Cultural Blinkers
Posted in Nationality, World Cup at 22:04 on 21 June 2014
I was watching the Argentina – Iran game today (strangely compelling for a 1-0) and was amused to hear the commentator Clive Tyldesley say that most of Iran’s squad had their Christian names on their shirts.
Christian names? For Iranians?
I see from this that it wasn’t just me who noticed…
Tags: Argentina, Clive Tyldesley, Iran, World Cup
Mahmud
27 December 2016 at 16:51
Nice One
football
jackdeighton
27 December 2016 at 18:46
Mahmud,
Thanks for looking in and commenting.
Football commentators aren’t perhaps the sharpest tools in the box.