For those who fault us over a rare slip of the finger
mainSir Jack Hayward, chairman of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football club, died today.
In August 2003, the Guardian newspaper was obliged to print the following priceless correction:
In our interview with Sir Jack Hayward, the chairman of Wolverhampton Wanderers, page 20, Sport, yesterday, we mistakenly attributed to him the following comment: “Our team was the worst in the First Division and I’m sure it’ll be the worst in the Premier League.” Sir Jack had just declined the offer of a hot drink. What he actually said was “Our tea was the worst in the First Division and I’m sure it’ll be the worst in the Premier League.” Profuse apologies.
That’s one for the ages.
It puts me in mind of the South African newspaper which was obliged to print two corrections and apologies on two consecutive days. The first corrected a critic’s review of a play starring the famous English actor Denis Prick and the second apologising for the first mistake in the spelling of Mr Penis Price’s name.