A word to the wise, 60-year-old men: dress like you’re going skateboarding rather than managing a side in an FA Cup quarter-final and you will get knocked out of said competition. Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini opted for this ill-advised ‘MCFC’ emblazoned hoodie as his pitchside attire for yesterday’s defeat to Wigan. If he didn’t think the occasion was worth … Continue reading →

A Manchester City supporter has appealed for help to find a distinctive scarf given to him by his late father. Andy Hazeldine, of Stockport, had the scarf stolen from his van last week. He told the Manchester Evening News: “When my dad died I kept his scarf because he wore it all the time. “I put it in my van … Continue reading →

At this time of year, scarves are still usually worn in conjunction with a scarf. That opens up all sorts of possibilities depending on the style of the scarf and of the coat. You might choose not to fasten your coat to the top and have the scarf on display at the neck. You could wear the scarf over the … Continue reading →

Mrs Mourinho’s had quite enough of sending little Jose off to his press conference only for him to come back with somebody else’s snood. That’s the only plausible explanation we can think of for the Chelsea boss having his name stitched in the front of his snood. You’ll not he also has a little Portuguese flag for an additional personal … Continue reading →

Manchester City will be trying to win the League Cup for the first time since 1976 when they face Sunderland at Wembley on Sunday. When they last won the competition 38 years ago – against north-east opposition in the shape of Newcastle, if you’re a fan of omens – things were a bit different. For instance, as they completed a … Continue reading →

Marcelo Moya Ochoa is the director of art at BBDO Chile. With a World Cup in South America looming, he’s decided to stare into his crystal ball and imagine what some of the stars of the tournament might look like in 50 years’ time. The results are a glimpse of what 72-year-old Neymar and 76-year-old Arturo Vidal might look like. … Continue reading →

These very clever pieces are the work of British artist Leo Fitzmaurice. He wisely observed that beyond the cliches about writing your team on the back of a fag packet, you could also fashion some very nice kits for them, too. The kits are torn and folded to provide some very neat football-themed origami (and some genuinely interesting 1990s-esque kit … Continue reading →

Belfast-based designer Sean Rainey has created this range of posters celebrating the shirt number typography of some World Cup legends. With the 2014 World Cup fast-approaching, we thought we’d share them with you. We’ve picked out the Diego Maradona print, which is particularly eye-catching, to showcase here, but Bobby Moore, Pele, Franz Beckenbauer, Johan Cruyff and Paolo Rossi’s shirts are … Continue reading →