My assistant editor Alice and I used to always eagerly await the Fiver back when I was editing for Let’s Go (hey, you know how hard it was to get football news in the US?) Here’s a snippet from today’s gem (admittedly the humour writes itself):
“England’s penalty fools are out! Once again Wayne Rooney weakened his team with his lack of self-control. Eriksson had to substitute ‘Giraffe’ Crouch up front, and take Joe Cole off. When it comes to taking penalties England are the world’s idiots” - German rag Bild am Sonntag displays its compassionate side.
Ah, there’s a reason schadenfreude is a German word, I guess.