‘I competed in javelin at county level and cleaned up. I think my personal best was 55 metres when I stopped at 14 or 15 and football took over instead' Long throw ace Rory Delap on his incredible trademark

Long throws are in vogue in the Premier League - Rory Delap and Stoke will be proud

Corner chicken & Rory Delap 2.0 - what's the future of football?

Why Hull giving up a corner to avoid a Rory Delap throw was peak Barclays

Ultimate Barclaysmen: Rory Delap

Non-league Tamworth embarrass ex-Premier League side in FA Cup with 'Rory Delap re-gen'

Premier League club were forced to use brutal tactics to stop Rory Delap throw-ins

Ipswich sign Man City forward Liam Delap

Watch: Rory Delap's incredible LONG THROW-INS

Ireland star has 'longest throw-in ever' that puts Rory Delap to shame

Tony Pulis reveals Sir Alex Ferguson was behind Stoke fortress and Rory Delap throw

Former Saints midfielder Rory Delap flees Israel after Hamas attack

Maccabi Tel Aviv bosses Robbie Keane and Rory Delap are 'forced to flee Israel after spending hours in a panic room' following Hamas militants launch attack on country

Premier League legends Robbie Keane and Rory Delap flee Israel after hiding in panic room for hours

Former Prem duo Robbie Keane and Rory Delap 'flee Israel after being hidden in panic room'

Robbie Keane and Rory Delap hidden in panic room before fleeing Israel

A celebration of Rory Delap and an early-Prem Stoke side neutrals loved

Rory Delap joins Robbie Keane at Maccabi Tel Aviv - and can be 'missile throwing' coach

Rory Delap answers age-old Lionel Messi playing against Stoke question

Arsenal told to sign their own Rory Delap for Mikel Arteta alongside James Maddison

Rory Delap's lethal throw-in was a total mystery and left Stoke's Tony Pulis gobsmacked

Alex Neil AGREES to take over as Stoke City manager as Tony Mowbray heads to Sunderland to replace him‚ with Rory Delap and John O'Shea to keep their roles in Potters' backroom staff

A celebration of Rory Delap and an early-Prem Stoke side neutrals loved

Are throw-ins on the way out? Football WILL trial Arsene Wenger's plans for 'kick-ins' to make the game 'more spectacular and faster' because throws 'waste time'... so was he scarred by Rory Delap?!

Non-league player with 'arms like a trebuchet' has crazy long throw to rival Rory Delap

Football fans left in awe by the 'non-league Rory Delap' who 'Tony Pulis would've loved'

A celebration of Rory Delap and an early-Prem Stoke side neutrals loved