Peter Beardsley's Phoenix From The Flames from Baddiel & Skinner's Fantasy Football Euro 2004. Beardsley scores 4 as England beat Aylesbury 7-0 in the run up to the 1988 European Championships.
Can you imagine a premier league player doing this today? There are no characters like this any more. Beardsley wasn't a washed up player when he did this - he was one of the best players in the league, playing for Kevin Keegan's Newcastle
Bloody love the man even though he has trouble with the foreign lads, a class act, one of the last old school players, he's got a style of football, demeanor and life that can't be replicated so easily these days
I love the way Peter keeps singing after the goal footage has finished. Brilliant stuff - full credit to Peter for playing along - a legend and a nice guy!
When i was a kid my football team were doing a fundraiser at the train station and the whole nufc squad walked past us on there way to the platform. They all pretended we weren't there apart from peter who put in a fiver. He said something funny as well but unfortunately i cant remember. Always my favourite toon player. Cheers peter
I think this is my favourite phoenix, the gags combined with Beardsley's poor delivery just make it comedy gold. P.S I love Peter Beardsley a great player.
I wasn't really into football until I watched Beardsley play. he moved to LFC and that was my team. to watch him and Barnes together is basically like having messi and ronaldo in the same team. absolute joy to watch.
I was at that game and used to watch fantasy football every week. But must've missed this episode somehow. Only just seen it for the first time now in 2020.
because they were laughing so hard at the scotland bit they missed frank skinner saying "a blind ladies team? how did you get on with them?" so beardsley saying "i pulled" made no sense to them.
chewie2240 I realise i'm replying to an 11 year old comment but for the benefit of anyone reading this in 2018 this segment was clearly scripted- hence Peter's terrible delivery!
DB: Who else did you play in these confidence boosting games? PB: Hendon, Hartlepool under 5s, a blind ladies team and Scotland. FS: A blind ladies team how did you get on with them? PB: I pulled. Lol classic.
As a glazing contractor...I was part of a team replacing the glass in the observation towers at the missile test ranges in the outer Hebrides...There was some female members of the armed forces stationed there...When we went for a drink in the NAAFI bar, the female service personnel were also in there enjoying a drink...the best looking of them looked the spitting image of Peter...and guess what...she was a Geordie...
I've always had a massive crush on Beardsley. I don't care what anyone thinks, he's gorgeous. He's so skilled and very shy, makes me love 'im even more. Stop laughing you nasty audience, he had all his teeth removed because of an infection or something, at least he made something of himself. Beardsley FOREVER.
"It's not very often you have the mayoress in one hand and your nob in the other". And the crafty joke about the sweaties was hilariously below the belt too. And who would begrudge Quasimodo an open bus parade for sticking four past the Toilet Ducks?
