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Clue: Mispronouncing magpie. (7) ?I?N??R May be related to Newcastle United. The clues in this puzzle are somewhat unorthodox, so you can think outside the box a bit (if you'll pardon the reference ;-))

looks like misnomer but don't know why

PIONEER?

Thanks Ian and Aristo. Ian (only 7 letters); Aristo; I though of that, but cannot relate it to sport.

OK. I think I have it. KINNEAR. Refers to Joe Kinnear, upstairs director of football or such like with Newcastle Utd. and famous for mispronouncing players names. Extract from his Wikipedia description...'He also mispronounced the names of Yohan Cabaye, Hatem Ben Arfa, Shola Ameobi, and others in the Talksport interview...'