Host: Murray Norton (MN)

Guests: Dan Magness (DM)

MN: Now football, it might be all about winning, it might be about grinding out that one-nil result that you really really need for those three points. That's what it seems to be about these days, winning at all becausets. But, what do they talk about down the pub in generations to come? They talk about Pele, they talk about Cruyff , they talk about Best, and they talk about Beckham. They talk about the entertainers, the people that make the game so interesting with that little turn of skill that you just love so much, and... I know there's plenty of skill that's going to be out there of course for the World Cup 2006, it's only months away, but, I know somewhere else where you're going to find some fantastic skill, and that's the Pringles Keepy Uppy competition, and it's something that you could be entering... So, can you do anything a little bit like this?

Wow, as you could see from that, some real skill there, and that skill comes from Dan Magness. Dan joins us in the studio today. Dan, that was fantastic! That was pretty extraordinary stuff. Now you're a professional footballer freestyler.

DM: That's right, that's what I do.

MN: What a great job!

DM: Yeah it's brilliant I must admit. It's amazing; I get to do some great stuff with it yeah. Get to sort of go around the Grounds and do bits and pieces like that. It's brilliant for me, I love it.

MN: You're everyone's hero because anyone who's ever kicked a football will want to do what you were doing... and I have to say that the ball that's been in the studio for half the day today... everyone who's come in has had a little, you know, mess around with the football. You can't resist... that was mostly the girls as well but it's been really, you know, it's the sort of thing that everyone wants to do.

DM: That's right, yeah. Everyone can relate to it because when they're young and that, everyone wants to kick a ball, you know what I mean? I mean, it doesn't becauset a lot either, you can just go out, get a ball and a pair of trainers and you can just go and have a kick around. People do it on the street, in their back garden, things like that, you know what I mean. It's just what people love doing. So it's great for the youngsters and that.

MN: Alright, we'll find out some more about that in just a second. You are the Pringles Keepy Uppy record holder...

DM: That's right yeah.

MN: What does that mean?

DM: Well basically we're running a competition through Pringles where basically it's the person who can do the most Keepy Uppies with a can, and I'm sort of the world record holder at that moment with 45 so that's quite a lot!

MN: And that's with one of these?

DM: That's right, yeah... yeah...

MN: Well we'll see some of that skill in just a moment, with the can and with the football. Got loads of questions coming in as well, and in fact we might just remind people that at the bottom of the screen there, not only are all the web addresses that you can enter the Pringles Keepy Uppy competition, so do make a note of those, and do make use of them, but also, there is a little box there, and that little box means that you can fill it out and submit your question, in the next half hour, and Dan will do his best to answer or demonstrate or both. Don't ask me to show any skill here because it would be very embarrassing. Anyway, questions coming in as we speak, one from Andrew to start off with, who wants to know, what age did you start kicking a ball?

DM: I suppose I started kicking a ball probably when I was about 5 or 6, but I started the tricks and things like that as I got a little bit older when I was about 10 or 11.

MN: Who was your hero, who were you looking up to, at that time?

DM: I used to love watching videos of Pele and Maradona and things like that, they were sort of my dad's idols and he sort of said to me, "Aww... have you seen this guy? Have you seen that guy?" and them guys are absolutely incredible, I mean their skills and stuff like that is just brilliant.

MN: Just in learning how to do all of that, can you teach other people?

DM: Yeah you can, yeah... it's something you can learn, you know I mean obviously you've got to put the hours in, the practice and stuff, but it's definitely something you can be taught you know?

MN: I'm guessing football gets a little bit age restrictive when you get to my age and you can't run around as much as you used to, but in terms of freestyling and doing tricks you could probably do that as long as you can stand and kick a ball.

DM: That's right yeah, exactly, yeah you can, and I mean, all the time. That's what's great about it, it's for anyone you know. Freestyle is for every person, that, you know, you can get old people doing it, young people doing it, it's just fantastic. It also, I mean for young people, it really helps with your ball control as well. If you go out on the pitch, I mean you look at some of the great players like Ronaldinho, people like that, they can all do amazing tricks you know, so it goes to show there's something in freestyle you know.

