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Thread #91369   Message #1753626
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
05-Jun-06 - 07:22 PM
Thread Name: BS: Football World Cup 2006
Subject: RE: BS: Football World Cup 2006
Rather entertaining story here.

Apparently McDonalds ran a competition for children, with the prize for the winning child being to get to the World Cup Final as one of the mascots who go out onto the pitch holding the hand of a player.

Only thing is they ran it on a UK basis, rather than just for McDonalds eateries in England - and the winner was a six-year old Scot called Connor, with a granny in Ukraine.

"I want Ukraine to win but I think Brazil will do it. I don't want England in the final. I don't want them to win."

Now in the fairly remote likelihood that England makes it to the final, who'd envy the lucky England player who'd have to have to offer to hold Connor's hand?... He'll probably kick his shins.