Boyfriend’s ludicrous tip for ‘any footy query’ sees Pointless contestant win
A legendary TV second has resurfaced this week the place a contestant on TV’s Pointless gained – all due to her boyfriend’s wild soccer recommendation.
Sisters Tasha and Jo appeared on the long-lasting BBC gameshow again in 2017, the place they offered arguably the best second in its historical past. With a £2,250 jackpot on the road, the pair had been requested to select between three classes: a Euro 2000 goalscorer, a Brit Award winner from the identical 12 months, or an actor or actress from the movie Snatch.
Having been left fully stumped, they opted for the primary possibility regardless of not being soccer followers. But Tasha pulled off one of many comebacks of the 12 months by appropriately naming Sweden legend Henrik Larsson to land the prize.
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She mentioned: “I have one goalscorer, Henrik Larsson,” which stunningly turned out to be a pointless reply. Former Celtic, Manchester United and Barcelona star Larsson scored for Sweden in his nation’s 2-1 loss to eventual finalists Italy.
And Tasha’s motive for guessing the striker was much more astonishing, having defined: “Basically, my boyfriend Alex is an enormous Celtic supporter and he is aware of I’m garbage with names and issues like that.
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“So he said anything football related – he’s played for Man U, he’s played for Celtic and Barcelona, I think – and he just said ‘go for Henrik Larsson’. And it’s paid off!”
Host Richard Osman was left dazzled as he replied: “No way,” earlier than congratulating the masterstroke. And contestant Jo recommended they might take their hero out for a drink.
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Larsson was on the peak of his powers for Celtic that 12 months, having spent seven seasons with the membership between 1997 and 2004. He scored 12 objectives in 13 video games within the 1999/2000 season earlier than netting a mind-bending 53 in 50 the next marketing campaign.
He went on to attain 37 objectives in 106 appearances for Sweden earlier than calling time on his worldwide profession in 2009. The ahead additionally gained two La Liga titles with Barcelona, a Champions League winners’ medal and the Premier League with United.
