this email from the Telegraph floated into my inbox, emphasis mine:
Dear Letter B
The excitement is building as we approach the Euro 2004 tournament in Portugal later this month. Be part of the fun with our Fantasy Euro 2004 game.
Pick your team of 11 top players within your £50m budget and earn points for their real-life performances in the tournament. Your players will earn you points for appearances, goals, key contributions, clean sheets and penalty saves but will lose them for goals conceded, yellow and red cards and penalty misses.
For just £5 you get a team, daily points updates on our website and the option to create a Super League with your friends. We will also post a comprehensive manager's pack, including a fantastic CD of great football anthems, to all UK entrants.
You'll have 10 transfers to use throughout the competition to help you climb the table and the top prize is a massive £50,000
Once you've signed up, you can make as many changes to your team as you like before midnight on June 11 so head over to Telegraph Fantasy Euro 2004 now!
telegraph.co.uk
and i have to fork out a fiver just to play the game? not only that, only UK residents would get all the goodies.
not fair.
as enscribed by the letter b @ June 3, 2004 07:20 AMthat of course is much anticipated, as you and i very well know wee islanders are massive copycats. the words "creativity" and "ideas" do not have any exact translation in chinese.
even the term S-League was ripped off J-League. how original that.
as blahed by the letter b @ June 4, 2004 05:53 AMAww... come on! I'm sure they'll come up with something similar (if not a carbon copy) for our S-League.
as blahed by D W @ June 3, 2004 10:58 AM