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The Fair Play Trophy (again) (Lamacq Show 13 June 2004)

from The Fair Play Trophy (Again And Again And Again) (EP) by MJ Hibbett & The Validators

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Re-written especially for the occasion and recorded live on Steve Lamacq's show on 6Music.

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Alan Hansen says we'll make the last 8 teams
I've got Switzerland to win it in the Office Sweep
And it seems the portugese reserve goalkeeper's name is really Quim
Sven appears to be a fan of Diamond Lights
So all in all it makes it hard to stay polite
But I know that that's a competition Eng-er-land are there to win

But we'll get the fair play trophy once again
Because it's the team that's the nicest
That's the one that actually wins
We want the fair play trophy once again
And we'll face the final in the pub with a pint and a cheesy grin

The good news for tonight is that I hear the French
Will be acting quite distracted and be slightly tense
They've been banned from va-va-voom before the match by Jacques Santini
They'll be scanning round the ground for any belle madames
Un jolie femme'll catch his eye and so distract ZIDANE
But David Beckham, as we know, will be behaving impeccably

And we'll get the fair play trophy once again
Because it's the team that's the nicest
That's the one that actually wins
We want the fair play trophy once again
And we'll face the final in the pub with a pint and a cheesy grin

And if we can't get the french to concede
Or if we bottle it, like the Portugese
If commentators get to say when we play the Swiss (in their post match analaysis)
A load of jokes about defensive holes, I'll still tell you this

We'll get the fair play trophy once again
Because it's the team that's the nicest
That's the one that actually wins
We want the fair play trophy once again
And we'll face the final in the pub with a pint and a cheesy grin

We'll face the final in the pub with a pint and a cheesy grin

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from The Fair Play Trophy (Again And Again And Again) (EP), released June 11, 2018

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MJ Hibbett & The Validators have performed live on Radio One, had a Record Of The Year in Rolling Stone, an Album Of The Day on 6Music, released one of the first ever viral videos, toured the UK and Europe, featured in an Edinburgh Fringe Festival show, and recorded a science fiction rock opera, all while maintaining their complete independence from outside record labels. ... more

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