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Well, so much for next June (sigh).
Those of us who had cleared the month with the intention of kicking back in the Wankdorf Stadium to watch the heroic exploits of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland or even (don’t laugh) Wales at EURO 2008 are going to have to find something else to do with our time.
But all is not lost because Paddy Power are ready and willing to help one lucky punter get over their disappointment with a free holiday next June. And even better, you get to decide how you spend it. Just tell us how you’d like to spend next June and the funniest or best answer will get €3000 or £2000 towards making it happen. And if it’s the sort of thing that we can’t make happen (use your imagination), we’ll still stump up the cash for a legal alternative. Can’t say fairer than that!
All suggestions welcome below (except from recently unemployed international football managers).
The legal mumbo-jumbo:
- Entrants must have a Paddy Power account (Open one here if you haven’t already)
- Entrants must be 18 years of age. (Grow up a bit if you’re not)
- Employees of Paddy Power Plc and its agents are not permitted to take part in this promotion.
- No alternative prize available.
- Paddy Power reserve the right to refuse this offer to any customers.
November 22nd, 2007 at 12:46 pm
i want the money so i can go to switzerland and austria and support everyteam bar germany and croatia and russia
November 22nd, 2007 at 2:34 pm
I want to ride a Yak down the side of a mountain.
Have a country and western style fight on the top of a train, get knocked off the front, hold onto the bottom, climb up the side and smash dramatically into the window to everyones surprise.
As was said about Casey Ryeback, “Did you see the body? Assumption is the mother of all F**K UPS!”
I want to be him. “Nobody beats me in the kitchen”
Then I want to disarm a bomb with only 2 seconds left “Red or Blue”, it’s always the secret 3rd choice, “Indigo”. Will these 2nd rate superstars ever learn? I ask ya…
Then I want to blow up a helicopter with a car, “Yippee-ki-yay, mothersucker”
(I censored it, cool huh?)
And then…, and then…. Wait, erm…. I can’t catch my breath…., I am so excited.
I feel like Gareth Gates on speed, “ssss” “mmmpfff”
“Spit it out man”
Oh yeah… how do they get the fig in the fig rolls?
November 22nd, 2007 at 3:45 pm
Go out with the long lad and p man!!
November 22nd, 2007 at 4:46 pm
I would like the money to go towards a June wedding for myself and my long suffering girlfriend. Having watched the qualifiers in her company, I couldn?t help but notice the similarity between herself and the managers of the Home Nations throughout the qualifying campaign. Having been engaged since the start of the European Championship Qualifiers, our romance has followed a similar path to the Home Nations attempts at qualification; promise at the start replaced by a sense of dread and fear and now the realisation that there is nothing left to play for!
She has the skin tone and colour of Steve McClarens, the silver tongue brogue of Steve Staunton, the same coloured nether regions as Alex McCleish, with the personality of Nigel Worthington to boot and a head of hair that has had more dye through it than John Toshacks! I would like to put the smile back on her face and give her a day to remember with the help of Paddy Power.
November 22nd, 2007 at 6:10 pm
Who needs Euro 2008 anyway! I say we have our own tournament, with England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and N. Ireland battling it out (not literally hopefully) for the most prized crown in all of Europe - The Home Nations Trophy! We could have proper referees who don’t blow their whistle at every tackle, diving players thrown out of the tournament, and we wouldn’t have to go to bloody Austria to see it!
November 22nd, 2007 at 6:46 pm
My heart skipped a beat, why? had i seen a pretty girls ankle, or had i been licking the top of a battery? no. My favourite football team in the whole world Israel beat Russia. Now i admit not to knowing any players names or possessing a scarf or rattle, and the words to the national anthem escape me, but my boys done good.
It was party time, lemonade jelly bouncy castle musical chairs, all the things i love at 44 years of age, i was going to Austria in June.
This morning i took my parrott to the doctors who confirmed he was sick and said i didn,t look good either.
Wo is me all that hard work chatting to ugly single ladies penpals has gone to waste, my self taught Austrian 2 beers please, where is the train station, and yes i am English i love you, gone to waste.
For me June will be about reflection and what could of been, ikea,s mirrors are nicely priced, so why not!!
November 22nd, 2007 at 8:21 pm
I would love the money so that I can bet the money on the Euro finals and use my winnings to set up a South Africa 2010 fund
November 22nd, 2007 at 8:28 pm
i will be watching the euro championships,16 quality teams,no wags,no rooney foot problems,no bloody beckham circus,no grinning ginger manager,no, we are going to win it,no golden generation,no glorious quarter final penalty shoot out defeat,no biased bbc commentary from motty,no inane comments from shearer,hansen and wrighty,just top quality football from teams who deserve to be there,looking forward to it.
November 22nd, 2007 at 8:58 pm
i will be getting away from euro championshps by travelling the length of india by train seeing as the country is cricket mad and football is some alien sport to them that should help to cure my blues about england not qualifying. oh and the 2000quid will go a very long way what with food and acommodation being very cheep might stay there a while longer anything to get away from the misses lol help my quest paddy power please.
November 22nd, 2007 at 9:12 pm
I will be hoping to spend my summer in 2008 in the beautiful municipality of Neuenhof, Switzerland.
This will be to hang around with the family and friends of my hero Mladen Petrić in his hometown and cheer him on during the 2008 finals.
You must be thinking I am Swiss, a Croat, or maybe even a Scot?
None of the above.
Just a fervent England fan that hails the man who finally put to the sword a team of uninterested, passionless, prima donnas coached by a smirk-ridden, evasive, incompetent (and a two and a half million quid richer) charlatan.
This liberates countless England fans from a frustrating summer of moderate highs (as we scrape a 1-0 against Turkey) and desperate lows (murdered 3-0 by Portugal in the quarters).
So I look forward to relaxing in Switzerland, supporting Croatia and gunning for Petrić. A man who’s team’s courage and class will undoubtedly match their humble fans’ expectations.
This will be be a breath of fresh Alpine air - as we would all undoubtedly have developed selective amnesia and been swept along by the customary frenzy of flag-waving pride, media hype and Dambusters film scores, only to be routinely crushed by Gallic finesse or grilled by German gestalt, vindicated by laying all the blame on Austrian referees or even worse…
…that cursed metatarsal!
November 22nd, 2007 at 10:36 pm
I would like the money to go on holiday, hopefully with steve maclaren there so i can give him a good hiding
If not i could always have the spanish laughing at the fact im english and we’re not there, in that case i’d have to drown myself in booze to get over it!
November 22nd, 2007 at 11:01 pm
Seeing as all the good sovereign nations seemed to have failed miserably at putting the round ball in the net, I’m going to immerse myself into research to find a sport we are actually good at. So far ive discovered we’d be better off inventing a league that only we play in ,the six nations was ok until the Italians joined and with the Argentineans looking to bunk in we better come up with a new game. This money will be spent wisely devising fiendish ways in which we can once again conquer the sporting world (even if they aren’t invited).
November 23rd, 2007 at 11:58 am
How bout with the millions i have got why dont i just set up a league for our beloved england and enter with them azerbaijan,andorra,faroe islands and to make it little more difficult i’ll add india. Ill hire Mc Claren as manager and see how he does
Then will watch Croatia the mighty giants win Euro 2008
November 23rd, 2007 at 1:19 pm
you could always give me the money so that i could spend the whole summer on paddypower betting away to my hearts content. you’ll proably make most of the money back since i’m not the wisest better but i mean come on its a win win situation. I’ll give you evens that by the end of the summer if you give me the money both of us will be much happier
November 23rd, 2007 at 1:21 pm
well… hopefully this comment will do, not only has england walked out on there fans, whilst the trojans (croatia) will slowly enter into a competition which england fans seem to think they have a divine right to be at.. But… england isnt the greatest place to be on a summer holiday.. sun, sea, sand, enough about barbados, we have blackpool, brighton and the lake district and we never understand why no one wants to come to england for a holiday! i think that i need to money to go and help someone who needs the money, no not starving children in india/africa, no not the flood victims in yorkshir and bangladesh, but instead i need the money to pay steve mclaren never to coach in football again!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 23rd, 2007 at 1:58 pm
To say steve mclaren to never coach again is a bit harsh considering he done well at middlesborough i think the money would actually go better in the pockets of the players shopping budgets.
if you want to see players play well they need pressure from thier wives and girlfriends you will see those boys run harder and faster then another man would get them to, either that or get a whole team of ashley coles (providing those rumours of gayness are true) either way forget money for players from F.A. we need money to thier lovers so maybe we could spend the summer holding football charity events for a kitty to be made up and whatever player gets best footballer of the tournement for their position then their partener will win the kitty.
