Furious Euro's

Football is sometimes fantastic, sometimes fierce - and sometimes really foul! This is especially the case when different countries play against each other ...

"I couldn't put it down, let alone give to my young son to read. It's an absolute gem of amusing soccer info" - Burton Mail "Enthralling" - Highland News

Illustrations (c) Mike Phillips, 2000

The European Championships, the tournament to find out the top team in Europe, has seen its share of the fantastic, the furious and the foul - like the fantastic team who still managed to become Euro-champs even after being knocked out! - like the furious General who wouldnt let his team play against a country he didnt like - like the foul bomb-dropping England star You can bet that things will be no different when the finals of the next tournament, Euro2004, takes place. They're being hosted by Portugal, famous for its powerful port wine.

So which country will raising their glasses in celebration at being crowned the Euro-Champs ... and which will be drowning their sorrows after ending up as Euro-Chumps? This book will help you assess the form. It will tell you about all about the previous European Championships, like ... * the year an octopus won the title for his country * the year the competition was dominated by an elephant and a player with an autographed leg * the year the star goalscorer was a ballerina And, in the best traditions, it will confer awards on the celebrities (and not-so-celebrated) who have made the Euro championships special. Like ...

Good advice - except that the Swedes had six blond-headed players in their team!

So don't do a Eu-turn. Read on!

The cover that never was ... (I'd revised this book for the Euro 2008 Championships - then England, otherwise known as McLaren's Mugs - got themselves knocked out and the publishers were so miserable that they decided not to bring the book out at all. If they had, this would have been the cover:

Look out for it in 2012 (asssuming that Fabio's Fabulosos qualify!)