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WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE TO FORGET ABOUT FANTASY FOOTBALL It's
the fun Euro 2000 game all of the country will be playing! Simply print out the
list of things to watch out for during coverage of the tournament and award
yourself points as soon as they happen. A German player with a mullet? 10 points Jimmy
Hill making an arse of himself?
Five points Shot
of field of tulips waving in front of windmill 12 points Shot
of Norwegian fan wearing Viking helmet 8 points Shot
of attractive blonde Swedish female fan 4 points Ruud
Gullit struggling to say something nice about Alan Shearer, who has just scored
a hat-trick 37 points BBC
"surprise guest" Jimmy Hill stumbles into studio wearing novelty bow
tie 4 points Shot
of Mannekin Pis (Brussels statue of little boy having a wee)
9 points As
above, but with corny voiceover hoping "England don't get caught short
tonight" 16
points Mention
of little Dutch boy who put his finger in the dyke
10 points As
above, but accompanied by crude laughter from Ally McCoist
20 points Studio
discussion of "famous Belgians" throws up the names of Hercule Poirot
and Plastic Bertrand Commentator
praises David Beckham "who's matured a lot in the last two years"
7 points Beckham
lashes out at opponent following innocuous challenge
12 points "Diabolical
defending" (A Hansen)
3 points "Ooh,
look at the muck in here" (M Lawrenson)
12 points Gabby
Yorath makes stupid blunder
6 points Gabby
Yorath fails to make stupid blunder
28 points "People
say I'm boring, but the lads know I'm a real joker" (A Shearer)
3 points Czech/Slovenian/Yugoslavian
player with mullet - 1 point Rumanian
player with newly-bleached locks - 2 points Bob
Wilson hosting very, very, very late at night highlights show - 14 points "I
can't quite put my finger on where we went wrong" (K Keegan) - 7 points Dennis
Wise promises to keep his cool and not let anyone down - 3 points Wise
dismissed for reckless lunge at mascot Benelucky, who had been "looking at
me funny" - 19 points "Hey,
tell you what. Someone says there's a game of football on today. Shall we watch
it together?" (D Lynam, intro to England v Germany match)
8 points England
v Germany commentator urging us to "relax - this is a group game so it
can't go to penalties"
12 points On
morning of England-Germany game, Alan Ball prattles in the tabloids on about
1966, Sir Alf, Dunkirk spirit, etc
6 points Sir Geoff Hurst points out that the ball definitely crossed the line because a poacher like Roger Hunt would definitely have followed up if it hadn't 1 point Peter
Schmeichel shouting at Danish defenders
2 points Clive
Tyldesley mentions Manchester United 17 times during first half of game between
Belgium and Turkey 13
points After
a chair is broken by England fans in an Eindhoven bar, The Daily Mail calls for
the immediate banning of all football immediately "They
should birch these hooligans, it's the only language they understand" (R
Littlejohn) 2
points Shot
of David Baddiel in stands looking smug as crowd sing 'Three Lions'
6 points Shot
of Prince Charles in stands looking uncomfortable at having to watch this soccer
lark 3
points Amanda
Holden/Nicole Appleton out of All Saints/Sara Cox ligging at England v Germany
match and pretending they've "always been into footy"
23 points Posh
Spice in stands looking adoringly at D Beckham
5 points Posh
Spice in stands eating pie Jolly England fans celebrate thrilling 3-2 victory against Portugal y singing meaningless song about the IRA 1 point Archive
shot of Graham Taylor saying "Do I not like that"
3 points Archive
shot of Stuart Pearce scoring his penalty and making "that face"
4 points "This
has got to be the worst game of football I've ever seen" (A Green, Radio
Five Live) 2
points Zinedine
Zidane referred to as "ZZ Top" Zinedine
Zidane referred to as "ZZ Thinning-On-Top" "And on the ball now is (insert name of any
player from other 15 Frank
Leboeuf points out that he has a World Cup winners' medal
13 points Tabloids
refer to England's first opponents as "the Portuguese men of war"
9 points Tabloids
explain how David Seaman (36), Tony Adams (33), Martin Keown (33)and Paul Ince
(33) will demolish an ageing German outfit whose best days are behind them -
7 points Serious
newsman attempting to deliver insert about potential hooliganism at tonight's
match with drunken fans waving to camera behind him
11 points As
above, but with harassed newsman telling yobs to "clear off"
22 points Kevin
Phillips mentions that he used to work in a warehouse 14 points Alan
Shearer just happens to let it slip that he is "just a sheet metal worker's
son from Newcastle" 25
points England
go out of tournament on penalties 99
points
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