Iwan Roberts (born 26 June 1968) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a striker, including for the Welsh national team. His footballing career started at Watford in 1986. He also represented Huddersfield Town, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Gillingham and Cambridge United. He made 647 league appearances, almost half as a player for Norwich City, whom he represented for seven years. He scored 61 goals in total over the 1998–99, 1999–2000 and 2000–01 seasons, and was elected to the Norwich City F.C. Hall of Fame. Since retiring as a player, Roberts, who speaks fluent Welsh, has worked as a commentator for Sky Sports, BBC Radio Cymru and BBC Cymru Wales. His 2004 book, All I Want for Christmas ..., a reference to his gap-toothed appearance, prompted praise, but also controversy over an admission that he once intentionally stepped on a player's back. In recent years, Roberts has supported research into dementia, and has attributed his own memory difficulties to heading a football.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1889:
Bangui, the capital and largest city of the present-day Central African Republic, was founded in French Congo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangui
1906:
The 1906 French Grand Prix, the first Grand Prix motor racing competition, began near Le Mans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_French_Grand_Prix
1945:
At a conference in San Francisco, delegates from 50 nations signed a charter establishing the United Nations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations
2013:
The U.S. Supreme Court granted federal recognition to same-sex marriage when it overturned the Defense of Marriage Act. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Windsor
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
barmy: 1. Containing, covered with, or pertaining to barm (“foam rising upon beer or other malt liquors when fermenting, used as leaven in brewing and making bread”). 2. (figuratively) Bubbling with activity or excitement; active, excited. 3. Crazy, mad; also, eccentric, odd, strange. 4. Very foolish. [...] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/barmy
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
Another name for the sense of values is intelligence. A stupid person is a person whose values are narrow. --Colin Wilson https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Colin_Wilson