You know what? When i started this i was joking now it seems like a great idea.
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:14 pm
Id like the money to put a grand on Portugal to win and a grand each way on Croatia to win Euro 2008
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:15 pm
Great news for Steve McLaren… Forgot the football, forgot the EURO 20XX… Now he has a new job, coz he is the best in his work and some watchers already spotted his talent and want him. With his know-how for the FASTEST DISASTER ever in England’s National Football team, he has an offer from… F1 McLaren’s team. They love speed, they want to be the fastest in their job - no more searches for the right guy, here is the answer - Stevie will help them, coz he know how to work FASTER like DISASTER. But Stevie is a loyalty to his people, so he decided to take with him Scott Carson, but with one stipulation - Scotty will not work at McLarens Mechanicals Team! There want a guys with TOUGH HANDS, and unfortunatelly Scott’s hands are more like cheese. But don’t worry Scottie, Stevie found a suitable job for you - you will be a watcher in the crowd at every F1 race.You will don’t work, just watching, but you will be payed for this, because you deserve it . What a team - Stevie and Scottie (like Starsky & Hutch), is it the best team in the world?
And finally a suggestion for spending these £2000 - what about sending England’s National Team on summer vacation in… Croatia. There is a lot of beautifull places,landmarks and people to see, like Kranjcar, Olic and Petric!
PS: I hope you enjoy with this,and please excuse my poor English.
November 23rd, 2007 at 3:47 pm
i would like the money for a steve mclaren coaching academy to try and teach him the basic´s of football management but it might not be enough
November 23rd, 2007 at 4:14 pm
June 2008 -Best Friends Stag Party
We want to hire a small person for the weekend, this wee person will be painted blue, wear white trousers and a white pointy hat
YES the small person will be dressed as a SMURF (http://www.smurf.com/meet-en)
The SMURF will then be handcuffed to the Best Friend for the entirety of the weekend with absolutely no exception (keys will be flushed down the toilet).
Can you imagine a weekend of watching your best friend trying to party hard with a SMURF hand cuffed to him? So can we, which is why we desperately need the money to make this happen!
We will video record everything and of course it goes without saying, your all invited!
November 23rd, 2007 at 4:17 pm
I would like to spend the whole month giving steve mcclaren a personal hair transplant , without anesthetic, ok i will have the anesthetic. lets face it you would need the full month to do it. Every time i stuck one of them hairs in i would whisper in his ear ENGLAND 2 CROATIA 3 and say this hurts me far more than it hurts you. Anyway us BORO fans had five years of this not just 18 months. My sympathy goes to the people of the faroe islands because rumour has it thats his next stop.
November 23rd, 2007 at 4:54 pm
Around the world
November 23rd, 2007 at 5:10 pm
Ahh, June 2008, There i was awaiting my plane to Austria, when all of a sudden i wake up from my Stella haze, and realise that the croatia result wasnt a dream.But hey im a man of substance, ive got a month off work, at an airport with 2000 grand in hand, what do i do??, well the lady at the thai airways counter beckons me over, with a smile and an entry to the ping pong world championships at the C*ock in hand go-go bar in pattaya!, Well an offer i cant refuse, so head off to thailand, arrive in pattaya, buy a bat for myself, go to the bar, drawn in a tough group, macedonia, russia, israel, andorra, and croatia!!, then find out this aint no ordinary ping-pong tournament!, i dont need a bat after all, just parts of my body, and a good aim!, this is heaven!, you can keep your euro 2008, this is where the real challenge is. thanks for the 2000 paddy, I’ll have a chang on you!
November 23rd, 2007 at 5:19 pm
On wednesday night I thought BBC had gone over to the undertakers convention, the last time there was such a sombre mood was when DI WINDSOR had a wee smash up trying to make her way through Paris ,another disaster in Europe. So I would use some of the money to take Shearer Wright and Hansen out on a drinking binge so that Wrighty and Shearery could kick the s**t out of Hansen as they wished thy could have done on Wednesday night. Imagine a Scot SLAGGING off England Great Telly
November 23rd, 2007 at 5:20 pm
I would like the money so that I can learn a new language or two so I can shout abuse at my beloved “surrogate” team during the tournament.
What is the french for “Lump it up to Henry to score” or the Italian for “Why cant Pirlo and Gattuso play together?” or the Spanish for “Why have we got such good players individually and yet we are such a rubbish team?” or the dutch for “pass the dutchie ere maaaan, this game is soooooo boring”
It wont be the same without England in it, will it?
November 23rd, 2007 at 7:52 pm
I would like to go to all croatia’s euro 2008 games dressed as a sad clown(make-up, red nose, big shoes) in an England shirt with:
“CHAMPIONS”
2008
written on the back so that I will look like so many England fans and members of the press who were sure they were going to qualify.
I’m sure that will put a wry smile on many faces.
November 23rd, 2007 at 7:53 pm
I would like the money to watch the footy on a giant tv in my house. I will also use some of the money to place bets on how many times Motty mentions 1966 in each game.
With the winnings i would then go down to wimbledon to cheer on Mr Murray’s gallant quater final defeat to Roger Federer.
Once thats done go to the FA headquarters and demand a job. I dont know that much about football but that doesnt seem to matter, i could then get sacked from my job and get a huge payout for the next 2 years so will then be able to sit back watch the Euro final between Germany and Italy in my house on my big screen.
November 23rd, 2007 at 7:54 pm
I would like the money to breed an international super goal keeper so when you only need a draw to qualify for a major tournament he won’t let you down. My idea is to grow the goalkeeper to the exact size of the goal which guarantee’s a clean sheet, he won’t have a club to play for so won’t ever be injured, tired or not interested in performing for a huge salary, he will just do his job and go home.
November 23rd, 2007 at 8:49 pm
I intend to you the money to open a summer “sound of music ” panto featuring the now enhanced 11 members of the Von Crapp Family staring the England X1 whose combined salary could be used to buy Northern Rock Building society. Hits songs includes “Maclaren” what do you do with a manager called Maclaren - “16 teen going on 17″ - we need this amount of players on the pitch to beat any international team. ” Climb every mountain” but fall over before you get anywhere near the top. “The Lonley Goatie” - facial hair is more important than blood and guts. “no Way To stop it” - try getting two hands behind the ball. “Do Re Me” - Do for Dozy - Ray for Radox (all players use this bubble after matches)- Me - its always me me me - trying playing like a team for once.
I didn’t want to go to AustriaSwitzland anyway - crap painters, cheese with holes - lets wait for POland/Ukraine 2012 - sexy girls, cheap vodka, naturally produced food.
November 23rd, 2007 at 10:10 pm
I want to go up into the swiss alps and yodel for hours with steve stauton and john delany,hand in hand skipping through the vast meadows of failure.The music in the background is orchestrated by Roy Keane,named ” banana skin flop”. On 1st violin is ,the ever present in time of irish downfall, eamon dunphy.On piano is John “all thumbs” giles playin the safe card as always.But the show stealer is Bill “the okay dokay” o herlihy.Playin a fine tune that has the pundits head to head in soccer drivel.
Oh how sweet it all sounds and then walks in steve mac claren and asks john “the spanner ” delaney if he can hold hands too and maybe consider him for the job.
What a load of swiss and austrian struddel it is.
Please Paddy Can You FIX it for me ? !
November 24th, 2007 at 12:15 am
I’ll be squinting at the telly and pretending the Swiss are England this summer, supporting them just as if they are fat Frank and co. They are about the same skill level as the three lions so come on the neutrals and heaven help them if they lose.
Looknig forward to Jari Litmanen’s punditry and seeing if he has the expert footballing brain to double lock his pad in merseyside.
November 24th, 2007 at 12:28 am
I would like to attend a match at Euro 2008 voted for by Paddy Power punters. They decide what I have to wear by email vote.
Just to give a simple example- I could be dressed as an English WAG, in a tiny bikini, with a steve Mclaren umbrella in one hand and a nice cup of coffee in t’other- and maybe eating a cucumber sandwich
November 24th, 2007 at 1:06 am
Well, why would i like the money. If i got the money i could leave my old life behind. Tell me boss to sling his hook. Kit me self out with some new treadz. (p.s thats the cool word for clothes) move to london. lure cheryl tweedy (cole) to my love nest. sorry ashley. get drunk. make some foolish mistakes then head back to Ireland to beg for my old job back as i would be flat out broke. Doesnt the sterling cost ya a bomb. So come on Paddy. give us the dosh. ill put it to good use. ill even send ya’s a pic of myself and herself.
