“What do you call an Englishman in the World Cup final?”/“The referee.”

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Entry from July 08, 2016

“What do you call an Englishman in the World Cup final?”/“The referee.”

A soccer joke is:

Q: What do you call an Englishman in the World Cup final?
A: The referee.

“What do you call an Englishman in the final of Euro 96?” was cited in June 1996.

The nationality and the sporting event can both change, but “the referee” is always the punchline. “What do you call an Englishman in the final of the Embassy World Championship??” was cited in 2000. “What do you call a German in the WC final? The referee” was cited on Twitter on July 7, 2010. “What do you call a South African in the #RWC2011 Final? The Referee” was cited on Twitter on October 17, 2011.

Google Groups: alt.support.stop-smoking
Climbing the walls
Cathy Pearson and Gaynor Robinson
6/5/96
(...)
Q. What do you call an Englishman in the final of Euro 96?
A. The referee.

Google Groups: alt.sport.snooker
Snooker Joke
-Reg-
3/16/00
Q. What do you call an Englishman in the final of the Embassy World Championship??
A. The Referee

Twitter
Dave Elliott
‏@The_Iceman2288
@Alextg78 What do you call a Scotsman in the world cup final? The referee.
4:18 PM - 10 Jun 2010

Twitter
Neil Hopwood
‏@neilhopwood
What do you call a German in the WC final? The referee.
3:14 PM - 7 Jul 2010

Facebook
Spec World Cup soccer with Rick Hughes
July 9, 2010 ·
What do you call an Englishman in the world cup final? The referee.

Twitter
Jason Mill
‏@jasonmsaidwhat
What do you call a South African in the #RWC2011 Final? The Referee. #CraigJoubertForRWCFinal #CraigJoubertFTW #thisishowyourefthebreakdown
12:19 AM - 17 Oct 2011

Twitter
JJ
‏@Jay_Brooks91
What do you call Poland in the world cup final? ........ The referee < that's why the bloke wanted to fuck me up

2:29 PM - 22 Jul 2012

Twitter
James Roy.
‏@jamesroywriter
What do you call an Englishman in the World Cup Final?
The referee.
#WorldCup2014 #EnglandvsUruguay
3:57 PM - 19 Jun 2014

Twitter
Evan Perkins
‏@Evan_Perkins22
What do you call a German in the World Cup Final? The referee #Merica🇺🇸
8:14 PM - 30 Jun 2015

Twitter
Jokes
‏@lad_jokes101
What do you call a Scotsman in the World Cup final? The referee! #joke #funny
4:15 PM - 13 Sep 2015

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