A good friend of mine is a maths and sports teacher at a very well known local school, and produced a similar brilliant wind-up. At the time of the England manager vacancy which was ultimately filled by Roy hodgson, he wrote to the FA advising that his current commitments prevented him from being considered for the England manager role, and would they please write to him confirming he was not on the short list. Assuming he was simply an amiable eccentric, the FA duly obliged. He 'inadvertently' left the letter on the corner of his desk near his nosey pupils. Within two hours he had become a schoolboy sensation having been considered for the England role. He says that football coaching became a doddle after that, as they hung on to his every word!
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