November 24th, 2007 at 2:13 am
How much grass seed can you buy with 2 grand? Sprinkle it over Wembley to re-seed the pitch, or spend it on a ladies mud-wrestling tournament. Take your pick, but it ain’t no use for English football.
November 24th, 2007 at 6:09 am
Steve MaClaren who has just had the worst day of his life when the FA gave him £2 million plus (or as Ricky Tomlinson would say bad day my a***) says he is not one for lying around the beach.
So I would like to go on holiday next June to the same spot as poor Steve and take a digital radio tuned into the Euros on the beach and chill
November 24th, 2007 at 9:09 am
but steve mcclaren a one way ticket to palookaville
November 24th, 2007 at 9:59 am
we could adopt a swedish grandmother and through the uefa grandparent rule don the shirt of our new beloved country! also there are certain perks with aour new found nationality (wink wink)!!
GAWA
November 24th, 2007 at 10:00 am
I would like the money to put 2 grand on a 125 to 1 winner on my Paddy Power account and then like Steve Maclaren get 2.5 million quid for doing diddly squat this summer
November 24th, 2007 at 10:06 am
Make that 1250 to 1 whoops missed off a nought
November 24th, 2007 at 10:16 am
… “and there goes the final whistle - and England have won Euro 2008, thanks to an amazing overhead scissor-kick from Peter Crouch in the 92nd minute.
As the entire England team, and all the subs and backroom staff - have a massive
piley-on in the centre-circle - boss, Jose Mourinho, immaculately booted-and-suited - walks past the Scotland fans with his finger to his lips, as if to say, Shhhhh for all the stick they gave him throughout this intense encounter, between two of the luckiest teams in football.
Following the Russian invasion of Italy in February - and both countries’ refusal to stop the fighting; in echoes of 1992, when Yugoslavia were kicked out of Euro 92 due to the Balkan conflict - it was quite rightly decreed that neither Russia or Italy could be allowed to participate in the finals in Austria/Switzerland.
So, England took Russia’s place, and Scotland took Italy’s place.
And just like in ‘92, when Denmark were literally dragged off the beach to play in the tournament in Sweden, and win the darn thing - England, and Scotland players were hunted down in trendy nightclubs in Barrow and Workington; Inverness and Falkirk to be thrust into action.
They both swept aside the cream of Europe to set up a dream final which has been decided by a breathtaking goal of pure quality.
This is John Motson, handing you back to Gary Lineker in the studio in England.”
Wife: “Gary … Gary … Gary, wake up, are you okay?
Me: “Yeah, I’m okay, I was just dreaming, love … just dreaming.”
Wife: “Was it a nightmare?”
Me: “Only for the Scots.”
Wife: “Well, it’s a good job you won that prize off Paddy Power so we could come on holiday to Canada where no one cares about ’soccer’, and all they know about the Euros is they get more of them for their dollars than pounds …”
November 24th, 2007 at 10:56 am
I’d like the money to hire a private detective to see if big stan and Steve McClaren made all those remarkably shitty decisions for a bet
November 24th, 2007 at 11:16 am
I would use the cash to take the summer off work, then spend 9 hours a day playing darts.
Who needs football eh? (gently sobs into his England V Croatia discounted commerative shirt)
November 24th, 2007 at 11:49 am
i would like the money to visit my friend in the states who has been really sick and to spend the sumner in switerland and spend hours learning or trying to ski
November 24th, 2007 at 3:34 pm
With the winning’s i would go on holiday to thailand, i would go there because i herd thai lady’s are very nice as i am 19 and single and this would help me get over the euro dissapointment. so when there i would party, see thai women get drunk and maybe watch the euro final, who will be holland v Czech Republic and the czech will win 2-0 thats my pridiction.
November 24th, 2007 at 3:57 pm
and a lifetime supply of prawn sandwiches actually, that’d be nice
November 24th, 2007 at 4:50 pm
I am hoping to win a holiday, after i have taken Steve Mclaren to a fancy dress ball.
I am dressing him up as a PUMPKIN in the hope he will turn into an EFFING COACH
November 24th, 2007 at 4:51 pm
Sport? Pf! I’ve had enough. I fancy nipping off to Cairo to sit inside the Great Pyramid of Giza until I’ve gotten over it all.
November 24th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
Support the Croatians all the way, god they deserve it so much.
Whilst betting all the day with the best bookmakers PP online.
November 24th, 2007 at 4:53 pm
SUPPORT CROATIA AND BET ON PP.COM
November 24th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
paddy power change his name to jonathan?
November 24th, 2007 at 5:30 pm
id want the money to go away to the euro 08 to gamble drink and pull a load of party girls.and if theres ne left over go online to paddy stroker and more than likely giv sum bk cuz the bookie always wins
November 24th, 2007 at 8:35 pm
I am going to go shopping with the WAGS instead of watching football - we’ll have more time now theres no stupid football matches to sit through!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 24th, 2007 at 8:38 pm
Im in Australia for 8 months next year, travelling. I could do with the money to buy myself a reliable camper van to help me and the missus along the way. Also wana snorkel with whale sharks on the west coast & a sky dive over the barrier reef. Plus it would mean that I love Paddypower forever so it would end up being a loan with casual bad bet repayments!
November 25th, 2007 at 1:08 am
This is no bull.I would just love to chill out with the war office(wife) in a sunny spot
November 25th, 2007 at 1:43 am
I could impress my wife by finally doing all of those little and some big jobs she keeps nagging about. All i need is your two grand to get a man in so i can watch the racing and stimualte interest in the football with a hefty bet on the correct score. And when the sport is finished and the handyman gone I can sit back, close my eyes and return to the puzzle that remains unsolved. Why did McClaren not play David James?
November 25th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
Next Year I would like to drive all round Europe and be in a relevant contry when they are playing a game in the Euro Finals so that I can soak up what will be great atmospheres, (and the sun). You might as well enjoy the event with fans whose team are in it rather than stay at home in the rain.
November 25th, 2007 at 1:35 pm
next summer ill be playing my own euro finals on pro evo, england will be there, wengers the boss and pepe reina has been edited into an englishman. if rooney gets injured or sent off ill restart the tournement,so next summer in my living room ill be watching england lift the trophy, unless i win a holiday.
November 25th, 2007 at 1:58 pm
You’d be very wise to give the prize to me as it would make my God very happy !! As a consequence of pleasing my deity you would , no doubt , receive his holy blessing and heaps of good luck to boot !
I’ve also manage to negotiate the following bonus deal with my dear lord , yes, he’s agreed to dye his sacred and lucious locks green AND change his name to Paddy(THE HOLY)Power !!! for a the whole of the Euro2008 tourney!!
Meanwhile , I’ll be spending the money on unrealistic and overly optimistic bets , backing the underdogs in every euro2008 match and very possibly Poland or Croatia to win it !
So you could/should consider the whole thing as a loan……minus a playstation which I’d probably get too , well , heck, why not . Bless ya PP !
November 25th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
i would like the money to finance my campaign to rename the 2010 world cup as the world series of soccer . once the name has been changed i will (like they do in the USA) prevent any team from outside britain from actually entering the competition in the forlorn hope that we might actually win a trophy !!
November 25th, 2007 at 7:45 pm
The British Isles should hold the inaugural Euro Plate Charity Finals with the team placed third in each qualifying group plus Wales (as a host) competing for a cup. The proceeds to be split 50-50 with charity organisations. Two groups of 4, they play 3 games in their group and the top 2 play the final. Games to take place before the Euro Championship knockout phase.
November 25th, 2007 at 10:30 pm
As a proud welshman, i usually view major qualifying tournaments like a Charles Dickens orphan peering through the window whilst the rest of the britain feeds itself on the glory of particiaption. Next year however will be different because i wont want to look through the window. If i was fortunate enough to win your fab prize i would love to visit Dublin next year with my family. I have been there previously but only on a boozy stag weekend so i didnt see too many sights and what i did see i cant remember. I’d love to take in a race meeting and maybe even visit my money at Paddy Power Towers. With any money left i would put it on Wales to win the 2018 World Cup !!
November 25th, 2007 at 10:42 pm
I want to take the Rep of Ireland, Northern Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales National teams to Euro 2008 onto the pitch of the opening game and take their ball and refuse to give it back untill they put us all back in! But Republic and England have to play with Staunton and Mc Claren back in charge! Lets make it happen!!
November 26th, 2007 at 12:24 am
If I have to get away from home I cannot stay in Europe as I will be laughed at by the natives. Advertised in the Sunday papers today there is a small cruise liner which sails from Nice just as the first kick offs start. It heads for the Suez canal , Red Sea, Seychelles, Maldives, Mauritius and eventually Durban in South Africa where there is a flight back home the day after the final. And most important of all, there are no televisions on board.
