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Sky Sports presenter Clare Tomlinson 'mortified' over Dublin-Mayo All-England Final gaffe

“In 18 years of live TV, it’s up there with my worst moments.”

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SKY SPORTS NEWS presenter Clare Tomlinson has apologised for dropping a bit of a clanger after the All Ireland Final at the weekend.

While reading a report of the match on Sunday, Tomlinson referred to the draw between Dublin and Mayo in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship at Croke Park on Sunday as the “All-England Final”.

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As you can imagine, the slip-up was quickly shared across social media, and was greeted with just a bit of incredulity.

Tomlinson has apologised for the gaffe following the outcry, saying it was “a slip of the tongue” at the “end of a long, late shift”.

“Am so mortified,” she tweeted. “In 18 years of live TV, it’s up there with my worst moments.”

 

Previously: Sky Sports News reporter refers to Dublin v Mayo as ‘the All-England final’>

Written by Valerie Loftus and posted on DailyEdge.ie

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    Sep 21st 2016, 12:27 PM

    It’s no big deal.

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    Sep 21st 2016, 1:00 PM

    I firmly believe they do it on purpose to get a bite. Which some people are naive enough to do

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    Sep 21st 2016, 5:22 PM

    So this is what Brexit means for Ireland…

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    Mute Carl Dineen
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    Sep 21st 2016, 12:48 PM

    Who cares it was a mistake…like when football fans in Ireland say ‘we’ and ‘us’ when describing an English team they follow.

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    Mute KM TON
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    Sep 21st 2016, 1:00 PM

    oooooh that won’t be too popular Carl! But I agree!

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    Sep 21st 2016, 1:11 PM

    I say we and us and I’m not making a mistake I’m deliberately doing it.

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    Mute rodrigo detriano
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    Sep 21st 2016, 1:27 PM

    At the end of the day, England and Ireland are the same thing to most foreign people. We are all part of the British Isles, which is commonly known as England to the vast majority of the outside world… I had no idea how upset an Irish person could get when I referred to him or her as English… Surly it’s a compliment

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    Sep 21st 2016, 1:44 PM

    A companiment are you taking the piss

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    Mute Damocles
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    Sep 21st 2016, 2:12 PM

    @rodrigo detriano: “England and Ireland are the same thing to most foreign people”

    Stupid foreign people.

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    Sep 21st 2016, 2:17 PM

    @rodrigo detriano: Rodrigo you have a lot to learn if you think that would be a compliment. Perhaps if you have so much to learn you should learn to keep your mouth shut also.

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    Sep 21st 2016, 2:26 PM

    For once Fred and I agree.

    That’s certainly not complimentary to the English.

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    Sep 21st 2016, 2:29 PM

    Rodrigo. .are you front Spain or Portugal. …what ever there the same place !!

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    Sep 21st 2016, 2:44 PM

    Compliment? That would infer that we mere oirish consider the English superior to us. Absolute rubbish and by the amount of thumbs down it makes me believe you were looking for a reaction. British Isles is an outdated term and not used by people in Ireland.

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    Mute Fred Johnson
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    Sep 21st 2016, 2:52 PM

    @Damocles: Well could be worse. We could be referred to as “British”. Now there’s a tarnished brand after Brexit.

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    Sep 21st 2016, 2:58 PM

    Absolute t**t

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    Sep 21st 2016, 3:23 PM

    @rodrigo detriano: Why would it be a compliment?

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    Sep 21st 2016, 3:29 PM

    Venezuela

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    Sep 21st 2016, 3:31 PM

    England is a great country! no? One of the richest countries in the world. So isn’t it a compliment when someone mistakenly thinks you’re English?

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    Sep 21st 2016, 3:33 PM

    Am I not entitled to express my opinion Fred?

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    Sep 21st 2016, 3:49 PM

    Everyone is entire to there opinion. But you’re of the opinion it’s a compliment to an Irish person to be referred to as English….. Which is complete and utter b***cks.

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    Sep 21st 2016, 3:52 PM

    Rodrigo I’m English living in Dublin to refer to Ireland and England as. Being the same shows a lack of knowledge as well as amazing ignorance and stupidity They are two separate, sovereign states.

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    Sep 21st 2016, 4:26 PM

    @rodrigo detriano:

    No Rodrigo you should not be offering an opinion if you don’t know what you’re talking about. This is another problem with Brexit, it has encouraged ignorant fools to think their opinion is as valid as people who actually know what they’re talking about .

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    Sep 21st 2016, 5:34 PM

    F**k off back to Brazil Rodrigo!!

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    Sep 21st 2016, 5:52 PM

    Not when you haven’t got a fu€king clue what you’re talking about you Muppet

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    Sep 21st 2016, 9:01 PM

    Fair play Rodrigo ur about as famous Oliver Cromwell in Ireland at the moment

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    Sep 21st 2016, 9:58 PM

    Got any bites ?