MN: And you can make a living out of this as well?

DM: Yeah, that's right, I mean, I make a decent living out of it, and I really enjoy what I'm doing as well, and I get to sort of rub shoulders with some of the footballers as well which is brilliant.

DM: Yeah, that's right, I mean, I make a decent living out of it, and I really enjoy what I'm doing as well, and I get to sort of rub shoulders with some of the footballers as well which is brilliant.

DM: Yeah, I have yeah, um, basically I got a chance to work on the Pringles advert, they sort of got me in to teach some of the... .

MN: This is the Dream Team advert...

DM: The Dream Team advert yeah, so they got me in to do some stuff with the players and to teach them some tricks and that and, I mean, it was brilliant. They picked it up pretty quick to be honest, but the thing is, the twist of it obviously was that it was with the cans, so I mean that was a bit different you know, but it was brilliant. I met Steven Gerrard who's my hero ‘cause I'm a Liverpool fan.

MN: Oh dear... .

DM: Yeah, sorry but yeah, Totti, Roberto Carlos, Freddie Ljungberg, players like that, and that's amazing for anybody, do you know what I mean, everybody loves to meet the stars and that.

MN: I bet the great thing is that you can do things that they can't do with a football?

DM: It's true actually I must admit, I kinda didn't know how they'd take it at first, you know what I mean, but then they were like, they were all really impressed and they kept... every time I put the ball down they were going, "Aww, come on show us something else, show us another one" and it was really good you know, they were really impressed with it which was great.

MN: So you haven't had any footballers, Ollie asked the question, thank you Ollie for the question... you haven't got any footballers really got the ache with you because you're, you know, you're really sort of showing them up, upstaging them a bit?

DM: Erm, sometimes when I'm out at half time, I do like half time shows and that, sometimes you get...

MN: You do get people saying, "Could do with you playing!"?

DM: Yeah that's it; I get that all the time. "Sign him up", stuff like that, but I think really they quite enjoy it to be honest with you, I think it's just... they sorta laugh about it, I think they look at me as a bit of a seal, you know what I mean?

MN: Peter's just got a question there, thank you Peter... he just wanted to know, have you ever made a mistake in front of the pros at all?

DM: Erm, not really, I haven't really made a mistake in front of the pros, I've sort of er... .

MN: Have you done it in front of a big crowd, you must've, there's a couple of times it's dropped...

DM: To be honest I've dropped the ball... I've done quite well to be honest, I only dropped the ball once in a half time show, which is quite good really cause I've done quite a few of them now so...

MN: Which grounds have you done?

DM: Erm, I've done... I've been at Old Trafford, I've done Goodison Park, I was down there when I was a lot younger, that was a competition actually. I did Upton Park at the weekend and stuff like that, so... it's brilliant you know... it's great to get out there in front of all them players.

MN: Now, you know when you're on the beach, you're on holiday and you're doing that bit, and you get up there with a football, and you can't resist doing a bit on the beach because it's the perfect place to do it... .impress the girls?

DM: Aww, well sort of yeah... I think they quite enjoy it, you know what I mean. Everyone likes watching it...when you're on the beach and that, it's just the place to do it...

MN: Do you get people coming up and talking to you that way?

DM: All the time, yeah... all the time yeah... everyone wants to ask...

MN: It's a real ice-breaker isn't it?

DM: Yeah definitely, without a doubt... everyone asks the same question though ... "Who do you play for?"... "Do you play?"... stuff like that... it's great you know. They always expect you to be like, you know, to be like Ronaldinho or something like that... but when they realise that I'm just sort of an ordinary guy that just sort of plays football and that, they're always just quite... really... really shocked you know what I mean?

MN: I'll take this question from Lisa at the moment but we'll come back in just a sec to more about the competition but... this Keepy Uppy competition that Pringles have got... good question from Lisa, she wants to know, can girls enter the competition?

