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Walcott

American  
[wawl-kuht, -kot] / ˈwɔl kət, -kɒt /

noun

  1. Derek, 1930–2017, West Indian poet and playwright: Nobel Prize 1992.

  2. Joe Arnold CreamJersey Joe, 1914–94, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1951–52.


Walcott British  
/ ˈwɔːlkət /

noun

  1. Derek ( Alton ). born 1930, St Lucian poet and playwright, whose works include the poetry collections In a Green Night (1962) and The Bounty (1997), the play The Dream on Monkey Mountain (1967), and the long poem Omeros (1990): Nobel prize for literature 1992

  2. Jersey Joe, real name Arnold Raymond Cream. 1914–94, US boxer: world heavyweight champion 1951–52

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Maybe Theo Walcott realised what he had said as soon as the words left his mouth.

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Walcott was talking to Wayne Rooney when he appeared to question if the Manchester United team of 2008 could "compete" with the Arsenal side of today.

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In fairness to Walcott, he did also say the United side of '08 were "probably the best team that I've ever played against".

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Rooney and Walcott were working as pundits on Arsenal's 3-1 win at Inter Milan in the Champions League.

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But was former Arsenal winger Walcott right to even make such a comparison?

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