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    I’m from Venezuela

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    Sep 22nd 2016, 10:00 AM

    @Steve Tracey: England isn’t a sovereign state, at least not right now.

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    Sep 21st 2016, 12:27 PM

    Heard the demand for tickets is so big, it’s been moved to Wembley and the queen shall be in attendance with the British army band to play the national anthem.

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    Sep 21st 2016, 12:49 PM

    Well the have American NFLo matches in Wembley now, why not an, All-Ireland?

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    Sep 21st 2016, 1:16 PM

    “…….the queen shall be in attendance…….” Who is gonna give Mullherne a ticket this time?

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    Sep 21st 2016, 9:21 PM

    She should que for tickets ssme as everyone else bet enda had no problem getting tockets though

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    Sep 21st 2016, 12:26 PM

    Is she not reading off a cue card though?

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    Sep 21st 2016, 12:43 PM

    The mind sees what it wants to see regardless of what the eyes tell it.

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    Sep 21st 2016, 3:04 PM

    Surely somebody in sky noticed it at the time so why didn’t she apologise on air afterwards???

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    Sep 21st 2016, 9:10 PM

    You stay classy Eire! I’m Clare Tomlinson?…

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    Sep 21st 2016, 12:43 PM

    In fairness to the girl, like every other Sky bullshit, she only reads what she is fed from a prompter. It was obviously a set-up from some “comedian” in the production department. They did the same thing with the ” Kilkenny V Offaly Connaught Football Championship” gaffe.

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    Sep 21st 2016, 12:47 PM

    It’s much more likely to be a slip of the tongue. They would be used to saying ‘all England” on an English sports channel but hardly ever have the need to say all Ireland.

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    Sep 21st 2016, 1:30 PM

    Sean
    The only sport in which the phrase All England is used and then only in official news from the club is All England Lawn tennis Toournament commonly referred to as Wimbledon. But yes slip if tongue she’s apologised, let it go.

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    Sep 21st 2016, 1:45 PM

    We do it to.
    I heard somebody on RTE talk about Galway in the Leinster championship.

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    Sep 21st 2016, 1:48 PM

    I’m aware of that Steve. And as a sports news channel they would often repeat statements from the all England club, particularly during Wimbledon so she would be far more used to saying all england. I’ve heard the term loads of times on TV.

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    Sep 21st 2016, 12:30 PM

    I predict Dublin V Man Utd in next year’s all-Ireland final… Should be a good one

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    Sep 21st 2016, 12:39 PM

    @Val Rossi: “Go for your points and the goals will follow” was always the old mantra and has worked well for the likes of Kerry. Man United don’t have a great point-scoring record…

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    Sep 21st 2016, 12:44 PM

    Haha, yeah right. No chance utd will be making any finals any time soon!

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    Sep 21st 2016, 1:43 PM

    I don’t agree Brian.
    It seems all Man Utd have been doing of late is putting it over the bar.

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    Sep 21st 2016, 1:45 PM

    Russia for the win then ?

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    Sep 21st 2016, 8:50 PM

    Get micheal healy rea to ref

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    Sep 21st 2016, 12:30 PM

    Why do these English television presenters get things wrong about Ireland so often?

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    Sep 21st 2016, 12:42 PM

    Because it’s a 24 hour news channel covering all different sports. What’s the big deal?

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    Sep 21st 2016, 12:46 PM

    No one saying its a big deal, it’s just amusing.

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    Sep 21st 2016, 12:46 PM

    People need to grow up.A simple mistake.Of course nobody on irish TV has EVER made a mistake.Ever.

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    Sep 21st 2016, 12:50 PM

    You and Joe are the only ones taking it seriou

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    Sep 21st 2016, 1:11 PM

    It was a mistake we forgive you but im not forgiving the trollop on the graham norton radio show.

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    Sep 21st 2016, 12:42 PM

    what a big eedjit

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    Sep 21st 2016, 2:42 PM

    Poor Clare is human

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    Sep 21st 2016, 1:16 PM

    It’s fairly obvious that it’s being done on purpose. Sure how many times has it happened at this stage and we continue to take the bait. Their PR team has the easiest job in the world

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    Sep 21st 2016, 1:52 PM

    Done on purpose so we watch lots more Sky and give Murdoch millions. I know I and many more will be watching on Sky now waiting for them to slip up again!

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    Sep 21st 2016, 2:04 PM

    Now everybody is going to watch it ,good advertising for replay

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    Sep 21st 2016, 8:51 PM

    Give her a break.

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    Sep 22nd 2016, 6:07 AM

    Fire her. Unacceptable

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    Sep 21st 2016, 8:51 PM

    Test

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