Weird World Cup beermats – in pictures
When discussing their favourite World Cup moments – Rob Green’s blunders in goal for England, John Barnes rapping – London-based graphic designers Gordon Reid and Callum Stephenson had an idea. They invited 20 of their favourite designers to celebrate the tournament’s stranger sides: the result is Weird World Cup, a collection of beermats depicting bizarre moments. “I love the World Cup because almost everyone remembers something from it. Even my mum, who hates football, remembers the Zidane headbutt,” says Stephenson. The money raised will go to the charity Football Beyond Borders, which supports young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. The designers, however, need to be ready to have their work obscured. “A good beermat is something you don’t really want to ruin by putting your beer on,” says Reid. “Although that ruins its one purpose.”
The beer mats are available to buy at weirdworldcup.com (20 for £5)
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Raj Dhunna - David Beckham’s red card against Argentina’s Diego Simeone, France ’98.
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Dan Woodger - Rivaldo’s ridiculous dive, Munsu Football Stadium, South Korea, 3 June 2002.
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Bratislav Milenkovic - Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ goal, Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, 22 June 1986.
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Mason London - Zinedine Zidane butts Marco Materazzi in the extra time of the World Cup Final, Olympiastadion, Berlin, 2006.
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Wade Jeffree - A famous Zidane free kick in France ’98.
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Jack Renwick - Roger Milla’s trademark corner flag dance captured the hearts of football fans around the world during Italia ’90.
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Yarza Twins - Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ goal.
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Hey Studio - Vuvuzelas making the entire World Cup sound like a swarm of bees, South Africa, 2010.
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Jack Renwick - Ronaldo winks after getting Rooney sent off, World Cup quarter finals, Veltins-Arena, Germany, 2006.
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Velvet Spectrum - Vuvuzelas, South Africa, 2010.
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Tina Touli - Ronaldo’s awful haircut in the 2002 World Cup, South Korea.
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Biff Studio - John Barnes’s rap: World in Motion. New Order song, 1990.
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Ben Tallon - Roy Keane gets kicked out of the Ireland squad after a heated argument with Mick McCarthy and is filmed the next day walking his dog after telling McCarthy where he can shove the World Cup… South Korea, 2002.
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Ben Hasking - Robin van Persie’s crazy header against Spain, Estádio Fonte Nova, Brazil, 2014.
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Samuel Carter Mensah - Let’s Goal Ghana was what the Ghana fans were singing when they beat USA in South Africa, 2010.
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Callum Stephenson - Mexican goalkeeper Jorge Campos designed his own World Cup kits and made them look as colourful as possible, USA ’94.
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Kill Cooper - Diana Ross’s goal attempt at the opening ceremony, USA ’94.
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Thomas Hedger - John Motson’s commentary when Ronaldo was missing from the team sheet, France ’98.
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Wade Jeffree - Goal written in the most common colours of World Cup jerseys.
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Jack Renwick - Louis Suárez biting Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini, Arena das Dunas, Natal, Brazil, 2014.
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