A PREMIER LEAGUE cult hero was left fuming with Peter Crouch’s antics during an England U21s trip.
Former Three Lions striker Crouch is credited with popularising a game called Eggy Boff after introducing it to his team-mates during his playing days.
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And it was West Ham legend Carlton Cole who was on the receiving end of the night’s entertainment back in 2002.
The rules of Eggy Boff are simple – and involve one person being ignored by all their pals for a laugh.
Crouch hosted former Prem striker Bobby Zamora on his podcast this week and the pair quickly recalled the moment Cole lost his rag.
Co-host Chris Stark said: “So the U21s trip to Sardinia was the birth of Eggy Boff?”
To which Zamora replied: “Carlton Cole let us down. How hangry was he. It was brilliant and going on for a long time.
“And then he comes and ruins it really.”
Crouch then chimed in: “Poor old Carlton. We were sat around the pool on sun-loungers and then it started getting dark.
“It started raining and no one was leaving the pool. It just got to the stage where it was getting ridiculous and Carlton was starving.
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“He said ‘look lads someone take us back because I’m so hungry’.
“And the more he kept talking about being hungry, the more we knew he was going to break. So everyone knew to keep quiet.
“And finally Carlton was like ‘F*** this’ and got up and left. We called the whole squad down there. Those were the days.”
Zamora said he got to know Crouch’s personality and “entertainment value” while away with the England U21s.
The quartet dug into Zamora’s unforgettable promotion-winning goal in the play-off finals which helped secure QPR’s return to the top-flight.
The group then discussed Ageuro’s title-winning goal against QPR in 2012, with Crouch called “the Prem’s most iconic moment”.
Zamora, who was in the QPR team that day, explained: “I was on the bench and the message was that we are safe. And in that time, I believe that everybody on the pitch knew.
“Like a subconscious drop. I think if we desperately needed it, I don’t know if City would have scored. I don’t know but I feel that enough people knew that we were safe.
“Maybe he would have scored but I just think that we let our guard down a little. Maybe someone would have got smacked on the half way line. But it was amazing to be a part of that game.”
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