The name game - Donachie-Babb

27. From Donachie to Babb
By Kevin Darling

Phil Babb and brother Donachie

This week's Turkish food-inspired link takes us from Willie Donachie to Phil Babb in six steps.

And what about suggestions for next week's snooker special: Graeme DOTT to Fran COTTON?

Remember, the best effort wins a very exciting mystery prize!

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DONACHIE-BABB

Willie Donachie
Has been assistant manager at Oldham, Everton, Sheffield Wednesday, Ipswich and Man City, but has never managed a football club, making him the perennial...

Number Two
Which is a euphemism for going to the toilet when you want to make it sound more...

Interesting
Nickname of ginger legend Steve Davis, who is currently on World Championship duty for BBC Sport at the...

Parrott and Davis denied claims they were no longer taking the game seriously

Crucible
Sheffield snooker arena which - we are informed approximately 12,491 times per programme - has a very special...

Atmosphere
Even though most audience members sit in total silence; and when they do make a noise they are asked to keep quiet.

The main contribution of most snooker fans is...

Coughing
Formerly innocent sign of illness that has gained a more sinister profile thanks to Major Charles Ingram and Tecwen Whittock, whose plan to cough their way to a million almost landed them in...

Jail
Which is where most Sunderland fans would probably like to see their hapless defender...

Phil Babb.

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Our winner is Alex Cutts for his link from Donachie to Babb (see below).

A mystery prize is on its way!

Willie Donachie
Is a retired Scottish international footballer, as is...

Alan Hansen
Now a pundit on Match of the Day, which used to be presented by...

Des Lynam
Whose current show has a theme tune sung by U2's...

Bono
Who took his name from a hearing aid shop, which might have been visited by snooker star...

Joe Swail
Who lost his first round match in the World Championships to...

Tony Drago
Who is from Malta, which is famous for a type of...

Cross
Which is what you would probably be if your club signed...

Phil Babb.

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Thanks for all your Donachie-Babb alternatives - here's a selection of the best:

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Phillip Elcombe, England:

Willie Donachie
Has spent much of his post-playing career as assistant to Joe...

Royle
Whose surname is shared by the anti-hero of the popluar BBC sitcom, The Royle Family, Jim Royle, who is played by...

Ricky Tomlinson
Whose mum is called Peggy, a name shared by two other famous mothers; Mrs Gallagher, mother of Oasis' Liam and Noel, and Eastenders' Peggy Mitchell, played by Barbara...

With Frank gone, all Peggy had left was her beloved Man City shirt

Windsor
Home of a famous castle and safari park, which has recently made the obvious move from safari park to theme park for...

Lego
Which could, quite conceivably, be the nickname of Andy Legg, who plays his football at Cardiff City's Ninian...

Park
Surname of Nick, the creator of Wallace and Gromit, who had hilarious adventures with an evil penguin that dressed as a chicken by cunningly putting a rubber glove on its ...

Head
Something a well-known footballer must have lost when, along with Irish team-mate Mark Kennedy, he got arrested for jumping on a policewoman's car.

And that well-known footballer was...

Phil Babb.

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Steve Tomlinson, England:

Willie Donachie
Ex-Scotland international who scored a last-minute own goal in 1978 against Wales, whose team included...

Alan Curtis
Whose namesake Tony starred in Some Like It Hot alongside...

Jack Lemmon
Who is named after a fruit, just like...

Reverend Canaan Banana
If you ate too many of these you would get fuller and fuller, although it's unlikely you'd turn in to...

Simon Fuller
The pop impressario who managed the Spice Girls, the female equivalent of...

The Spice Boys
The nickname of Liverpool's flash, white-suited playboys of the mid-nineties, one of whom was...

Phil Babb.

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Tom Cotterill, England:

Willie Donachie
Shares his first name with the former jockey...

Willie Carson
Who was is famous for riding horses, as is...

Just shut up and kiss me

Lady Godiva
The main difference being that she rode one...

Naked
Which is the usual state of attire for a...

Streaker
Such as Andrew Slater, who ran naked through the Crucible theatre during the Embassy World Snooker Championships, stopping only to shake Paul Hunter's hand and shout...

Leeds United
Who have struggled to find their form this season and have sacked their manager, as have...

Sunderland
Who recently gave a free transfer to their out-of-sorts defender...

Phil Babb.

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Remember, next week's link is from DOTT to COTTON.

For the benefit of our younger readers, Fran Cotton is one of England's greatest ever rugby union players.

Can you make the connection using SIX links? E-mail us NOW using the form at the top of the page!