Congratulations. Really. You deserved it

It is through gritted teeth that the Diary offers its congratulations to the winners of Marketing Week’s World Cup tickets competition.

The lucky pair scooped VIP tickets for themselves and a guest to England’s first two group games.

Jo Tomlin of Viacom Outdoor won the first draw and saw Becks and co kick off their World Cup campaign against Paraguay in Frankfurt. Her guest was Stephen Fuller of GCap Media.(Pictured)

The first name out of the hat for the Trinidad and Tobago clash was Richard Collins of Barclaycard, who took his dad to Nuremberg for the match.

Marketing Week hopes they enjoyed their prize and thanks everyone for entering. The Diary, on the other hand, is cursing its luck and thinking of cunning ways to get round the “employees may not enter” rule next time.