Saturday, July 01, 2006

Sven Goran Eriksson Honoured

Scotland and Ireland both announced honours yesterday for the outgoing England football coach, Sven Goran Eriksson. The Lord Mayor of Dublin unveiled plans to make Eriksson a freeman of the city, the highest honour available to an individual. The mayor cited Eriksson's achievement of screwing the English out of £5 million a year (and around £25m in total) for doing absolutely nothing as the reason for the bestowal. The Scots were so impressed with the Swede for the same reason that they invented a new honour especially for him - "Hero of the Scottish Highlands". Australia is also believed to be close to announcing a new honour for the peripatetic priapic pom manager.

When contacted about the honours, Eriksson expressed delight, adding that he was looking forward to meeting the women of the honouring countries.

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