November 26th, 2007 at 9:18 am
I would like to go fishing at fenton lake up in the rockies to get away from all the tvs and radios so when the kick off started I would only be worried about a worm on my hook
November 26th, 2007 at 12:35 pm
Off to Ibiza - avoid the football !
November 26th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
Use it for a holiday in 2010 as i will be 50 and England’s superstars will have failed to reach the world cup.
November 26th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
Please the money is not for me i will be donating it to the charity, mcclaren retirement fund to ensure he cant crush any more teams and players hopes and dreams. I knew we shouldn’t have trusted a ginger.
November 26th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
I would like the money so I can go and join the England players at their luxury holiday homes in Dubai. We could have the time of our lives all playing beach football with the WAGS ans kids and watching the Euro’s on tv with a few beers - judging by the way they played last Wednesday thats what the players wanted!!
November 26th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
i will take a vacation to a place in India plauged with leprosy like i saw on a documentry on BBC4. Tell you what them chaps cant be worse than the England team at footy.
November 26th, 2007 at 2:58 pm
i dont want to go anywhere, but if you could get the wife a one way ticket to Austrailia it would be appreiciated.
November 26th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
I would like the money so I can go and join the England players at their luxury holiday homes in Dubai. We could have the time of our lives playing beach football with the WAGS and kids, watch the Euro’s on tv with a few beers and enjoy a summer off. Oh no just remembered I can’t make it - I’ll be too busy in Austria…
November 26th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
As a women i know as much about football as the england team. I dont understand the offside trap kind of like Englands back 4. When i play i jump out the way off the ball not to get hurt, kind of like Englands goalkeeper. So i would travel somewhere they dont play football like wales.
November 26th, 2007 at 3:18 pm
I would get a hitman for st??e Mcc???en , then a ticket to a undisclosed venue.
November 26th, 2007 at 3:28 pm
to pay j k rowling to write a fantasy novel about england winning the Championship in 2008
November 26th, 2007 at 3:28 pm
Fair play to Steve Mcclaren in my opinion he done a good job, i would have never sacked him. He brought in great players like Bridge and Carson. God bless him. I heard Brazil are offering him a job. So i would like the 2 grand to go Brazil, i could do with it being unemployed and all. Hes a national treasure in my eyes.
November 26th, 2007 at 3:31 pm
Thailand how many women can you buy with 2 grand? please reply
November 26th, 2007 at 3:31 pm
Should I win the £2000, I’ll be spending next June sat on my own in an office… as the head of Northern Rock - I’ll buy the company with the winnings.
With the remaining change from the winnings, I’ll be buying back the 2 CDs containing the bank details of several million people which I recently undersold. Apparently, they could be worth £millions but at the time it seemed a good idea to sell them to a guy called Dave at the pub for £20.
November 26th, 2007 at 3:44 pm
can 2 grand buy love? if so sweden
November 26th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
I would go maldives. If i won i would be the smuggest man in Britain except for Sven Goren Eriksson
November 26th, 2007 at 4:08 pm
I would spend the £2000 on a ticket and backstage pass to see Tony Henry perform in Croatia next summer. Apparently, he’s huge down there.
November 26th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
I would like the money to take myself and a few select friends to every Croatia match in Euro 2008. We will all go with the standard full England away kit (that means England shirt, 26ft flag, and pitcher of beer…………each) At each match we will continue to support England, and try and out sing the thousands of Croatia fans.
Our main aim will be to get as much coverage for us on the BBC. If we get enough publicity, I am sure the FA will consider at least one of us for the vacent England job. I have an amazing record at the moment in my fantasy football league.
November 26th, 2007 at 5:21 pm
Personally I would like to win so I could pay a personal shopper and DIY expert to plicate my Mrs whilst I go to the pub to drown my sorrows. She’s already got a list running and I’m all out of excuses.
November 26th, 2007 at 5:42 pm
i wud leran 2 speil proppirly and the n git a joob in a fency offis annned al the gairls bee mad aftir may thein. wif may nice cloose froim penies an i sawed a nice peir off botomms in lidl prubobably i wool git merried thein and axe pady powwer te go te tha ricepton in a swankie otel, man o man life wud be gud wif al thit monies. i wud aslo git me a telivison box fir me hous then maybay i wud nooo who tyhis mc claren buck is and whiey eviry wan from einglend is rageing. thinks a lot
November 26th, 2007 at 5:55 pm
What’s the difference between Lewis Hamilton and England? Lewis Hamilton’s going to Switzerland with McClaren. Still no holiday just ship the wife off
November 26th, 2007 at 5:58 pm
What’s the difference between Lewis Hamilton and England? Lewis Hamilton’s going to Switzerland with McClaren. Still no holiday just ship the wife off. Gaza strip preferably
November 26th, 2007 at 5:59 pm
What’s the difference between Lewis Hamilton and England? Lewis Hamilton’s going to Switzerland with McClaren.still no holiday just ship the wife off gaza trip preferably
November 26th, 2007 at 6:20 pm
new york. kapeche
November 26th, 2007 at 6:31 pm
i want the cash, as i will try and bribe the england fa to this time pick a decent manager who knows how to get our team to play football. I hear david copperfield is available
November 26th, 2007 at 7:57 pm
I think I shall spend my time this summer building a time-travelling DeLorean, go back in time and turn Steve McClaren’s umbrella inside out.
November 26th, 2007 at 8:08 pm
zooming along route 66 as far away from any news of football as i can get
November 26th, 2007 at 8:29 pm
If Steve Bruce’s image rights are worth £225,000, I think I could easily acquire Iain Dowie’s with £2000. With the rest, I’ll treat my first grandson (who’ll be 9 months old in June) to his first trip to Europe.
November 26th, 2007 at 8:54 pm
Looking forward to a family holiday for four of us,would like to book one week in Disneyland Florida for my two young children then a second week to relax in a family villa and do some shopping and sightseeing.My husband is recovering from depression and this holiday would be a great boost as he works so hard.
November 26th, 2007 at 10:19 pm
I just want the holiday so i dont have to watch
1. Dunphy on about how poor Ronaldo is after getting a hat trick maybe ha
2. Giles calling everyone the young lad from whatever club they play for
3. Brady getting everyones names wrong or incorrect pronunciation, god help us if he gets Croatia against Romania match, Turkey against Russia(but he would be would recording just for a laugh)
I also think i deserve the money to go with the holiday cos i lost a fortune gambling on Ireland and England all year the clowns. And finally cos id bring Paddy Power along with me so he could take my bets while on hols and in the end he would get all the money back anyway.
November 26th, 2007 at 10:22 pm
I thought i should win but then i saw Stephen Murphys comment above and i think he should win, nothing else to say but roll on 2010 world cup so we get another chance to enter pps blog again
November 26th, 2007 at 10:31 pm
I’d like to learn to scuba dive in Australia, whilst my boyfriend drowns his sorrows and plays football on the playstation
November 26th, 2007 at 11:29 pm
i would really love the 3000 to put towards a holiday in florida for the kids….pleeese..
November 27th, 2007 at 2:03 am
Ticket to Austria: $420
Hotel: $700
Ticket to Euro 08 final: $80
Seat at Mcclarens funeral: Priceless
Theres something money cant buy, for everything else theres Paddy Power
November 27th, 2007 at 4:07 pm
Hello Mr Paddy Power!
I would like the money for a trip to Amercia so that I can take my 8 month old son Harrison and other half to Disney World! Karen thought she was instore for a summer of football so a family holiday would no doubt get me and ‘you’ in her good books! Well £1500 for that and £500 of free Paddy Power bets on EURO 2008 would be very nice! That way I can visit the Mickey Mouse club (remind you of any team?!) in the knowledge that the other half and my son are having a great time whilst I enjoy the delights of £500 of free bets on Euro 2008! Fair enough, the Home Nations won’t be there but why should we let them spoil our betting entertainment! I’m sure there’s a surprise in store and bets to be landed! If we do win Mr Paddy Power, I’ll be sure to bring you back a present - ??? Perhaps a new set of football manager’s courtesy of the Disney club!
Kind Regards, Rajeev Mangla.
November 27th, 2007 at 9:03 pm
Please can i have the money so i can go to Thailand on holiday next June and have a sex change so i won’t be bothered when we don’t make 2010 as i will be too busy washing , ironing and watching Emmerdale!!!
November 28th, 2007 at 10:30 am
I don’t want to drown my sorrows on some foreign shore,just my French missus and smug brotherin law…..
