Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid EmailAs TV pranks go, it beats Jeremy Beadle's best capers hands down. In 1997, Anders Limpar, then an Everton player, was fooled into believing he'd travelled two years into the future in a time machine as part of an incredibly elaborate and perfectly orchestrated ruse. And it ended with the 58-cap Sweden star being given some horrifying regarding the World Cup. They're approached by two 'scientists' who show them a newspaper article explaining that they've developed a method of time travel. Mid-flight, the scientists, while fiddling with a computer, tell Limpar they're travelling two years into the future before the craft suddenly nosedives.

Source: Daily Mirror March 29, 2018 14:54 UTC