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Granada Sales, winners of the five-a-side Football Frenzy for the

past two years, are kicking off preparations for this year’s match in

optimistic spirits: ’A whole year’s work has been targeted towards

winning this trophy for the third year in a row,’ says Colin Ramsay,

sales manager at Granada and the team captain.

The team has been building up for the Katz/Marketing- supported match by

playing weekly fixtures. ’We have a sophisticated training system,

modelled around a work hard, play hard ethic,’ says Ramsay.

Star players in the squad include striker Austin ’Chubby’ O’Dowd, who

works in the traffic department at Granada, goalie Chris Braithwaite,

dubbed ’the safest hands in soccer’ who is a marketing controller, Kye

Punter (numerous nicknames) and Lee Cordery in midfield.

This week it was also announced that a Chelsea-Media team will play in

the celebrity tournament which features veteran teams from Arsenal and

Tottenham, along with a SPARKS side. This team will include leading

Chelsea supporting media types including Carat’s Ray Kelly and

MediaVest’s Jim Marshall. The tournament is on Sunday, July 11 in

Battersea Park. Terry Venables has now agreed to present the trophies on

the Awards Night at Shoeless Joe’s at Temple Place, Embankment on

Monday, July 19. To register your team entries fax Karl Thomas at Katz

on 0171 930 1420.