It has provided relief and annoyance but chances are our obsession with it will fade as its novelty does
“It’s Fenwick! It’s Fenwick.” Screams Barry Davies. “England have won the World Cup. The West Germans are on their knees. Unbelievable! The World Cup is coming home!”
We all know the commentary. We’ve all signed the petitions to get Terry Fenwick the knighthood he deserves. Even he is bored of telling the story about being in the right place at the right time. But he knows that without Lineker’s header coming back off the post into his path in injury time at Mexico ’86 – his life would be completely different. He certainly wouldn’t have appeared in as many Carlsberg adverts. All those children named after him the following year – some of them became footballers themselves – Terry Vardy, Terry Noble, Terry Giroud.
Written by Max Rushden
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/sep/26/var-needs-to-work-faster-and-better-but-is-proving-to-be-a-joy-with-jeopardy under the title “VAR needs to work faster and better but is proving to be a joy with jeopardy | Max Rushden”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
