Paul Robinson is having a laugh with his World Cup recall claim - unlike the hopeless Baddiel and Skinner

By Brian Reade

Published 05:00 05/12/09

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A question to Paul Robinson who wants an England recall after saving two penalties against Chelsea. How did the game end up going to penalties? That's right. You flapped at a free-kick in injury time, allowing a reserve side put their third past you. Next.

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If it's a World Cup it must mean another easy pay-day for David Baddiel and Frank Skinner and sure enough Absolute Radio are sending them to South Africa to keep us all up-to-date with their "hilarious" take on football.

And it looks like they've started the hilarity already, with Skinner saying: "I'm incredibly excited. I fully expect to have three lions on my shirt and another couple chasing the Land Rover."

And Baddiel reminding us that as straight-men go, no-one's straighter:  "I absolutely refuse to go to South Africa until they comply with The Specials' demand and free Nelson Mandela. What ... When?"

All together now: "Everybody seems to know the score, we've heard it all before, fifteen years of hurt, never stopped us wincing."

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I turned to the BBC's Football website on Wednesday to find out the seedings for South Africa, and noticed that under the section "Latest Video Highlights" the top item was England's 1966 World Cup win.

Let me run that past you again: The latest football video that the British Broadcasting Corporation decided worth watching was the 1966 World Cup Final. No wonder the Scots want independence.