Jasper Carrott 2004 at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham featuring classic routines from his career. He returned to singing for the musical "Go Play Up Your Own End" (written by Malcolm Stent, songs by Harvey Andrews) in 2005. In 2005, he appeared in and put on the first of "Jasper Carrott's Rock With Laughter" concerts. This became a regular at the NEC in Birmingham, usually in December and sometimes alternating with his "Jasper Carrott's Christmas Crackers" events, but there have also been a few summer shows too. In summer 2007, Carrott hosted the Endemol-produced game show "Golden Balls" for ITV1. Promising
David Beckham threats after the World Cup. The abuse that Beckham was receiving from English supporters peaked during England's 3–2 defeat by Portugal in Euro 2000, a match where Beckham set up two goals, when a group of England supporters taunted him throughout the match. Beckham responded by raising his middle finger and, while the gesture attracted some criticism, many of the newspapers that had previously encouraged his vilification asked their readers to stop abusing him. On 15 November 2000, following Kevin Keegan's resignation as England manager in October, Beckham was promoted to team captain by the caretaker manager Peter Taylor, and