Alan Bernard Brazil (born June 15, 1959 in Simshill, Glasgow) is a former Scottish football player. He was a forward. June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Glaswegian redirects here. ... Motto: (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity(English) Wha daur meddle wi me? (Scots)[1] Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic, Scots[2] Government  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Strikers, also known as centre forwards, forwards, and attackers, are the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing teams goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals. ...

Alan started his career with Ipswich Town F.C. in 1977. He stayed with Town till 1983, appearing a total of 210 times, and scoring 80 goals. He then moved to Tottenham Hotspur F.C. in March 1983 for the season, making 31 appearances, and scoring 9 times. In June 1984 he joined Manchester United F.C. for a fee of £625,000. He stayed with United for two seasons, making a total of 41 appearances in the league, the League Cup, the FA Cup and the UEFA Cup. He scored 12 goals whilst with them. In 1986, he transferred to Coventry City F.C. for £300,000, for a season, making 15 league appearances and scoring twice, before being given a free transfer to Queens Park Rangers. He made a total of 4 appearances for them, failing to score, before finishing his career at Bury Town. Ipswich Town Football Club (also known as Ipswich, The Blues, Town or The Tractor Boys) are an English professional football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk. ... For the NBA basketball team, see San Antonio Spurs Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is an English professional football club, who play in the Premier League. ... Manchester United Football Club are a world-famous English football club, based at the Old Trafford stadium in Trafford, Greater Manchester, and are one of the most popular sports clubs in the world, with over 50 million supporters worldwide. ... Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, is a football club based in Coventry, England. ... Queens Park Rangers are an English football team, from Shepherds Bush, London. ...

He also made 13 appearances for the Scottish national team, the most notable of which saw him playing in the World Cup finals in Spain. His career was cut short at the age of 27 due to a serious back injury that could have seen him ending up in a wheelchair if he continued playing football in the top-flight.

These days, Alan Brazil can be heard presenting talkSPORT's weekday 6-10am slot. He started off co-presenting with Station Director, Mike Parry, but currently co-presents with Graham Beecroft. The show has since been such a hit that it has been named the 'Alan Brazil Breakfast Show'. He gets on well with everyone on the show, especially the resident financial expert Henk Potts with whom he shares a love of carousing. One exception is newsreader Ian Abrahams (aka 'The Moose') whom he regularly insults (sometimes quite nastily) due to poorly-researched or inane news items that serve as the basis for lame punchlines. Another recipient of his vitriol is Jon Gaunt, an another presenter on Talksport, known for his brash behaviour towards callers. He is also a big fan of horse racing and, in 2003, formed the Alan Brazil Racing Club.^[1] The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... ĜŠ×Graham Beecroft (nicknamed Beeky) is a British radio personality currently working on talkSPORT, where he presents the weekday Sports Breakfast with Alan Brazil. ... Ian Abrahams, nicknamed the Moose, is a newsreader and football reporter for the London based talkSPORT radio station in the UK. Abrahams is a supporter of the West Ham United football club. ... Jon Gaunt is a morning talk show presenter. ...

Alan’s local course is the Point-to-Point course at Higham, Suffolk. Alan Commutes from Suffolk to London everyday in his Lexus. Although his programme is a sporting one, his views tend to be to the right of centre when he does express them. Point-to-Point telecommunications is most recently (2003) referenced regarding wireless data communications for Internet or Voice over IP via radio frequencies in the multi-gigahertz range. ... Higham, Suffolk may refer to more than one place: Higham, Babergh Higham, Forest Heath Category: ...

Alan is well known for living life to the full—he eats, drinks, socialises and gambles to excess, and shamelessly acquires freebies. It is exactly this enthusiasm for life that has led to him becoming such a popular presenter.

Alan was famously sacked in 2004, after the Breakfast Show was broadcast at the Cheltenham Festival, from Tuesday to Thursday. Alan enjoyed himself too much and missed the Friday show. Alan was reinstated after a huge uproar from talkSPORT listeners. His several week absence was explained as due to him being lost in beer tent. As a caveat to his reinstatement, Brazil must now pay a £5000 fine for every show he misses. The Cheltenham Festival is the most prestigious meeting in the National Hunt racing calendar in the United Kingdom and has race prize money second only to the Grand National. ...

Alan has several catchphrases the most common being "Why" which is often said in quick repetition. On hearing a location Alan will usually say "I've never been" or "beautiful" depending on whether or not he has visited it.

Alan is currently being targeted as the co-commentator for Setanta Sports live FA Premier League coverage from August 2007, although nothing is yet confirmed. This would not affect his talkSPORT role. Setanta Sports (pronounced Seh-tan-tah) is a leading Irish international sports broadcaster, operating 12 channels in 24 countries. ... talkSPORT is the only dedicated national commercial sports and talk radio station, based in London, broadcasting to the United Kingdom providing sports talk, live commentaries, phone-in discussion and talk shows. ...

He is remembered for his monumental clanger in 2004. Talking to Gary Buschell, who was at a Bob Monkhouse Tribute Dinner, he dropped the funniest clanger of radio history. During his call he said ' So, er, Gary. How is Bob's health these days?'. Confused with the question Gary Bushell replied ' Well Alan, he died. That's what the tribue dinner is for' and then Brazil, clearly embarrassed replies ' Well, I, er, heard two versions'. This apparently caused hundreds of people to call in with complaints and several hundreds of people calling in to say how funny it was, due to the fact that Alan Brazil didn't actually realise what he had said.

Child Abuse

In the 1960s, Alan was subject to abuse at Celtic's boys' club, by Jim Torbett. He took Torbett to court in 1996, and Torbett was given a two-year sentence.^[2] Celtic Football Club (pronounced seltik in IPA; AIM: CCP) is a Scottish football club, competing in the Scottish Premier League, the highest form of competition in Scotland. ... Celtic Boys Club is a feeder club for Celtic Football Club founded in 1966. ... Jim Torbett created Celtic Boys Club in 1966. ...

There's an Awful Lot of Bubbly in Brazil

In 2006 he released a book co-written with Mike Parry called "There's an Awful Lot of Bubbly in Brazil" This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

References

1. ^ Newmarket horse racing club - Information, news, tips and bets from Alan. Alan Brazil Racing Club. Retrieved on 2006 June 4.
2. ^ Child abusers who shame British football. The Observer. Retrieved on 2006 June 4.

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