Congratulations to the five best penalty takers in England who have triumphed in today’s Paddy Power Shootout at Leyton Orient’s Brisbane Road.
Thousands tried, thousands failed – including James Beattie, Ledley King, Danny Dyer, Mark Clattenburg and Paddy Power who became the first man in history to kick his own shoe over a crossbar while shanking a penalty.
But five had to prevail and prevail they did in nervous style as four battled it out for the final three spots to book a place at Euro 2024 on Paddy Fairlines with three pals as well as a cool £5k in cash.
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It was a cracking final, hosted by Sky Sports’ Emma Paton, which saw 19 quickly whittled down to six who duked it out for those five spots.
Two scored and won as four failed, so the final four went around four more times until one missed.
And it all ended as a Gareth Southgate-style penalty was saved down low by the keeper to finalise our guestlist for Germany.
Dyer joined King and Beattie on summariser duties and caught the mood of a nation nicely prior to kick off.
“This lot look f*****g petrified. I hope they don’t score too many, it’s a Saturday we’ve got places to be. I’m rooting for the geezer in the West Ham shirt.
And Ledley was delivering a bit of pro’s justice on the contenders. “When you slag off a player for missing a big penalty,” he smiled, “Well, this is your time now.
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