November 28th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
I want to set up my own 5 a side a football company, and plan to have it up and running by the end of the summer. As england wont be in the tournament I will have time to concentrate on getting it up and running because I have got no desire to sit and watch the french or germans win it… I think you should give me the cash to help get me going!!
November 28th, 2007 at 3:46 pm
I’d like the money to pump into my own team.
my club side would do better.
November 28th, 2007 at 4:29 pm
I need the money in order to come and visit yer national football associations in Ireland, Scotland and England respectively, just to put in a good word for our present Finnish national coach-Mr Roy Hodgson.
We had our best opportunity ever to qualify, but, alas, Mr Hodgson’s turtle tactics and several consecutive 0-0 cost us (and me) the trip to the summery Alps.
Hodgson is all yours, mates. You can have him. Please, have him. Oh, I almost forgot-he’s quite the fluent man in your lingo, so he’d make a top notch manager.
November 29th, 2007 at 9:13 am
I would like a helicopter journey to take myself and a full helipcopter full of friends maybe one or 2 guys from paddypower.com if there is room from dublin city. Surely there is a few helicopter sites around. I am sick of the crazy airport. The helicopter guy will take us to the arran islands for about 3-4 nights . Maybe a bit of Island hopping between the islands on our helicopter . I would like to fly over and see some wind turbines out in the ocean . Is there any out the west coast? Maybe we will get to see the ones off Wicklow on the way back.
November 30th, 2007 at 11:14 am
Com’on lads…. enough is enough…. I’d love to win the money so I could get the hubby some therapy to help him get over the demise of Irish Soccer. I could have him reprogrammed to think of the more pleasant things in life like taking his wife on a nice holiday……
STOP MOANING LADS sure your’d all be lost without us long suffering partners….
November 30th, 2007 at 11:46 am
I will be staying in Ireland, watching footy on my big 50 inch plasma tv (which ppower will pay for when i win this prize!), along with the armchair with the fridge in the armrest. heaven???????????????????????
November 30th, 2007 at 1:07 pm
I need the cool cash so that i can take my girl friend to watch one of arsenal matches. She is an arsenal fan and she loves arsenal like sex and i also wish to get her a good, nice and sexy pant and bra and also to make love with her in one of the nice hotels around. The cool cash will help us in getting a good arsenal jersey. I love her so much and her name is PEACE ULOMA. Love you PADDYPOWER, ONE LOVE……………………………….
November 30th, 2007 at 3:48 pm
dear mr paddypower, sir
i was gutted england wasnt in euro 2008, not only is our national team shite, but they also made my work life shocking…..bookies manager, so next year will be bad, which is why i need to get out of there in june, otherwise will be a so BORING….like rubbing salt into wound.
so my wish is for a getaway, so im not surrounded by depressing men losing money on teams they dont support.
ps also my shares fell cause of all our national teams going out, so in one way would be compensation
yours hopefully
November 30th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
in june i shall not watch the box
without our teams there is no point
a vacation is what i will take
with paddys cash i go far away
my wife and i we will not stray
to the emerald isle we will go
if we have a little change
a racecourse trip will suffice
newbury or sandown would be nice
November 30th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
Dear Paddy Power,
As we, England, will not be playing in the Euro 2008 tournament, here is what i plan to do instead of watching. My plan is to place a number of football accumlulators on the tournament. I shall also place a few scorecasts and some trebles to include corners and cards. Once i have done this, i will watch the results come in and realise that i should of bet 9 or less corners, +40 on the card index, the score was an obvious 1-0 instead of the ridiculous 4-3 i put, that just because only one result from the 10 team accumulator didn’t come in, doesn’t make it any easier to swallow, that just because all my odds on bets didn’t come in doesn’t make the bookie a mug, and then i will get drunk.
On arriving back from the pub half cut, i shall log on to Paddy Power with the brave intentions of winning back my losses by playing Roulette and Blackjack online, only to find my account has mysteriously been credited with all my losses back plus a little more!
I shall then cheer as i check that one bet i had riding, the 5 team obscure accumulator, the one that would never come in, had won!
Thank you Paddy Power, you are my chosen charity.
giddsey
December 1st, 2007 at 10:50 am
THE MOTHER OF ALL ADVENTURES…
Unlike England who wont be travelling far from home next summer, I’ve decided to make the long journey to Ulaam Bataar for charity and I will need a lot of sponsorship to do: the mother of all adventures.
I will be driving east in a car with less than 1 litre engine, leaving HYDE PARK and ending up in MONGOLIA about 4 weeks later. In that time I will go through about 15 countries, 36 border crossings, travel a third of the way round the world (10-12000 miles in a tiny 1 litre!) and most likely get held up several times by bandits, stopped at checkpoints, bribing officials and eating weird things like sheeps’ heads: all while trying to avoid the local mafia and the law-toting rozzers.
Funds raised will go to Mercy Corps Mongolia, Christina Noble Children’s Foundation, Hope and Homes for Children, SWORDE - Teppa and CAMDA, distributed between Mongolia and some of the countries on the way.
Anyway, I’m going to be doing the most mental thing I’ll ever do in my life, so I want to raise as much cash as possible. Without raising sufficient funds none of this will be possible, no money will go to charities, no people will be helped by my idiotic plans and I’ll probably just spend a week in Prague getting p***ed.
So come on Paddy - cough up! It’s all for several good causes.
Dave
December 1st, 2007 at 10:54 am
I should also probably mention in order to do this I’ll have to quit my job because it’ll take so long and I can’t guarantee when I’ll arrive there.
So come on Paddy, take a gamble on me! Bring on the open road, the bandits, the vodka, the cops, the Wild East!
December 1st, 2007 at 12:59 pm
actually scratch all that i want to figure this out
an italian man was living with his parents in Rome, they fought all the time and his dad constantly threathened his wife with a(unloaded) gun, sick of him doing this the son put bullets in the gun. Suffering from depression the son went to the top of their appartment building to end it all, meanwhile his mother had decided to turn the tables on her husband and brandished the gun at him, she shoots thinking its empty but of course its not, and the bullet goes out the window, hitting her son who has since jumped, the son’s fall is broken on the way down by one of those things over shop entrances… can the police charge her?
December 1st, 2007 at 1:00 pm
ps
give the money to your man Dave, as a fellow philantropist he clearly deserves the money more than anyone else
December 1st, 2007 at 1:59 pm
Two thousand and eight
The month of June,
Now what should i be doing
Watching England on the box
As they get another screwing
But now as they failed to qualify
The one with a smile is my wife
id better take her away for a while
Paddys Cash will save my life,
I will still find time to have a bet
but not on the teams that remain,
i”ll get the winner of the Derby
laying on the beach in SPAIN
December 2nd, 2007 at 1:23 pm
I would like he dosh so I can visit gorgeous Salzburg and walk around looking for English tourists . When I find one I shall ask them ,” vere iz ur voottball teem ?”,” do u still ave it ?”,” Or is it u stop playing zee vootball after ‘66 ?”………..then take some pictures of ‘em .
LOL
December 2nd, 2007 at 3:17 pm
I would like the money to help me in my relocation to a decent footballing nation preferably to somewhere like France, Italy or Spain. Hmmm come to think of it, lets put the money into a fund to hire a million tugboats so as to physically move Ireland and Britain a few hundred miles south towards the mediterranean. Well at least then, if none of the home nation teams qualify for a major tournament we can always count on the sun to still leaving us with a decent summer to look forward to.
December 2nd, 2007 at 9:20 pm
I would like the money to (in order of importance):-
1) recover some of losses from Cheltenham,
2) bet on Croatia to win Euro 2008 beating Germany in a penalty shoot out
3) pay for a gardener to look after my lawn and paint my fence as haven’t had the chance since moving in 8 years ago as always football or horse racing on TV to bet on
4) if any money left take my long suffering partner & kids to MacDonalds straigh after school (as long as they have their special offers on) as summer racing will be on then and dont want to miss any by spending time cooking in kitchen (hee hee lol)
December 3rd, 2007 at 11:38 am
Can I have the money to go to Vegas for the WSOP next summer?
2k might get me a little side game with Phil Ivey and his crew [for about 5 mins!]
Or if not I just need a holiday as Im a spurs fan and after yesterday’s sending off of Robbie Keane, I may spend next summer tracking the referee [s!] down and taking care of them!
