Hodgson to name grandson in England squad

FRESHLY-CONDEMNED England manager Roy Hodgson is to name a Euro 2012 squad of 23 players including young Sarahs lad.

The slightly lost-looking blame-magnet will be able change his final squad sheet right up until May 29th assuming he can find it in the drawer where he keeps electric bills dating back 20 years, and bits of old wrapping paper.

Hodgson said” Ill be asking Frank to come over to Poland as our Sarahs raised a lovely lad and its never any bother when I want him to pop out for my bits from the Tescos.

Apparently hes not a big fan of the football and prefers opera, which I dont much hold with myself as its just shouting, but Im sure the other lads will make him feel welcome and not make fun of his asthma or his bad leg.

Ive got to pick 22 others and Ill be basing it on whos impressed me recently on A Question Of Sport. Matt Dawson plays football, doesnt he?

Hodgson has begun preparations for the tournament by checking that Englands Polish training camp is well-stocked with lemon drizzle cake and proper china cups for his tea.

He will head off immediately after West Broms last league game on Sunday, taking the coach there as he wouldnt get in a plane if you paid me, thank you.

Tensions within the squad are currently running high and the FA have prepared a complex Venn diagram detailing who has slept with whos wife and which players have a court order out against each other. However, the manager plans to overcome this with a bit of a singsong and a whist drive on the coach trip there.

Hodgson added Im sure well all have a lovely time and come back with a nice souvenir of our trip to cheer everyone up, assuming they sell snow globes over there.

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House of Pain's Everlast hoping he'll get that much attention when he dies

AMERICAN rapper Everlast, impressed with the tributes given to Beastie Boy Adam Yauch, has been obsessing about how much press he’ll get when he passes on.

Best known for House of Pains 1992 hit Jump Around, Everlast has spent the last week watching and reading eulogies to the late MCA while thinking about his own possible demise.

Everlast said: Its like, wow, who knew that so many people loved the Beasties when they hadnt exactly been making a big splash recently? I guess white hip hops more important culturally than I realised.

They hadnt had a top ten hit since 1986. Jump Around was six years later and it charted at number three, so thats way more significant.

Plus we had that whole Irish thing going on, and Irish guys are majorly sentimental. Man, dudes are gonna weep when I check out.

Everlast also reminded anyone he spoke to that his solo album, Whitey Ford Sings The Blues, boldly combined rap with acoustic guitars and lead single What Its Like would ‘sound fucking awesome blasting through big speakers at my funeral’.

He said: I mean that shit is soulful, you know? And its proof that I could step up on my own, as opposed to those MCs who only really succeed as part of a crew.

Nobody even knows DJ Lethal or Danny Boy from House of Pain and I think youd say Ad-Rock was the lead in the Beasties. So conceivably it could even be bigger than this MCA deal when I go. Man.

Everlast was last heard telling his wife about the significant, possibly terminal, damage to his lungs and liver caused by too much partying back in the day, and ‘the motherfucking shin splints I got from always jumping around’.

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