Below is a christmas tale - it contains the names of some current premier league players. If you dont fall asleep after the first sentance let me know the number of players registered with current premier league clubs you can find - some of them are a bit tenuous and you are going on the pronounciation, not the spelling. Good luck, no prizes -just wastes 5 minutes of your life and i really need to get a life. A modern day christmas tale A king was born - laying in his moses basket, young baby Cortese looked up into the night sky. The cork on champagne bottles were released and celebrations started from ireland to brazil, from the czech republic to new zealand. It didnt matter what nationality you were people came and travelled on long journeys from a far to be shaw to get there to crouch by the new born. It was standing room only with a small few sitting on the hay bale next to him, close to where the ox laid. Chamber (maid) Lyne made sure everyone was comfortable. Even those with their backs against the wall, cot in front of them joined in the festivities. Shephards brought a small lamb but the ram here is dangerous. Wise men came from afar bringing gifts ranging from gold, coal and myrrh to sack a spuds. As the surmon was read out laying detail of this prophet there was not a ba humbug in sight. Choirs sung a carol, as it was like another virgin birth as no-one had known that mrs cortese had a bun in the oven and was up the duff. This little one was surely destined for fortune and greatness. Cortese cleverley made his way in life, being able to out fox all other children leaving them green with envy. He was sharp, had a big heart, many said he was born with a silver spoon. Starting out with his music he went from gig to giggs singing anything from lennon and mccartney to patsy cline. Agger do was not one of his better works. Then one day whilst out with his parents and nanny in morisons he saw an advert on the notice board to become Southampton chairman. Ruddy hell, he said, this is an opportunity i can not pass on, this is a job fit for a king. Time was of the essence and he had to holt what he was doing, he would have bent over backwards to get this job, he just needed that half a chance. He went on the hunt to become the new chairman. There was fierce competition but he took the brunt of it and avoided any hazards. He was in good company going from buckingham palace to downing street where he met tory prime minister cameron, not really even having time to park his limo. After such sterling work he was given the job. It was a noble effort. Cortese sat back with his can of fosters- he reflected life could not have turned out any better - nothing in the world could compete with being the southampton chairman - not even winning the lottery or winning an oscar. He knew there was work to be done. No more watching the simpsons, dempsey and makepeice or what was happening on ramsey street. It was almost a given, Cortese and Southampton became a winning combination and lived happily evra after.
ok maybe some are very tenuous as i had over 50. Maybe we should break it down a bit - how many have you found in the 1st paragraph? sound not spelling
King could be Joshua King of Man Utd, though he's on loan at Blackburn so maybe he doesn't count! "Was born" sounds like Osbourne, of Aston Villa, but I think he's on loan in the championship too. That's just the first four words, so basically you can get a name out of pretty much any word or two!
55...though may have included players not still in PL. Hope you are going to post answer with names underlined, so we can start squabbling with you.
Fran - 55 pretty good though it was a couple more than i had in total. there were 21 in 1st paragraph A king was born - laying in his VICTOR moses basket, ASHLEY young baby Cortese looked up into the night sky. The JACK cork on champagne bottles were released and celebrations started from STEPHEN ireland to brazil, from the PETR czech republic to new zealand. It didnt matter what nationality you were people came and travelled on SHANE long journeys from a far to be LUKE shaw to get there to PETER crouch by the new born. It was standing room only with a small few sitting on the hay GARETH bale next to him, close to where the ALEX ox laid. Chamber (maid) Lyne made sure everyone was comfortable. Even those with their backs against the THEO wall, cot in front of them joined in the festivities. Shephards brought a small RICKIE lamb but the GASTON ram here is dangerous. Wise men came from afar bringing gifts ranging from gold, ASHLEY coal and PER myrrh to sack a spuds. As the ANDREW surmon was read out laying detail of this prophet there was not a DEMBA ba humbug in sight. Choirs sung a ANDY carol, as it was like another virgin birth as no-one had known that mrs cortese had a MARK bun in the oven and was up the DAMIEN duff. This little one was surely destined for MARC-ANTOINE fortune and greatness. There - well done if you got all 21 in that para - if someone wants to attempt another paragraph i am sure it gets easier from here