December 3rd, 2007 at 5:22 pm
i would like 2 win the money so i can go away on holiday, so i dnt need 2 listen 2 how good england WOULD have done in the tourniment and i would also like 2 place some money how meny times 1966 gets mentioned in euro 2008
December 3rd, 2007 at 8:17 pm
I want the money so i can go and watch paint dry in a hot country (were football is played for fun and passion and not to pay for seedy hotel orgies ha ha )because thats all i will be doing next summer thanks to the ‘GARBAGE’ performance of what we call our national side or can i have the money to bribe Jose Mourinho to manage England at least when we give dyer performances we can be cheered up in the fact that Jose will always give us a hilerious end of game statement.
December 3rd, 2007 at 8:56 pm
personally i wud throw it all down on kevin davies to slot a hat-rick against arsenal…there must be good odds on that so after making a quick buck off paddy power himself i’ll go off and buy bolton wanderers football club….then i’ll make sure kevin nolan gets an old call up to england…finally they might hav a half decent player and qualify for sumting….that shud only be half my money gone so wit the rest i’ll bring a few of mee friends to watch the oll portugal cruise to victory in euro 2008…..B.W.F.C for life…..i’ll take my money thank you very much!!
December 3rd, 2007 at 9:22 pm
Knowing Paddy Powers liking for a bit of ambush marketing I propose something with benefit for both me and Paddy. I suggest getting an old volkswagen van and driving across Europe to Euro 2008. No ordinary van mind you. Covered in Paddy Power odds on the sides for the tournament. The really clever part is that when at the venues we seek out former players to be presented with their Paddy Powers All Stars jerseys. This team consist of players who have cost England in big tournaments. What about this xi. Tomaszewski (Poland 73) Wouters (Holland) 94 Boli (France nutted Pearce) 92 Tardelli (Italy 1980) Koeman (Holland) 94 Houghton (Ireland) 88 Zidane (France 2004) Tomas Brolin (Sweden) 1992 Kranjcar (Croatia 2008) Van Basten (Holland 88) Ganea (Romania 2004) Coach Phil Scolari. So I suggest we park up outside the venues and try to present these legends with their Paddy Power All Stars jersey. Maybe we could get photos videos for the blog of our exploits . They could recreate the glorious moment a la phoenix from the flames on the old fantasy football league.Its a win win situation except for England that is. Paddy Power name is seen across Europe, Europeans see some Irish can actually perform on the big stage unlike the gaffer and I see some football.
December 3rd, 2007 at 9:34 pm
In June, If I won, I’d make a new Batman film and cast unemployed managers. McClaren as the funny looking clown who is never seen without a stupid grin. Stan Staunton is The Riddler so he is, riddling big clubs with the large Question Mark centered on his C.V. - Abramovich to fund, Delaney and Barwick to Co-Direct.
December 4th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
Give me the money because I’m moving to America for the summer because I can’t watch Euro 2008 if Ireland aren’t in it.Plus,the money will be a great way for me to keep having a gamble on paddypower.com throughout the summer
December 4th, 2007 at 4:32 pm
My dream holiday would be to go storm chasing in America during the month of June.Then I could forget about Englands dismall display in the qualifiers and get the adrenaline flowing chasing tornadoes.
December 5th, 2007 at 1:54 pm
5 weeks off work with pay
December 5th, 2007 at 6:11 pm
I have big plans for next summer. I intend to spend the long summer days picketing outside the offices of the FAI calling for change and better drinks for the players. By night I will write hilarious football puns in anticipation of poor results by top teams. Need funding for raincoats, umbrellas and flasks of tea/hang sangigdes for those long summer days.
December 5th, 2007 at 8:28 pm
i think il spend the summer in scotland next year, they must have plenty of stuff to do when major tournerments are on.
December 5th, 2007 at 8:44 pm
Next summer I’m going to get a McClaren hair do, sport a Staunton accent and shave my Toshacks (boll*x in Turkish).
Its gonna be the box office monster hit of the year!!! The 3 stooges: Quiff, Stiff and Stubbly
December 5th, 2007 at 10:28 pm
Well, as for the next summer….I will go to Moscow, and take a lot of lessons from good-luck-vodka-drinking from a good local “coach”….
Why vodka? Because we know for hundreds of years, that vodka is a fine drink, which even can win wars…well, maybe if they’d drunk a little more before a few “soccer battles”, there’d be much more happy people in England (and in the world) now.
Why Moscow? Well, as they was camping in my country for a few dozen years, let me camp in theirs for a few weeks.
About the coach thing.. We also know for a few months, that good coaching can mean a lot, but a bad coach can cause a disaster…..
And most of all….let me explain the “good luck thing”…. the reason is….that…..RUSSIA IS THE LUCKIEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD OF SOCCER!
December 5th, 2007 at 10:47 pm
I would take 2 grand off the Irish i.e Paddy Power. Spend the first grand on medical research to find out which of Brian Barwick’s brain cells were not functioning (all of them probably) when he selected Sven’s clone Mclaren to be England manger. Then I would spend the other grand proving that it was the Scot’s who killed those brain cells by spiking his Earl Grey with Glenfiddick over the past 5 years. Aided by the Welsh who had plenty of time on their hands as they were out of the competition months ago.
It’s a conspiracy I tell ya!
December 6th, 2007 at 8:51 am
“When” I win the money, I will get a bit of a tummy tuck (after all those years of pint after pint). Then i am going to leave the missus,drink more beer and be able to watch more football in peace. Then hopefully with my new figure and wealth I will pull a bird like Hellen Chamberland from sky sports who is blond, georgous,LIKES A FLUTTER and loves sport. Here`s to my dream.
December 6th, 2007 at 12:03 pm
I would also like to get married and as my girlfriend is away for 2 weeks in the summer visiting her mum in France I could marry the barmaid in the Dog and Duck…
December 6th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
I would like the €3000 to go into Ladbrokes and ask them for a price on Ireland to win the 2008 Euro championship.After about an hour I would be told I dont have any prices at the moment but I can give you SP.Ha Ha!
December 7th, 2007 at 8:51 am
Paddy you can jet me off to Portugal to ‘borrow’ old Jose M’s dog, then we can use his mut in an elaborate ploy to hoax the ’special one’ to the muddy shores of good old blighty straight into ransom talks with big brian barwick, who would menacingly ask him politely to become the head coach of england or the dog gets it!
This level of bribery and corruption could then only be matched be the italians, which isn’t as bad as it looks (world cup winners the following year) and then we could all sit in our arm chairs feeding back our gratitude to the man who feed this dream in the first place - Paddy Power
December 7th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
I’d use the money to go to hang out with Lewis Hamilton in his new home. At least he’s going to Switzerland with McLaren this summer.. !!!
December 7th, 2007 at 4:42 pm
Id spend it avoiding all the sad as feck England Fans who will be drowning there sorrows while still causing trouble on the terraces
December 7th, 2007 at 9:06 pm
Ohh baby 3000 big ones imagine.. Disneyland. Disneyland. Disneyland.
I could meet up with some of the people i have supported in 2007. Who like me (unless i won) would be sitting down watching Euro 2008 from home.
People like….
Mickey Mouse (Aka John Delaney FAI Chief), maybe his best friend Goofy also known as Steve Staunton. I could even be lucky enough to see Minnie Mouse (Bobby Robson) whos not seen as much as the other two but equally as important.
While I watch and discuss Euro 2008 and think of what might have been with two of the wise pundets from R.T.E…. Eamon Dumphy (Pinocchio) and Ray Houghton(Peter Pan, who will never grow) LOL
December 9th, 2007 at 5:52 pm
i like the racing guys, the excitement and shiver the sport give you in your body is out of this world, if I get the 3000 pound I will put all of them on the next years Derby favorite because its going to be cracking race and the favorite will 100% storm home, it will be great joy for me all the way to bank, go on the PADDY make my day.
December 9th, 2007 at 10:52 pm
no point in telling any lies, if i won the money there is a very good chance that i would give it all back to yourselves through gambling. So i think it would a very sound investment for yourselves to give it to me, go on you know you want to.
December 10th, 2007 at 5:07 pm
i want the money because i don’t know what it looks like. my wife makes sure it remains that way. actually, do not give me the money - she probably has it spent already. give it to that poor bloke who is getting married. its too late for me, he still has time
December 10th, 2007 at 7:10 pm
I would spend the money on a new canoe. I would spend the remainder on a one way ticket to Panama because I fancy a five year holiday… and I dont think they watch football over there. Bit like England next June then.
