Tim Farron says he’s over the moon at being able to field a full football team of MP’s. Mr Farron told the Herald.

“This is great. I knew I was doing well when I got recognised in Tesco the other day. I’ve been reading up on ‘inverting the triangle’ and intend to buy a new tracksuit this weekend.”

The Lib Dems have been relegated to games of 5 aside against such disparate opposition as the DUP-Green party alliance with trips to windswept pitches in Brighton since 2015. Now they could be heading to places like Glasgow, Doncaster and Oxford.

Many Lib Dem MP’s have been hoping that they can go back to enjoying proper pies at games again.

Mr Farron said, “Hopefully I’ll be able to get a second referendum and enter us into the European Parliament championships. We could have a crack at losing on penalties to the Germans.”

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