Soccer Saturday is so awesome, I'm not exaggerating when I say it is one of the greatest sports shows ever created. It's one of the things I miss most about the UK. Essentially because broadcaster are forbidden from shown any live matches between 3pm and 5pm on a Saturday (every lower league game is at this time so it is done to make sure people attend their local match rather than stay home and watch the Premier League) Sky has a live scored show with four panelists and a reporter at every ground. They don't show any game footage but cut around th grounds speaking to the reporters and undertaking all sorts of awesome banter in the studio. The panelists are awesome and the level of banter is epic, plus unlike normal punditry they can let their own allegences and biases come through which adds to the show even further.
Then their is the added awesomeness of combining this show with the Jeff Stelling (the host) drinking game:
- Everytime a goal is scored:- 1 shot of beer
- Every sending off:- 1 shot of Jager (or substitute)
- Half time:- Absolutley no alcoholic beverages may be
imbibed during this period.
- Whenever Chris Kamara is talking:- You must be drinking
- Whenever Merson uses stupid rhyming slang (i.e."he's hit the beans on toast"!):- 1 shot of Jager
- In the second half, all teams can only be referred to by their nicknames:- Failure to do so results in a 3 beer shot penalty.
- Whenever Swindon Town appear on the vidiprinter: - Last person to shout out 'Mackerel' takes shot of Jager.
- Whenever Dundee appear on the vidiprinter:- Last person to shout out 'Football' takes shot of Jager.
- Everytime Phil Thompson says 'Stevie Gerrard':- 3 shots of beer.
- Everytime Jeff makes an 'A Trialist' joke:- 3 shots of beer.
- Everytime your team score:- 2 extra shots of beer
- Everytime Matty Taylor and 'Goal of the Season' are mentioned in the same sentence:- 1 shot of Jager
- Everytime Jeff calls Kenny Deucher 'The Good Doctor':- 1 shot of Whisky
- Any hint of racism (social or otherwise) from any of the pundits:- Quad bombs (4 jager+redbull) all round
- Everytime Hartlepool score a goal:- 3 shots of beer
- Everytime a pundit shouts off camera:- 2 shots of beer
- Everytime LeTiss is mentioned in connection with a takeaway: - 1 shot of Jager
- Whenever Chris Kamara says "its unbelievable Jeff", all drinks must be downed
- Everytime Jeff mentions "dancing in the streets of TNS: - 1 shot of jager
- Everytime Jeff says "its Doom and Gloom at..." - 1 shot of jager
- Everytime the team 'Keith' is referred to as just being one guy :- 1 shot of jager
- Everytime Brighton & Hove, or Daggers & Redbridge are jokingly referred to as two different teams playing the same oppo :- 1 shot of jager
- Everytime when Arbroath striker Kevin Webster scores and Stelling says "ohh, Sally will be pleased" :- 1 shot of Jager.
- Everytime anything bad happens to Craig Bellemy (injury, og, booked, arrested for assault etc.) :- 2 celebratory shots of the spirit of choice.
- Whenever Northampton Town appear on the vidiprinter, last person to shout out 'Cobblers' :- shot of Jager
- Whenever the Gareth Barry affair/scandal is mentioned :- shot of jager
- Whenever a James Brown related joke is made :- Last person to sing 'I feel good' must down drink
- Whenever the James Brown statue dances :- Last person to dance along must have shot of tequila.
- Anytime anyone mentions United missing Ronaldo or Tevez:- 1 shot of Portuguese / Argie Firewater.
- Any talk of Man City 'buying the title':- down your beer.