The FATV Footballers' Alphabet: R is for...

Thursday 19 Dec 2013
Southampton's Jay Rodriguez takes on the Footballers' Alphabet

What is the first word that springs to your mind with each letter of the alphabet?

We asked a whole host of footballers, past and present, including England internationals Rickie Lambert, Daniel Sturridge and Frank Lampard, as well as Toni Duggan, Dennis Bergkamp and Ray Wilkins.

And the results were interesting and often funny.

Today, R is for... Rodriguez, Rudolph, robin and romance. One England midfielder was thinking about Roy of the Rovers...

Over the coming weeks, we'll bring you an exclusive video covering a letter of the alphabet each day and you can see what our subjects had to say...

The Footballers

The Footballers' Alphabet

 

The full list of players taking part

Rickie Lambert, Jay Rodriguez, Carl Jenkinson, Natasha Dowie, Dennis Bergkamp, Danny Welbeck, Glen Johnson, Thomas Ince, Andros Townsend, Dennis Wise, Rachel Yankey, Karen Carney, Frank Lampard, Alex Scott, Jack Wilshere, Andy Hinchcliffe, Patrick Vieira, Jill Scott, Anita Asante, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Gareth Southgate, Ashley Cole, Gemma Bonner, Gary Cahill, Matt Holland, Tom Cleverley, Colin Hendry, Ledley King, Toni Duggan, Jordan Nobbs, Marouane Fellaini, Gordon Strachan, Mick Channon, Ray Wilkins, Daniel Sturridge, Steph Houghton, Fara Williams, Dunia Susi, Bryan Robson, Graeme Le Saux and Faye White.

By Gary Stonehouse Staff Writer