DM: Yeah, course they can, yeah... yeah... .

MN: Because it's the fastest growing sport now isn't it, girl's football?

DM: Yeah... girls can enter the competition as well... As I say the competition's for anyone it's great, and the girls can get out there and have a go as well... just as anyone else. I mean I've seen some great girls doing the football tricks and that and it's amazing when you see it... brilliant.

MN: Alright, so girls out there as well, if there are any girls out there who want to enter the competition you're as free and as welcome as the lads are at the Keepy Uppies... and probably, actually, if you can outdo the lads, even better... that'd be great wouldn't it?

DM: That's right, yeah definitely... I'd like to see that, yeah... as long as you don't outdo me... hahaha... .

MN: Actually, you could be in danger couldn't you? This could bring a whole lot of people to the surface...

DM: Yeah definitely, I mean I'm not... I'm not entering the competition obviously because I'm sorta the guy that's...

MN: It'd be a bit unfair.

DM: Yeah, I've had a bit more time practising and stuff, but... I think that someone will beat my record because it... it is possible to beat... I think it's a bit of luck involved as well, it's just doing it over and over again and getting it on film as well that's the hard thing, do you know what I mean?

MN: So it's 45 to beat this?

DM: That's it, yeah... but they don't have to beat that, because it's going up on the leaderboard as I say, I'm not entering so...

MN: So that's the record anyway.

DM: That's right.

MN: How do you... is it Keepy Uppy with your feet or... what's the rules?

DM: I wouldn't advise your head but you can do it with your knees and your feet, and if it goes to your head then do it... chest, and stuff like that but just don't use your hands and that, that's the main important thing, but I mean also it's important to use an empty can as well... do it with an empty can. I mean you can try with a full can, I just find it easier myself to do it with an empty can.

MN: Is that because the weight inside is moving back and forth?

DM: That's it exactly... yeah... yeah... and they get a bit broke as well...

MN: Well they're of no use to anyone after they've got like that... Anyone want a broken crisp?

DM: No... no.

MN: Anyway... crushed Pringles you don't want... eat the Pringles first, use the empty can afterwards and see if you can break the record. And if you want to know how to enter, it's at the bottom of the screen, there is a web address there with more details. Actually, you know it off by heart by now don't you?

DM: Yep it's www.pringleskeepyuppy.com.

MN: Right, there we go, we've got it there, and it's on the screen as well so you can look it up. Pete says, he reckons he could beat you, and he wants to know how to enter the competition, we've just answered that for you...

DM: Yeah ... good luck Pete...

MN: Did anyone teach you Keepy Uppy or did you teach yourself?

DM: I taught myself actually to be honest, when I was younger and that. I just practiced and practiced, you know what I mean?

MN: But how do you know how to do some of those tricks? Because I've seen players do tricks before, I mean, you can catch it on the back of your neck and those sort of things, but I've seen that loads of times. Frank Worthington used to be a great player for doing that, from Leicester City... he was before your time... brilliant player. But you must see other people doing a trick and you think "Oh yeah, I've got to learn how to do that one".

DM: Yeah definitely, I mean that's the thing, it's about using your imagination, do you know what I mean with freestyle? You can do anything, that's what's so great about it. It's always like, all of a sudden you'll see something that someone else is doing and you'll go "Can you do that?"... And if you can't do it you've got to go out in the garden until you can do it, you know what I mean, or down the field or whatever and just keep practising until you can do it.

MN: So, how many windows have you broken?

DM: Aww, loads.

MN: Really?

DM: Yeah, I used to break windows all the time, my mum and dad thought what I nightmare I was, always kicking it through the windows... heh...

MN: Alright well, Mike says, 45 Keepy Uppies, is that using your foot or your head, or a mixture of both?

DM: That's a mixture of both: feet, knees and head.

MN: Well, if you want to see how it's really done, then we've got some more tape of you doing this... was this all in one take? You can just tell us what you're up to as you go... This is you in action, doing your bit in the gym... .What are you up to here?

