15 pub members in Yorkshire rename themselves Wayne Rooney ahead of World Cup!
June 6th, 2010 - 12:31 pm ICT by ANILondon, June 6 (ANI): The football World Cup mania seems to be catching up, with all 15 staff members at a pub in UK having changed their names after England’s ace striker Wayne Rooney.
Ahead of the start of the World Cup, the managers of the Bay Horse in East Ardsley, West Yorkshire have also got a new name, and are both calling themselves Fabio Capello after the England coach.
A woman who now calls herself Wayne Rooney said everyone had agreed on the mass change of names to show their support for the England team.
“The managers wanted to do something so we all sat down and decided to do this. It’s to show our support for England and show how much we’re behind them,” Sky News quoted the woman, as saying.
Hill said the new names had proved a hit with the pub regulars. “They think it’s ace. They shout Wayne and we all turn around. They love it and think it’s really funny.”
She added: “It has not been a hassle at all - we could change birth certificates and driving licences, but because it is only temporary nobody is going to.”
Miss Rooney said she was not sure how England would fare in South Africa, but she would be backing them all the way.
They will all remain Wayne Rooney until the end of the World Cup on July 12 when they will revert to being their former selves. (ANI)
- Capello, Gerrard hail Rooney's match winning performance against Switzerland - Sep 08, 2010
- Scholes rules out coming out of retirement to play for England - Aug 27, 2010
- Rooney not distracted by father's arrest: Capello - Oct 07, 2011
- If Englnad wins, Rapper 50 Cent planning on Roo and Rio-themed pubs in US - May 30, 2010
- Capello warns Rooney to show respect to referees - Jun 12, 2010
- Rooney asks Man U teammate Scholes to rejoin England squad - Aug 26, 2010
- Crouch tips Rooney to pick up WC winner's medal and Player of the Year award - Jun 07, 2010
- Capello risks rift with players by passing buck for World Cup fiasco - Aug 10, 2010
- Capello asks fans to stop booing Rooney and be patient - Aug 12, 2010
- Would be nice to knock Germans out of World Cup: Rooney - Jun 17, 2010
- Premier League to see new Wayne Rooney - Aug 15, 2010
- Gerrard says okay for fans to boo England Lions if they fail - Aug 11, 2010
- Capello says will never play Rooney as sole striker - Mar 03, 2010
- Fans believe Capello has gone from god to d***head: Ancelotti - Sep 07, 2010
- Capello no role model for hothead Rooney - Jun 09, 2010
Tags: ace, bay horse, birth certificates, capello, driving licences, east ardsley, england coach, england team, football world cup, hassle, london, mass change, pub regulars, sky news, south africa, staff members, striker, wayne rooney, west yorkshire, yorkshire