Why Daisy Hill are best team in world

1:24pm Thursday 17th July 2008

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DAISY Hill are the best football team in the world.

The tiny Bolton club may have finished 13 points adrift at the bottom of non-league's lowest tier last season but, using Scottish logic, they are better than European champions Manchester United.

We've all sat in a pub, classroom or old people's home and come up with some convoluted argument to try to prove our team is the best.

In 1967 most of Scotland was at it when their national team became the first to inflict defeat on England's World champions.

Such was the euphoria north of the border that the 3-2 victory at Wembley led Scottish supporters to crown their team unofficial world champions.

Similarly, City fans currently claim to be the kings of Manchester on the basis of similar logic.

Arguments raged last season that the Blues had a better team than the double-winning Reds because they did the double over them (at least that was one more than Scotland won against England in 1967).

If individual wins, and not trophies or league positions, decide who's the best team, then Daisy are the best team in the world even though they only won two league matches out of 34 in the North West Counties League First Division last season.

The New Sirs boys, who began their warm-up for the next campaign with a friendly against Ashton United on Tuesday night, can claim the title because of a 1-0 victory over Oldham Town last season.

During the same season, Oldham Town beat New Mills, who beat Maine Road, who beat Nelson, who beat Warrington Town, who beat Rossendale United, who beat Radcliffe Borough.

So under old Scottish logic, Daisy are better than Radcliffe Borough. But it doesn't end there.

Radcliffe beat Chasetown, who beat Port Vale in the FA Cup.

Port Vale beat Morecambe, who beat Preston, who beat Sheffield United - and as Sheffield United beat Manchester City, who did the double over United, Daisy are better than United.

And as United beat Barcelona and Chelsea on their way to winning the biggest trophy in Europe, which is widely accepted to be the strongest footballing continent, Daisy must be the best in the world.

Either that or the theory is fundamentally flawed.