Sunday Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Robot is Petering out
His iconic robot dance won a legion of football fans, but rumoured Strictly star
Peter Crouch is trying to shake off the signature move. My source reveals how during the Euros the player-turnedpresenter was keen to avoid being asked to recreate it. “Peter feels it’s so long ago and it almost appears to be a source of irritation when it comes up,” the source explains. “During the Euros he was really trying to distance himself from it. “For him it was something he did from years ago and he is trying to move away from it.” The ex-Spurs and Liverpool player first did the robot dance for England after scoring against Jamaica in a 2006 World Cup
If restaurant walls could talk, famed Covent Garden eatery J Sheekey would fill several books. I celebrated Freedom Day at the renowned seafood restaurant’s 125th Anniversary Party alongside stars Anna Friel, Suki Waterhouse,
Jeremy Irvine,
Isaac Carew, warm-up. But the striker – who retired in 2019 – once said of his famous celebration: “I looked like a complete imbecile.”
After doing the dance he claimed he would only perform it again on the pitch if England won the World Cup or if he scored in the Champions League final.
The last time that fans saw it was in his days at Stoke when he became the oldest player to reach 100 Premier League goals in 2017 aged 36.
He says: “It was a bit of nostalgia, pulling it out. I was under a lot of pressure. It was a bit stiff to be honest. It’s been 10 years. I think I’ll have to retire it.”
Devastating…
was on its refurbished terrace, and we dined on Jersey rock oysters and lobster washed down with Henriot Champagne. I’d been hoping for a glimpse of actor Robert Pattinson – Suki’s boyfriend – but, alas, she brought sister Maddie as her guest and stayed for just one drink. If I had R Patz waiting at home I wouldn’t want to be out either!