December 10th, 2007 at 8:06 pm
My girlfriend’s a teacher and will be giving up half of her summer holidays, basically the month of July, to do some voluntary work & teach English to under priviledged children in India (or possibly Africa). Living in England, and her in Ireland, we don’t see enough of each other as it is so I’d like the money simply to cover the cost of a flight over and a nice hotel room for the weekend. Without doing anything too flashy, and still leaving enough for the odd drink and bite to eat along the way, that should leave about 2500 euros. During the course of the weekend, I’d like Paddy Power to turn up with this changed into the appropriate currency so that my girlfriend could put it to good use in the place she is teaching. Last year, she went to Africa with 3 other teachers and the money they took with them, following donations from friends & family, bought a basketball court. She will be on her own this year but it would be great if she could make a similar difference to whatever place she teaches in. Your money would enable her to do this. (I’d even make the figure back up to the 3000 but then I wouldn’t have come up with a holiday story for the purposes of this promotion).
Not a funny reason but a good cause.
December 10th, 2007 at 8:28 pm
Cut To The chase!!,
The most important event in June 2008 will be the Paddy Power International Games!
These games will include all types of sport I.E. Tossing Your Caber,Throwing a ball at five small bits of wood when you really want to hit something a bit higher,A game of shinty to so that we all become make friends,playing brag into the early hours and any other other sports that PP think dafties should br allowed to cheat on!
All expenses will be paid by the PP Account
December 11th, 2007 at 3:40 am
MY LAST ATTEMPT by millard12555
WE WILL SOON BE IN THE MONTH OF JUNE
ON A BEACH WE WILL HOPE TO LIE
NO McLAREN OR BRITISH FOOTIE FOR US
AS ENGLAND FAILED TO QUALIFY
WE WONDERED HOW TO SPEND OUR DAYS
WHEN MR. POWER ANSWERED OUR OUR PLEA
A TRIP TO THE EMERALD ISLE PERHAPS
AFTER ALL, ITS GOING TO BE FREE
YOUNG PADDY IS A GENEROUS MAN
GIVING REFUNDS EVERY WEEK
BUT £2000 IN MY HOLIDAY TIN
AN ISLAND I WOULD SEEK
SOME FLATTISH LANDSCAPE WOULD BE NICE
AS I CANNOT WALK UP HILLS
I PUSH MY WIFE IN HER WHEELCHAIR
AND WATCH HER TAKE HER PILLS
THE AIR, WE HEAR IS CRISP AND CLEAN
IT WILL HELP HER LUNGS A TREAT
VISIT THE CURRAGH OR PUNCHESTOWN
AND PADDY SHE MIGHT MEET.
December 11th, 2007 at 11:19 am
Memoirs of a Goatee.
I met Rafa on a beach in Alacante last August, he was sipping a Pina-colada and high fiving passing americans, I was hanging with a bermuda-shorts clad Tom Sellack look-a-like. Rafa said he needed to compete with Jose and was looking for something more cosmopolitan than a black scarf, so I offered my services.
I spent the year before working under the nose of Colin Farrell in Hollywood but he has cleaned up his act to such a degree I wasn’t getting any.
I offer much more than just magnetically attracting women, I am also available at any time of day to stroke and preen whilst giving the appearance of a man in deep contemplation.
So I’ve done the worlds of sport, movies, pop music (that was me with George Michael, but I was young…I’m sorry). Now I want to follow in my great father’s footsteps and create Art. I am the illegitimate son of Salvador Dali’s tash! I need the money to travel Europe at the end of the season in search of genius (I can get frozen fish in Tescos Damien).
Please give me the prize and don’t let a promising career go down the swanny!
December 11th, 2007 at 1:48 pm
I’d give a few quid to design a system to help the starving gain warmth, shelter and education, help control the building of nuclear weapons, fund the ‘John Darwin’ swimming school for underprivelaged children and with the money thats left i would pt all my energy towards resolving the conflict in Iraq or i could i’d leave that for Bono to sort out and stick the whole lot on New Approach doing double in the Guineas and Derby! nice one!
December 11th, 2007 at 10:36 pm
I AM SURE IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA FOR PADDY POWER TO ORGANISE A COMPETITION ON THE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR EXAMPLE POINTS FOR THE CORRECT RESULT/ THE GOALSCORER OF EACH GAME AND THE TOP THREE OF THE PADDY POWER LEAGUE TABLE RECEIVE FINANCIAL REWARD. LOOKING FORWARD TO ENTER IF YOU GO FOR MY IDEA THANKS JEFF
December 11th, 2007 at 11:05 pm
That’s easy. The dosh would just about cover a brand spanking new Croatian jersey, a ticket to London and food and accommodation while I watch the games in various bars singing Croatian football songs.
I’ll even make a video diary of it, and come up with a suitable Croatian cover story. Boris, from Karlovac.
Might even do this if I don’t win!!
December 12th, 2007 at 5:36 pm
I want to go and watch a lot of t*ts!. No, not England v Norn Iron on a chilly evening in the graveyard, sorry, home of football Wembley. But rather the USA beach volleyball championships in California. Oh Yes!. A place where the bikinis are as tight as the Croatian defence and the only diving going on is a sun-tanned hotty straight out of University stretching to save the ball from bouncing behing off the golden sand. Then maybe a cheeky trip to Vegas for a few days to practice my paddy power poker skills against some preppy college boys having their first taste of alcohol.
December 12th, 2007 at 10:08 pm
I WOULD SPEND THE DOSH ON PLASTIC SURGERY TO REMOVE THE BIG SMILE OFF MY FACE AFTER WATCHING ENGLAND GETTING KNOCKED OUT OF THE EUROS. HA! HA! HA! HA!
December 13th, 2007 at 11:53 am
Donate it all to a Donkey Sanctuary of my choice.
December 13th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
I would like to spend next June taking part in a far more important tournament- The World Swamp Soccer Championship. Taking place in Scotland, last year it had 48 countries take part from all around the world. Swamp Soccer originated in the swamps of Finland and is now played all over the world including Russia, the Netherlands, Sweden, Iceland and even Brazil! See pictures from last years tournament here
http://www.swampsoccer.co.uk/index.html
To enter a team costs only £50 but the rest of the money would be put to good use by me and my 5 teammates during our stay in Scotland, not to mention whatever fancy dress we choose to compete in!
Maybe Paddy could even open a book on it!
It is my dream to compete in this (though i have only recently realised this) , and do for England what the non-swamp players have not been able to. Please Paddy, make it happen!
December 13th, 2007 at 8:25 pm
I deserve this holiday for Having travelled to the away qualifiers germany and wales and attended all the home games (for the want of a better word, for having endured steve (im the gaffer staunton )for having the mick taken out of me by the lads for mistaken his equally ugly brother for himself in stutgart and asking could I have my photo taken with him aaahhhhh, and last but not least having to go to cardiff (the Beruit of western europe) to watch us embarrass the welsh crowd all fifteen of them by outsinging them , going out on the town post match having to wear combat gear (because of the friendly locals) for having in front of my mates lose an arm wrestle with one of the local females (or she men) and finally since this trip to Wales now having a fetish for sheep with long eye lashes , jesus I need this holiday
December 14th, 2007 at 3:26 am
Viva Las Vegas!!!!!!!!!
December 14th, 2007 at 11:15 am
I want to go back and time and stop any goal that Ireland have ever conceded in the last 8 minutes of a match. Ireland would then have a record second to none in qualification for major tournaments, and I’d be happy for once to sit on a beach, sip a nice Jack and Coke and read some of my favourite chapters from the only now possible book “Ireland’s greatest moments in major championships…”
And I’d stop Hitler. I mean if I’m heading back in time anyway, might as well
December 14th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
I have had a rethink . I would like the 2000 pounds to buy a false passport a one way ticket to Panama and a small canoe. I have a secret plan to make loads of money.
December 14th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
Yes i have a plan for next june! Instead of watching eleven over payed premiership footballers trying to play as a team I will be watching world class players who are worthy of playin in the euro 2008 tounament!
December 14th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
I would like to spend next June touring small english towns dressed in full replica Croatian football kit distributing croatian football memorabilia, preferably at the weekends at pub closing time. I believe this would generate invaluable data for my thesis “English football supporters - sore losers?”…
December 15th, 2007 at 4:32 pm
I don’t want your bloody money!
December 17th, 2007 at 11:45 am
if you give me the cash i will re-create Christmas in June because i am to skint from wasting all my cash on rubbish all weather racing at Wolverhampton and fake dog racing at Pedigree Park unless your going to decide a winner before Crimbo Day then i can really go to town and buy the wife something from the pound shop and grab myself real greyhound which will amuse me all summer. The rest of europe will be playing in some second string footy tournament amongst the rich and famous tax dodgers whilst ‘Capello’s Flyer’ romps home at Hall Green.
