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.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iwan_Roberts>
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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>
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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>
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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>