Monthly Archives: July 2014

This excellent poster is the work of German football publication 11 Freunde. It shows the Bundesliga fixtures for the 2014/15 season in the style of a music festival. Each of the club’s competing in Germany’s top flight are converted or occasionally shoehorned into bands and branded accordingly. So, headlining the Kicken 2014/15 festival are The Bayerns with their Beatles-style branding, … Continue reading →

Illustrator Michael Atkinson has turned his attention to the Denmark’s 1986 World Cup squad, posing the possibility that they might just be the coolest team ever. This new piece, soon to be available as a print, is in collaboration with Mundial Magazine. Michael’s work is to accompany an article within the magazine. The Hummel-clad heroes of that team are captured, … Continue reading →

Kieran Carroll is graphic designer and illustrator based in Killkenny, Ireland. He sells a range of prints through his Etsy shop, with his work incorporating several different styles. We’ve picked out these typographical posters which celebrate some of football’s best known songs and chants. We’re featuring You’ll Never Walk Alone here, but other posters available include Manchester City’s Blue Moon, … Continue reading →

We always make the case that wearing a polyester replica kit is rarely flattering and not very smart matchday attire. Although we maintain that some nice clobber of your own choosing and a scarf in your team’s colours, Spanish second division side CD Leonesa have fought back against the suggestions that replica kits are not smart. They have unveiled this … Continue reading →

We’ve featured Paine Proffitt’s excellent artwork here before. For his latest project, Paine has turned his attention to Italian football and produced work featuring some of Serie A’s top clubs in his distinctive style. Often his prints capture the matchday experience from the fan’s perspective, but this selection focuses on the on-field heroes. As ever, there is a big nod … Continue reading →

Barcelona-based artist Didac Rocho has created these pieces of art celebrating 20 legendary players or, more specifically, their shirts. He consulted with friends to draw up a list of 20 legendary players, who are each represented by a shirt that represents either the season that they were at the peak of their powers or the jersey they were wearing at … Continue reading →

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has always been desperate to play up the aesthetics of the women’s game. If only he had meant through outstanding poster design rather than something altogether more sexist. Nonetheless, the official poster for Canada 2015 is absolutely superb. Psychedelic, mountain-haired, sun ball keepie-uppies seems to be the order of the day for next summer’s tournament. The … Continue reading →

Germany has now won four World Cups. On two occasions Bayern Munich have provided the captain and a third, Lothar Matthaus, is a Bayern legend, even if he was at Inter Milan when he lifted the trophy at Italia 90. The Bundesliga champions have marked the latest triumph, which saw club legend Philipp Lahm collect the World Cup in Brazil, … Continue reading →

Artist and film-maker Richard Swarbrick has been impressively prolific with his output during the World Cup, capturing all the major goals and talking points. There is no trademark animation yet of Mario Gotze’s excellent winning goal for Germany in last night’s World Cup final win over Argentina, but he was very quick off the mark with this excellent illustration in … Continue reading →

While the world was busy watching World Cup semi-finals, West Ham released a proposed new crest. There had previously been mutterings that the Hammers would incorporate the word ‘London’ within a new logo to supposedly exploit global marketing potential ahead of their move to the Olympic stadium. With the draft design now released, it looks like additional words are the … Continue reading →