12th July 2024
Dear Gareff and team,
Alright my son? I just wanted to let you know that I shall be watching your antics on Sunday and want you and the boys to bring home the championship vase – no pressure, you know what I mean. A little word of advice to your lads and what I think is the secret formula.
Kick the ball into Spain’s net!
It should make all the difference. By the way I’ve got some TV’s, a deep freeze, some David Bowie LP’s, pool games, gold chains, wosnames and at a push some Trevor Francis tracksuits from a mush in Shepherds Bush-just in case you and the lads are interested. You know it makes sense.
Sir David Jason aka Del Boy
Here was his Euro 2020 video message
It’s obvious that the Trotters loved football as a sport. Clearly Rugby is for Grammar school kids and there was a fat chance of Del or Rodney getting to Grammar school. Two GCE’s was pushing it!
Del wasn’t a Millwall fan as he was quite derogatory “Stone me Rodney, a Millwall fan could have worked that out! Rodney Don’t keep on at me Del, at least I’m trying ain’t I, which is more than I can say for you.”
So what was the football connections or soccer connection for our new USA fans ?
Rodney was a Chelsea fan as he claimed in Sids cafe ” Chelsea dropped 3 on Saturday “
Grandad (Ted Trotter) was a Millwall fan as was Reg Trotter (Del’s Dad)
Grandad reveals that Reg Trotter was a Millwall fan. “Your dad always said that one day Del Boy would reach the top. Then again, he always said Millwall would win the cup”.
Joan Trotter was a Charlton fan – We all know Rodney inherited his middle name Charlton.
Some say Del Boy was Crystal Palace as there was always a scarf hanging in the hallway in the early episodes