With opportunities limited at Middlesex because of the presence of Phil Tufnell, he joined Lancashire in 1992 and was a regular member of the first-class side there for both the 1992 and 1993 seasons, taking 46 and 47 wickets in those seasons respectively, but at the cost of more than 40 runs per wicket.
Among many gaffes, the front page included a prominent misspelling of the name of cricketer Phil Tufnell and the launch edition's lead story was nearly identical to a press release that had issued earlier in the week by rugby club London Wasps.
Phil Tufnell (former England international cricketer, and winner of ITV's I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!), Willie Irvine (former Northern Ireland international football player),
Phil Collins | Phil Woods | Phil Spector | Phil Ochs | Phil Ivey | Phil Hellmuth | Phil Donahue | Phil Waugh | Phil Laak | Phil Gramm | Phil Bredesen | Phil Keaggy | Phil Lesh | Phil Gould | Phil Silvers | Phil Robertson | Phil Thornalley | Phil Taylor | Phil Steele | Phil Rizzuto | Phil Minton | Phil Lynott | Phil Lesh and Friends | Phil LaMarr | Phil Coulter | Phil Tufnell | Phil of the Future | Phil Manzanera | Phil Collinson | Phil Valentine |
Celebrities taking part in the first series include Anton du Beke, Nadia Sawalha, Jenny Eclair, Louie Spence, Myleene Klass, Brian Conley, Melanie Sykes, Terry Wogan, Tim Vine, Rosemary Shrager, Antony Cotton, Phil Tufnell, John Thomson, Stacey Solomon and Christopher Biggins.
The celebrities who competed in the tournament were Michael Le Vell, Vicki Butler-Henderson, Roland Rivron, Holly Willoughby, Phil Tufnell, Keith Chegwin, James Hewitt and Johnny Vegas.