"Shevchenko's got it all to do" Chelsea V Liverpool Community Shield 13.08.06

It had taken Andriy Shevchenko a week to come around to the idea of being a 'Phone a friend' on 'Who wants to be a Millionaire?'. His next-door neighbour Phillip had suggested it while popping around to borrow some flour. The torrid time Shevchenko had been getting in the press had Phillip thinking it could be an interesting way to endear his neighbour to the British public.

Andriy sipped cups of herbal tea as he nervously waited by the phone. "Andriy, it's Chris Tarrant from 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' . How are you?"

There was silence before a jittery Andriy responded to the host's question.
"Hello, good"
"And what do you do Andriy?" Tarrant replied.
"I'm striker for Chelsea football club."
"Well isn't that great? Anyway, Andriy your friend Phillip is stumped on a question and he needs your help, I don't want to put you under pressure but this is basically his last lifeline and it's for £500,00. You have it all to do. The clock starts now.

Phillip spat out the question "Hi Andriy, why do males have nipples?"

"Crespo, the 'in the box' specialist" Argentina V Serbia World Cup 16.06.06

As soon as Hernan Crespo's curriculum vitae landed on the manager's desk at Phil's Lighting in Hull he knew he’d found his man.

Phil's Lighting had been experiencing rising costs in packaging. The manager had decided the current head packer Jones hadn't been making the most of the space available in the shipped deliveries. Too little stock packed in the boxes meant for extra shipping costs, severely denting profits.

Crespo had seen the position of a 'In-the box specialist' advertised in a regional newspaper. Within a matter of days he left Milan and headed for Hull.
At first his workmates were a little bit put off by his personal attributes that were at odds with the British working class. While his workmates were eating chips for lunch Crespo was bringing in a personal chef. He also tended to have quite a flamboyant sense of dress for a man who worked in a warehouse.

They overlooked this as he was head packer and although communication was difficult he seemed to know what he was doing. Sometimes he'd disappear for up to 70 minutes and suddenly re-appear at the box and get the most out of the space before sending the package to its required destination. He did all this in a manner his predecessor Jones could’ve only dreamt.

None of Crespo's co-workers were prepared however for payday. They were on £7.80 an hour and Jones had received a premium £8.90 per hour. Crespo was careless and left his pay slip on one of the benches.

His monthly wage was £237,456.