December 18th, 2007 at 9:40 am
if you give me the cash i can go to switzerland and austria and support germany and england
December 19th, 2007 at 12:59 pm
work as many hours as possible over the next two summers so 2010 ill be there
December 19th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
I would use the money to go to the US and see some real football, err soccer, ahh David Beckham. Oh lord what has come over me? Just send me the money and I’ll book myself into therapy.
December 19th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
how can u support england??
December 20th, 2007 at 7:29 pm
if i win,i will go there and support my turkish deligts.with your support paddy power.
December 21st, 2007 at 1:22 pm
I would love to win this competition after a really disapointing 2008 campaign,my wife and i have just been through our fourth cycle of fertility treatment and are currently on the two week wait(it’s like waiting for the last leg on your accumalator,hoping but not really expecting the best).
I would spend the money either on the many things a new parent needs or another round of fertility treatment which unless we win this we probably be the most miserable people in the uk.
So come on paddypower make our year and if it’s a boy we’ll call him paddy.You can’t be fairer than that!
December 21st, 2007 at 7:12 pm
I would rather go to the moon
Than watch that load of balls in June
If we are not there
then i don’t really care
i’ll be on holiday in a monsoon!!
those overpaid stars couldnt give a toss
they dont understand our loss
instead of watching the games
we will be writing our names
all over the walls of Lagos!!!
so what shall i do come June
its going to come around so soon
i think i’ll go to sleep
whilst the country all weeps
and wake up in a Caribbean lagoon!!
December 22nd, 2007 at 4:01 pm
well..i’d love d win d trip ..n take in all d yodelingggg..and also introduce the locals to some fig rolls ..would be better than staying home n watching sorry county Louth getting sent packing from d all ireland championship !..or even would be a great excuse to ditch d exams ….i could also fend d girlfriend off ..n tell her i can’t make it to Galway 4 a week ..would be great ..!!i have d fig rolls at the ready ..just let me know .!!!
December 22nd, 2007 at 5:08 pm
With no England in Euro 2008 I’ll have no excuse not to take the missus on holiday, thanks a lot McClaren! No doubt she will want some cheesy romantic trip to somewhere like Paris or Venice where I’ll have to sell one of my kidneys to be able to afford a decent hotel and one of my limbs to feed us. £2000 should just about cover it, if not I can always try to claim the expenses on the F.A. or maybe Stevie Macs compensation package will cover it.
December 22nd, 2007 at 9:58 pm
“Adopt a Nation for EURO 2008″.
I will hopefully be spending June at the Euro’s supporting my adopted nation of Poland as they in turn, and true respect, have adopted all the jobs in my area that no-one else wants. Lovely people as well and fully justified in getting my support.
They even have the same colours on the flag! Its like they are an annexe or something like that. Poland to beat the Germans in the group stages and give the English something to smile about.
If I have any money left I would then donate this to set up a parliamentary lobby fund to integrate all footballing migrants as quickly as possible into our nationality so we could pick the likes of Torres, Ronaldo and Cech for our team.
It would be just like Championship Manager!!!!! Oh the thought.
December 23rd, 2007 at 2:05 am
With the Dark, gloomy Winter now in full swing, my heart yearns to be sitting on a beach in southern France in the height of the summer, gently sipping a glass of localy brewed red wine.
The picture you now see in your head is one of tranquility and solace, however, now picture it set at 8:43 on a Tuesday morning, and you can see that the day is only going one way. What I’m trying to say is with a few more glasses of wine, the action should begin.
Myself, accompanied by whoever I choose to share this magical experience with after I win this fantastic competition, will make our way to a far end of the beach where we will put on our leprechaun costumes, which we have from a recent excursion to The Carlisle Grounds in Bray. We will then proceed to skip at a considerable pace up and down this beach, sometimes splashing our feet in the timidly warm water that gently scurries in and out of the shore.
People will stare, some will have fear, and most will have hair.
This is just a taster of what the good people at Paddy Power could make possible if you give me the opportunity to travel abroad this summer.
Yours with love,
Sligoman
December 23rd, 2007 at 5:11 pm
It has to be a fornight in Vegas to get away from the terrible English weather we will probably get in June
Also I can spend some time with people who care nothing about football and know less about it than the shambles of the England team management
On top of all that I can lose lots of money as I probably would have done supporting England with PP
Sound like paradise to me
December 24th, 2007 at 2:45 am
Its got to be all spent on this site every penny of it on spain to win the euros cummon paddy if u dont fink so den its a safe bet to let me gamble the money
lol
December 24th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
I am going to watch Euro 2008 without having to listen or read about overpaid and ego-inflated England players saying how they are going to win the tournament……only for them to lose on penalties and then say that they are DEFINATELY going to win the world cup 2010!
December 26th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
Well - We were all after a summer filled with football. We are not going to get it now so I would suggest we move as far away as possible from the tournament itself (watching the big European nations is going to do little to cure the English Steve McClaren hangover). I suggest giving me the money to go to South America and organising a 5aside beach home nation Tournament. The other big difference (apart from the sun, sand and women) is the teams will be made up of mates from each of the 4 nations rather the over paid mercenaries we all saw crash out the qualifying stages! Not only that we can pick up tips from the locals that we can all pass on to our boys which would help ensure our place in 2012.
December 27th, 2007 at 10:28 pm
WHEN YOU SEE THE FINAL ON TELE NEXT YEAR I WOULD BE IN THE CROWD WITH THE BIGGEST ENGLISH FLAG EVER. I WOULD HAVE PADDY POWER ALL OVER THE FLAG BECAUSE THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE PLACE TO BET IN THE UK. AND JUST BECAUSE WE WENT OUT DOESNT MAKE ME ANY LESS PROWD TO BE BRITISH. THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE COUNTRY IN THE WORLD THEY MAY STAND THERE SHOUTING IN THE CROWD THERE TEAM IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD AND SO IS THERE COUNRTY. LIES LIES LIES WHY DO THEY ALL COME TO THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE THIS IS THE HOME OF FOOTBALL AND ONE DAY ENGLAND WILL BE UNSTOPABLE WATCH THIS SPACE
December 27th, 2007 at 10:32 pm
THERE WAS ENOUGH WATER ABOUT IN ENGLAND LAST SUMMER WITH THE FLOODS PROBABLY WITH EVERYONE CRYING BECAU7SE WE WERE NOT THERE. THIS YEAR I WOULD NOT WANT A REPEAT PERFORMANCE WITH EVERY CRYING AGAIN CAUSING MORE FLOODS THEY FLOODED MY HOUSE THIS SUMMER I WOULD LIKE TO GO SOMEWHERE HOT
December 28th, 2007 at 11:39 am
We stand proud with chests out, bleating out how we dont want to be part of europe.
Mclaren delivers the goods and keeps us out !. We can now watch these supposed lesser nations battle it out for the kings of europe. Its going to be a belter of a tournament, without our pre-madonna’s promising so much and delivering nothing….again. I’ll spend my time glued to the goggle box next summer watching Germany scrape through every bleeding game and running back over the boarder with the trophey.
December 28th, 2007 at 9:19 pm
Why not follow what us British are good at Song-writing and performing , The summers great to take in one of the many festivals around the country and predict which new British Band will be making it big in 2008, you can’t lose with MUSIC! It might inspire you to pick up an instrument and play.
December 29th, 2007 at 1:12 am
ENGERLAND FANS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED ENTER. PADDY POWER IS AN IRISH COMPANY. PP SHOULDN’T BE PAYING TO SEND YE SOMWHERE JUST COS YER TEAM DIDN’T QUALIFY
December 29th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
The Hunt for a beast called ‘Dark Turloch’
County Westmeath is the most sparsely populated area of the Emerald Isles and one of the quietest places in Europe. Despite being land locked as a county its natural rolling basin is blessed with an abundance of lakes and rivers.
North of Mullingar at the foot of a tall green covered crag there is a lake and four offshoot rivers, locally named after the apostles. Residing within that oxbow lake there is a fish, more precisely a pike; thick in body, long in length, cunning and as old as the stones that lie round the the shore edges. Locals call the beast ‘Dark Turloch’.
Over the years the pike has consumed much of the prize fish stock invested in the lake and consequently, its reputation and legend has grown. The reward for its capture now stands at 250 Euros and a place for a photograph of it’s ensnaring has been cleared on the trophy wall of the Old House Bar.
June will be spent by that lake, hunting that prize beast by day and with courage by night. At night - the landing of a large pike and its snapping jaws in the darkness requires great skill and nerve. I would envisage that the fish will not be trapped without a fight of ferocious proportions.
What then of this prize, if won? There are costs to be thought of in such a journey and provisions needed for the contest ahead. New bright steel hooks are needed, st