Fantasy Football

Fantasy Football

THE OFFICIAL BADDIEL & SKINNER FOOTBALL

5 January 1965 Vinny Jones bornNin Watford.
9 April 1991 Kevin Keegan attacked in lay-by with baseball bat.
9 April 1994 Roy Keane shaves off goatee beard.
5 July 1994 ‘Big’ Ron Atkinson says ‘situation’ for the l,000th time on network television.
2 October 1976 Red and yellow cards introduced in the Football League, George Best receives the day’s first red card.

With “‘ managers’ such as Nick Hornby, Roddy Doyle and Paula Yates shouting from the TV touchline, BBG2’s Fantasy Football has proved to be one of the most talked-about media games in recent years. David Baddiel and Frank Skinner’s FANTASY FOOTBALL DIARY is the perfect substitute for fans, More functional than Carlton Palmer, funnier than Jimmy Hill, its lively diary format has been hailed (by Statto, at least) as the literary equivalent of sitting in the studio audience.