DM: OK, I'm just keeping the can up at the moment. It took a couple of takes, it didn't take too many though to be honest with you.

MN: You gotta move around a lot faster...

DM: Yeah, you gotta be quite quick, and as you can see I'm using my thighs quite a bit as well, so that's a bit of a tip for you.

MN: I always felt that keeping up even a football... oh that's it... that was your 45...you were happy with that, very happy with that, that was brilliant... but in terms of Keepy Uppy at all, whether it's a football or whatever the material is, your thighs are actually better at doing it aren't they, much more control?

DM: Yeah I think so, yeah, a bigger area to keep it up... also it's further from the floor as well, so obviously if you've got it there you can get them in quicker.

MN: You've got more recovery haven't you?

DM: Yeah, that's it, and I always find that it's a bit easier. When I was young I always used to try to keep it on my head for as long as possible and stuff you know, and that always really helped me.

MN: We've had a lot of questions in, a lot of questions in about you as a footballer. You referred to it that people say to you "Who do you play for?". I've got to admit, and this is a question that came in earlier on: in terms of being this skilful a footballer, it seems fairly obvious that you should be playing professional football – does it not work like that?

DM: Yeah, well I mean... no because I mean I'm not exactly an athlete do you know what I mean, and I think these days you've really got to be quick as well and you've got to be so fit, and you've just got to... you know, it's not just all about ball control, you know, I think if anyone practices enough with a ball they can get the great ball control but you've got to have a lot more than that as a player... you've got to have the brain and stuff like that as well... and in the end I mean I just never made it in the end, it was a bit of a shame you know...

MN: Did you come close even?

DM: Yeah I was down at Wimbledon for a few years when I was a bit younger and that and I sort of got...

MN: All the trials?

DM: That's it.

MN: Yeah, I know all that stuff... So you went that far and then just stopped?

DM: That's it.

MN: But did you start playing in a football team or did you start kicking the ball at home and then go into a football team?

DM: I just started kicking the ball at home to be honest with you... just when I was younger, just kicking it around. I used to play in the house, and then I'd play at school, I'd play after school, stuff like that, do you know what I mean... and that's how I kind of got into it really, just like a lot of kids I think you know, I think there's loads of kids out there that are doing it but I mean the thing is with freestyle it's so great because it gives you another option, you know... it's like one in millions make it in football, and it just gives you another avenue to go down when you stop... when you get let go, or whatever you know, and you can go and... you can start the freestyle and stuff so it's brilliant.

MN: OK, tell us about the Dream Team, and the prize for being the best, because, what people are going to do is, keep this up as many times as they possibly can, video it, when they're videoing that then... well videoing themselves keeping this up as many times as they possibly can... send that in, send that clip in and if they get that clip just about right...

DM: Aww, they get an amazing opportunity... I mean, the person that's done the most at the end will get an amazing opportunity to go on a training weekend, with the Pringles Dream Team which, I can tell you now, it will be an amazing experience... to meet them guys, and have a kick around with them and stuff like that, it will just be brilliant for anyone... I'm jealous because I'm not going.

MN: Alright, you've got Roberto Carlos on the top of this one?

DM: That's it yeah.

MN: Do you know who's in the Dream Team yet?

DM: Yeah, well there's quite a few of the players, there's Djibril Cisse, Totti, Keane, Freddie Ljungberg, Reyes, Roberto Carlos, Steven Gerrard you know, and that's amazing, absolutely amazing players, yeah... and there's others as well you know, so... it's just brilliant.

MN: Wow. Well, there's a chance to meet those guys, and to actually play with the Dream Team and show off your skills as well so, that's gonna be a great prize isn't it?

DM: Yeah brilliant prize, yeah definitely.

MN: So, the idea is, keep that up as many times as possible... I'll let you talk through it...

DM: Right, what you need to do is, you just need to keep it up as many times as you can, get it on film, and send it in... .it's just all about trying to use your thighs, get em in as quick as you can, nice touches and that and you'll do it you know. I think that anyone can do it, that's what's great about it... but it's about not getting disheartened, if you only do two, just pick it up and have another go, do you know what I mean... there's no reason not to you know?

