 fa cup final. Hurrey, adam 25 may 2017, bradley walsh vs tim lovejoy. Captain, leader, legend the biography of john terry por oliver derbyshire disponible en rakuten kobo. An equally spectacular strike from freddie ljungberg wrapped up the fa cup for the arsenal.
While on fanzone commentary for the 2002 fa cup final, arsenal had the ball 30 yards from goal. Along with helen chamberlain he presented soccer am for more than a decade to. Gilles grimandi couldnt believe how much the english lads could drink duration. He was recently named the 19th greatest player in the clubs history. Former arsenal player, ray parlour is available to book via the champions football. Tim lovejoy 10 how many fa cups did arsene wenger win. It was one of the biggest clangers in the history of commentary by tim lovejoy, but a hilarious one at that which started an its only ray parlour trend. Ray parlour wengers linguistic challenge the history. Raymond ray parlour born 7 march 1973 in romford, london, is a retired english footballer. His book lovejoy on football was not critically well received.
Lovejoy on football by tim lovejoy penguin books australia. I was watching the 2002 cup final with the chelsea boy who laughed when tim lovejoy had his infamous its only ray parlour. During his arsenal career, parlour was affectionately was nicknamed the romford pele. Tim lovejoy along with helen chamberlain, he catwalked with lucy pinder, offered a fiver to any fan who held up a banner with lovejoy is a legend on it at a match, saved chip from his girlfriend, successfully lobbied for the word bouncebackability to enter the collins english dictionary, and uttered the famous words, its only ray parlour. His name is also associated with two dvds on football.
One mans passion for the most important subject in the world. Ray parlour is one of the good guys of english football. Ray seemed to develop a knack for having an impact on big games, mainly cup finals and it was that knack that probably gave me my favourite ever moment in football. How ray parlour straddled a culture clash in english football. Raymond parlour born 7 march 1973 is an english former professional footballer who played as a midfielder from 1992 to 2007. Oh, its all right, said the television presenter tim lovejoy. Imdbs advanced search allows you to run extremely powerful queries over all people and titles in the database. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful.
He finally claimed his place in the spotlight with a 30yard strike to open the scoring in the 2002 fa cup final against chelsea, which was famously preempted by soccer ams tim lovejoy with dont worry, its only ray parlour. On 68 minutes, arsenal took control of the match when ray parlour carried the ball into space in chelseas half and unleashed a curling shot into the top corner from 25 yards. Lovejoy on football by tim lovejoy penguin books new zealand. Exarsenal legend ray parlour talks about tim lovejoys famous its only ray parlour gaffe during the 2002 fa cup final.
Ray parlour is on the brink of releasing an autobiography, which is wonderful. Muttered seconds before the arsenal aces stunning opener in the 2002 fa cup. There is one sentence which haunts former sky sports presenter tim lovejoy. Ray parlours autobiography has the best cover image ever shortlist. Those words, uttered by chelsea supporter tim lovejoy on sky sports fanzone coverage of the 2002 fa cup final, added extra flavour to what was already a classic arsenal goal. Join facebook to connect with giles spencer and others you may know. The great thing about supporting england is that it gives supporters of smaller clubs a taste of the big time p. Captain, leader, legend ebook por oliver derbyshire. Tim lovejoy, its only ray parlour, 2002 fa cup final in the days before twitter and sol campbells instagram account, football fans used to find tim lovejoy. As if you needed any more incentive to buy this book immediately, check. Ray parlour news newspapers books scholar jstor april 2017 learn how and when to remove. Shopping with henry, eating contests, igors stepanovs signing and arsene falling through a wall.
Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the. With the scores level at 00, ray parlour collected the ball inside the chelsea half and made a beeline for the edge of the penalty area. He finally claimed his place in the spotlight with a 30yard strike to open the scoring in the 2002 fa cup final against chelsea, which was famously preempted by soccer am s tim lovejoy with oh, its all right, its only ray parlour. Oh, its all right, said the television presenter tim lovejoy, a chelsea supporter, commentating on skys fanzone. Parlour spent his career playing for arsenal, middlesbrough, hull city. Arsenal won 20, with the second goal from fredrik ljungberg. Named in kevin keegans first england squad, parlour was seen by some. Ray parlour is an english former professional footballer who played as a midfielder between 1992 and 2007. Its not entirely clear the extent to which parlour believes his theory, but thats the nature of the book.
In sky sports fanzone commentary, chelsea fan tim lovejoy memorably introduced parlour s shot with a dismissive, oh, its only ray parlour. Then parlour scored a screamer and arsenal had the opener in a 20 win against chelsea. Ray parlours autobiography has the best cover image ever. Martin keown and old teammate ray parlour agree arsene. Fully updated to include the 2009 season, this is an insightful look into john terrys astronomic rise in profile and ho. Not because of the goal but because just before you hit the shot tim lovejoy said its only ray parlour. A wonderful strike that will be remembered always for tim lovejoy s comment on skys fanzone of its only ray parlour just as ray was about to smash the ball into back of the net. Ray parlour was misunderstood, underappreciated and. Now in its fifth year, the cup is part of a commitment from tesco to encourage youngsters to enjoy a healthy lifestyle and get involved in sport. No one is ever universally loved by fans, but ray parlour came closest, and arsenal lost more than a player when he left. Looking back, ray parlour is a most unwenger like player, and yet mr wenger got the very best out of him, and to a large extent managed to get him to focus on the pitch, rather that on life outside the game. Arsenal legend ray parlour names his autobiography its only ray parlour after tim lovejoy s infamous 2002 commentary of his goal. Christian horners awkward commentary stint and other on. Raymond parlour born 7 march 1973 is an english former professional footballer who played.
Highest rated movies and tv shows with ray parlour imdb. He enjoyed the most prolific period of his career whilst at arsenal during the 1990s and early 2000s. That last point may have less to do with football than the others, but it showed lovejoy for what he is. In a matter of seconds the words of its only tim lovejoy were being. Its only ray parlour the words of tv presenter and watfordturnedchelsea fan tim lovejoy are now legendary. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Online shopping from a great selection at books store.
Stormzy proves what a nice guy he is by suffering ray parlour s terrible rapping no offence ray, but you need to shut up by dave fawbert. When arsenal played the blues in the 2002 fa cup final, parlour picked up the ball in midfield. Arsenal won 20, with the second goal from freddie ljungberg. Dont worry its only ray parlour tim lovejoy football pundit and chealsea fan in arsenal fa cup final, ray parlour scores seconds later for arsenal favorites music. As a football fan, it is your duty to hate the most successful team of the moment p. Sky deployed bradley walsh and tim lovejoy to commentate on the match in their celebrity fanzone feature.