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The Fair Play Trophy (again) (Lamacq Show 27 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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Well, it might not have been the best idea of Sven's
To spend 87 minutes playing in defence
Due to Irish Blood, English Heart with Broken Meta-Tarsal, AND
Like a compilation tape made in English Hell
Add to Waddle Pierce and Southgate, Darius Vassell
Sol Campbell robbed again and Beckham beaten by a pile of sand

It was the same old story once again
And if we're honest we were beaten by eleven slightly better men
It was the same old story once again
And we'll watch the final in the pub with a pint and a cheesy grin

Still we weren't the only ones, cos Italy
Fell to Eurovision hands across the Kattegak Sea
The Acropolis Apocalypse means Santini can visit Mrs Ledley King (in the maternity wing)
And with the Germans gone here's a happy thought
We'll be spoilt for choice for teams that we can still support
I like the Czechs, cos Nedved looks the sort to wear his mittens on a piece of string (you know what i mean)

And it's the same old story once again
Choosing new nations we can cheer on so we've got an interest in the way the final's played
Email me photoshopped pictures of that game
And we'll watch the final in the pub with a pint and a cheesy grin

And as the football powers of Europe all change
And we learn to pronounce a new range of names
The English team could still win it, in 2006
Unless the referee is Swiss

Then we'll get the Fairplay Trophy once again
Cos it's the team that's the nicest that's the one who actually win
Give us the Fairplay 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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