MN: Yeah, well you can practice to your heart's content... .Daz has asked an interesting question, don't know if you're going to like this one... Mr Woo... what do you think of Mr Woo, and are you as good as Mr Woo, is there a bit of rivalry there?

DM: I think Mr Woo's a fantastic guy.

MN: Who is he by the way... just so we know?

DM: He's basically, he's one of the best freestylers in the world, and he's done a lot of freestyle competitions, things like that as well. He's made freestyle probably what it is now, he's done really well. He's a bit older than me, and I practice with him quite regularly. He's a great guy and he's got some amazing tricks as well.

MN: Oh so you practice together as well? That's nice, there's not as much rivalry as I thought then...

DM: No, not at all... .because as I say, it's for everyone, and we don't get jealous of each other, do you know what I mean? We're both in the same game... we're working on sort of a show maybe together so... sort of watch this space, see what happens you know...

MN: That'll be something to have a look at.

DM: That's it, yeah.

MN: We've got another question that's come in from Lisa. Lisa, thank you very much indeed for your question. Lisa wants to know about the records that you're trying to break... are there records that you'd really like to achieve? I mean, I know you're the Pringles Keepy Uppy champion with this... but I also know that you stood for, what was it? 13 hours?

DM: 13 and a half hours yeah, juggling the ball.

MN: Keeping the ball off the ground for 13 and a half hours?

DM: That's right yeah, 13 and a half hours non-stop.

MN: That was incredible.

DM: Yeah, it was quite a bit of time, yeah... it was a bit tiring.

MN: Anything left for you to do?

DM: I'd like to break the world record... the world record... I'm not 100% sure where it stands but I mean, it's a little bit more than what I've done and I'd love to go on to break that, that's my number 1 aim, that'd be great you know? To get in the Guinness Book of Records for it and stuff like that... that'd be brilliant.

MN: I guess you have to have a particular style of training shoe... I mean I was looking at training shoes the other day and a lot of them, they're more cross trainers or running shoes and they're not good for Keepy Uppy are they, they're a bit fat on the toe aren't they?

DM: No, not at all. That's it. I mean I always wear Astroturf trainers, which are great for it. Anything really that's quite flat on the toes and that is fine, you know.

MN: What's the most difficult trick you do? This is a question that's come in from Eugene.

DM: The most difficult trick I do is probably what I call the Magnus Ten. It's basically balancing the ball on ten different parts of your head.

MN: Actually, we have got a ball here, just by coincidence, don't know if we're going to pick this up. You're easier down on your knees doing this aren't you?

DM: Yeah, I'll have a little go on my knees yeah... you can see I've not got a great deal of room here, but I'll try and show you a little bit...

DM: Yeah, I'll have a little go on my knees yeah... you can see I've not got a great deal of room here, but I'll try and show you a little bit...

DM: Yeah yeah yeah, let's have a think, I could probably... yeah...

MN: That's what I love, a bit of impromptu...

DM: Let's do a little bit of this, on the ball and the can... there we go...

MN: Aww, that is quite incredible...

DM: Balance it... move about a bit...

MN: You made that look so easy!

MN: You made that look so easy!

MN: That is just so impressive! Thank you very much!

DM: That's no problem.

MN: That exerts a lot out of you, I know it does, and I can tell that Dan is... there's been some pretty heavy breathing when you've been doing that...

DM: Yeah, I'm unfit. Nah, not at all.

MN: Well you're under pressure in front of the cameras... gotta get it right first time... Is 45 kick-ups... is it 45 kick-ups or minutes... is a question come in from Richard.

DM: Kick-ups with the can... 45...

MN: 45 kick-ups with the can... I think people are going to really go for this, get themselves immersed in it...

DM: I think so yeah definitely...

MN: Um, do you still play football by the way?

DM: Um, I used to play but obviously I'm not playing at the moment, not for a team or anything. I'm too busy at weekends doing the freestyling and stuff.

