Iraqis trounce MPs as goodwill tour kicks off

A team of British MPs were beaten but not disgraced by the Iraqi national football side today in the first game of their Goodwill Tour of the UK.

Iraqis trounce MPs as goodwill tour kicks off
Thu, 20 May, 2004 - 14:57

A team of British MPs were beaten but not disgraced by the Iraqi national football side today in the first game of their Goodwill Tour of the UK.

The parliamentarians were beaten 11-0 in the kick-about in Chelsea, south-west London, but their hopes had never been too high against a team ranked 44th in the world by FIFA.

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