It has just been reported by Reuters that that an unnamed member of the Croatian football team has failed a substance test. If the results of the test is confirmed, under UEFA rules (para 6, sub-section 2(e), Croatia will forfeit the 3 points that the team gained from the recent European 2008 qualifier with England, and the English team will be off to compete in next year's European Championship Finals.

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Carlsberg don't do breaking news stories, but if they did, they'd probably be the best in the world...................

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4. 'You little Englanders must be proud to be 2 places ahead of Scotland in the FIFA World Rankings. 1966 will never happen again - but I bet we'll still be hearing about it in 2066 and beyond!'

5. 'Remember 1967 - we played England off the park!'.

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9. 'England don't qualify - so they sack their manager. Scotland don't qualify - so they offer him a new contract. He quickly quits anyway - for Premier League 'giants' Birmingham City!'.

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