OT: UK May Be World Cup Champs On the One Hand

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28 June 2006

 

 

" Beer We Go, Beer We Go, Beer We Go "

 

 

Germans fear we are going to drink them dry

By Jeremy Armstrong

 

ENGLAND's massive army of World Cup fans is drinking Germany dry, it

emerged yesterday. Breweries warned beer could run out before the final

because of huge demand from our supporters.

 

In Nuremberg, organisers revealed 70,000 England fans who flooded the

city drank 1.2 MILLION pints of beer - an average of 17 pints each.

Astonished bar keeper Herrmann Murr said: " Never have I seen so many

drink so much in such little time. " His bar at a fans' tent in the city

ran out after they drained all 32 of his 50-litre (11 gallon) barrels.

Herr Murr calculated Britons were shifting beer at a staggering rate of

200 pints per minute.

 

City official Peter Murrmann said: " The English proved themselves world

champs. They practically drank us dry. "

 

In Cologne, where England drew with Sweden, bottles and barrels of the

local Klsch beer ran out because so many English took them to campsites

and parties.

Stuttgart bar chiefs said an extra 900,000 pints were sunk last weekend

where 60,000 fans partied before and after our 1-0 win over Ecuador.

 

The Veltins brewery also revealed it has produced a record 418,000

gallons in a bid to keep up with demand. A spokesman said: " It is

incredible how much is being drunk but the hardest thing for the

breweries is keeping up with the thirst of the English. "

 

In Dortmund, where most fans for England's Gelsenkirchen clash against

Portugal on Saturday are staying, the giant DAB brewery is bracing

itself by ferrying in extra supplies to boost production.

 

>From the UK Mirror