Talk:Des Walker

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[edit] Of tragedies and own-goals

The language of sport is different to that of real life. I'm a Forest fan and I remember Dessie's own-goal in the 1991 cup final painfully well but to call it a 'tragedy' a few paragraphs after using the same word to describe the deaths of 96 people is insensitive at best. In this context, a word like 'misfortune' would be better for describing the own-goal. And Des was arrested after his testimonial so there's no need for 'allegedly' [[1]]. Ericatom 00:58, 30 April 2006 (UTC)