"Least Serious Team"
It's that time of the year again when some of our fitter MLAs and councillors jog off to London to pit their dribbling, passing and shooting skills against other parliamentarians. The 2008 First Eleven was captained by the SDLP's Thomas Burns and included the likes of the UUP's Basil McCrea and John McAllister and the DUP's Peter Weir, Simon Hamilton and Clive McFarland.
With the Premier League about to get underway, though, I don't think I shall be picking any of our local heroes for my fantasy team. They lost to Scotland and Wales, but redeemed themselves with a victory over Westminster and - despite Captain Burns sterling efforts - were unofficially deemed the team who took the parliamentary tournament least seriously.
P.S. I see Thomas Burns has taken the Stormont defeat badly. He reckons his team, managed by Pat Jennings, should have beaten Wales, but continues "Scotland were a different proposition though. They were managed by Kenny Dalglish and, as far as I could see, had more ringers than a high street jewellers. I'm sure some of their players were semi-professional footballers. They certainly weren't MSPs. The Scots probably would have tried to bring on Dalglish if they were chasing the game."
Thomas goes on to congratulate the Scots, but you can tell it is through gritted teeth..
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