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August 26, 2008

BBC apologises for football reporter’s Madrid crash comment

By Patrick

He says he was simply trying to be descriptive, but BBC Radio Manchester has had to apologise for a freelance football reporter’s comparison of a live match to the Madrid air disaster.

The Manchester Evening News reports that Chris Price was covering the Bradford vs Rochdale League One match on Saturday when he said during a live report that Rochdale “were making more holes in the Bradford defence than a Spanish aircraft”.

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