Fast forward to 2006 - it is just before Swindon V Oxford in the FA cup 3rd round. Sam Parkin goes into the Swindon changing room to find all his teammates looking a bit glum. "What's up?" he asks. "Well, we're having trouble getting motivated for this game. We know it's important but it's only Oxford. They're sh**e and we can't be bothered".
Parkin looks at them and says "Well, I reckon I can beat these by myself, you lads go down the pub." So Parkin goes out to play Oxford by himself and the rest of the Swindon team go off for a few jars. After a few pints they wonder how the game is going, so they get the landlord to put the teletext on. A big cheer goes up as the screen reads "Swindon 1-0 Oxford (Parkin 10 minutes)". He is beating Oxford all by himself!
Anyway, a few more pints later and the game is forgotten until someone remembers "It must be full time now, let's see how he got on". They put the teletext on.
"Result from the County Ground, Swindon 1 (Parkin 10 mins) - Oxford 1 (A. Twat 89 mins)". They can't believe it, he has single handedly got a draw against Oxford!! They rush back to the Stadium to congratulate him. They find him in the dressing room, still in his gear, sat with his head in his hands.
He refuses to look at them. "I've let you down, I've let you down." "Don't be daft, you got a draw against Oxford, all by yourself. And they only scored at the very, very end!"
"No, No, I have, I've let you down... I got sent off after 12 minutes"
Sorry!! but this story is technically incorrect because the laws state a minimum of 7 players must be on one side or the match would be abandoned
it's a big lie!! i know this because as the oxford mail stated a while back I am Joey Beauchamp and i'm in Mensa!!