MN: Do you get asked to guest?

DM: Yeah all the time, yeah... yeah all the time...

MN: That must frighten the living daylights out of you, at a competition?

DM: That's it yeah; yeah it's good fun though.

MN: Alright, well there's plenty of that... plenty of games to be had for you I daresay. Travelling far afield? I'm guessing that this is the sort of thing that you can do for an awful long time, and your future seems fairly well mapped out for you, because soccer is a growth... I said soccer deliberately... growth in America, and in America they love all these tricks don't they?

DM: Aw, they do, yeah... I mean, out there it goes down really well. Whenever I see any American people in England they always say "Aw, it's great" and things like that. I was actually out in New York a little while back and did a little bit of there and they were going "Aww, that's amazing" they really enjoyed it and stuff so that's great and also it a bigger... there's loads of girls playing out there as well which is fantastic to get them involved in it as well.

MN: Sure. Question from Michael... Michael, thank you very much indeed for your question, wants to know, what's the most kick-ups you've ever done?

DM: Um, it's around about the 100,000 mark, but with the ball.

MN: No!?

DM: Yeah...

MN: That's incredible!

DM: Yeah that's quite a few isn't it?

MN: A hundred thousand!? I guess you do lose count after a while because you're just practising.

DM: Yeah of course, yeah. It's kinda done on an average thing, you know what I mean. So, you count how many you do... a thousand... and then you just go on from there really.

MN: So tell me about this 13 and half hours... you were doing this 13 and a half hours... two questions come to mind. Firstly, uh, going to the loo, and secondly – food?

DM: Yeah, I mean, I had a little chocolate bar half way through it just to get my sugar levels up and stuff like that, but I didn't drink anything so I didn't go to the toilet either.

MN: Yeah. Alright, well we've got people joining us as we speak, who probably missed the beginning of the program. And one of those is Ben, because Ben just wants to know, how do I get involved in this competition,

DM: You go to www.pringleskeepyuppy.com – that's where you need to go and it'll have all the details on there, and just send your videos in.

MN: Are you going to be looking at them? Are you going to be reviewing some of these?

DM: Yeah I'll be having a look at em and I'm sure that I will probably be learning some stuff off them, taking some tips and that.

MN: Are you still practising with one of these?

DM: Yeah I'm doing quite a bit yeah... as I say you get kinda hooked on it you know what I mean? You start doing a little bit of it and then you just want to keep playing and playing.

MN: There's another sort of beanbag that I know they use out in Japan for Keepy Uppy...

DM: That's right yeah, a Haki Sak.

MN: Haki Sak, that's the one.

DM: Yeah, they're slightly smaller, they're sort of full of like rice stuff, people just kick them about, and that's great for your ball control. I mean, if you can do it with that, that's tiny, so you can definitely do it with a ball.

MN: I started off playing football with a tennis ball, is that something... ?

DM: Yeah a tennis ball's good, you can use that. I started off with a ball of socks, yeah sock balls, because we used to smash all the windows! At school they used to say we could just bring the socks in so we used to play with some rolled up socks, that was pretty good.

MN: See, from humble beginnings like that! I've got a question that's just come in: what's the biggest crowd that you've played in front of?

DM: Erm, the biggest crowd I've performed in front of, I also do a little bit with rugby balls as well, I think was 65,000...

MN: 65,000!?

DM: Yeah I think it was 65,000 at Old Trafford yeah, so that's the most. But football I think it's probably around about the same, yeah, 65,000 as well.

MN: So you've done Keepy Uppy with a rugby ball as well?

DM: Yeah I can do it with a rugby ball as well.

MN: See, someone said to me "Awww, see I coach rugby, and you can't do Keepy Uppies with a rugby ball."... but you can?

DM: Hahaha, yeah you can. You can do it with anything, you know what I mean. I balance one on top of the other and things like that... and I balance shoes on top of it and do a few Keepy Uppies and flick it off my neck, and things like that as well.

MN: Have the circus been in touch at all?

DM: No.

MN: Have you thought of being a circus act?

DM: It sort of has crossed my mind, I mean, because I can balance anything... not anything but more or less anything. I was balancing a bike on my head the other day, do you know what I mean, so it's like, you could do anything...

MN: What is the tip to balancing something on your head? Because, for most of us it's something we've never got round to trying. I notice you're looking at it, your eyes go straight up to what you've got on your head.

DM: Yeah, I think it's about a feel as well, if you can feel the ball moving one way, you sort of move there with it and then move back the other way do you know what I mean? It's just all about practice, if you do it for long enough...

MN: You haven't injured yourself have you?

DM: A few times, yeah.

MN: Got a cricked neck have you?

DM: That's it. I did a bowling ball once and that was quite painful

MN: No!

DM: Yeah, honestly, yeah...

MN: A bowling ball?

DM: I probably got some strange looks as well, yeah...

MN: You're around and about, you're still doing all the shows and all the football grounds?

DM: Yeah, that's it, I'm still doing it all over the place, performing in different towns and stuff like that so yeah, I'm out and about all over the place. Half the time I don't know where I'm going but I could be in Manchester one week and then Leeds the next, and then down south, so I'm all over the place doing it.

MN: A question in from Julian. Julian wants to know, in your opinion, who's the most skilful footballer in the premiership? He suggests Joe Cole.

DM: Yeah, Joe Cole's good; he's got some great tricks, yeah... .

MN: Of the ball jugglers that you've seen, who's really impressed you?

DM: Ball jugglers... I think Christiano Ronaldo is amazing. JayJay Okocha's another one, he's got some great skills as well, he's brilliant, but a lot of the guys... Robbie Keane was really good and Steven Gerrard as well, they had some really good tricks, quite a few of them.

MN: Roberto Carlos, the world's best, asks Luke?

DM: The world's best at football or... ?

MN: Football juggling.

DM: Yeah, I'd say, not the best, he's brilliant though you know, yeah he's great. Good player as well, but I think Ronaldinho's probably up there as well.

MN: And you, of course you're a Liverpool supporter as well aren't you?

DM: Yeah a Liverpool fan, yeah I am. I mean, I don't watch it all the time, I'm too busy doing my other stuff, but I am a Liverpool fan, especially when I was young and that.

MN: Looking ahead to the summer, we've got the World Cup coming up, great chance for England, and I'm sure you feel the same way as the rest of us do about it, and I know that Pringles do, they've got the England flag on the front and it's there for all to see. Will you go to the World Cup? Have you been asked to do some football juggling there yet?

DM: I've sort of been contacted a couple of times about doing a little bit out there, but I mean the ultimate thing would obviously be the World Cup final, that'd be, if I could get that that'd be amazing.

MN: Yeah what a gig that would be!

DM: Oh that'd by brilliant wouldn't it? But...

MN: But who would not want you? I can't believe it, it's just the thing you want isn't it?

DM: That's it yeah, it's something a bit different and the crowd really like it as well, it always goes down really well.

MN: Fantastic, well I wish you the very best with all of that, I hope it goes very well. Just a reminder about that competition again. All you've got to do is film yourself, and you've got to film yourself keeping up one of these... I'd eat the Pringles out of it first, yes it's a Pringles canister and if you can keep that up, get someone to film you, set the film camera up... actually some of the mishaps would be quite good to see as well.

DM: Definitely, without a doubt, yeah.

MN: Send those in, there's an address at the bottom of the page here, you know the address which is...

DM: www.pringleskeepyuppy.com

MN: Alright, send it in there, make sure that you eat the Pringles first because it'll be a lot easier to Keepy Uppy is our tip. Use your knees for it as well, and then you could be with the Dream Team, that's the prize. So the very best with all of that. Thank you very much for coming in Dan, it's been great to see you, and in order to enthuse you a little bit more, we shall leave you with some more of the skills of Dan Magness as he performs with a bit of juggling. Have a look at this, see you soon.