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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Jonny Weeks

Beautiful Games: a complete illustrated history of football

Beautiful Games: Football Mishmash illustration

Illustration: Alex Bennett
Beautiful Games.: Football Mishmash illustration
Kevin Keegan's famous TV rant while manager of Newcastle and Sepp Blatter announcing Qatar as hosts of the 2022 World Cup
Illustration: Alex Bennett
Beautiful Games: Football Mishmash illustration
Tony Adams drops Steve Morrow at the end of the 1993 League Cup final and a peeved Graham Taylor as England boss
Illustration: Alex Bennett
Beautiful Games: Football Mishmash illustration
Rene Higuita's scorpion kick against England in 1995, Thierry Henry's handball against Ireland, Bruce Grobbelaar's wobbly legs and Denis Law's backheel
Illustration: Alex Bennett
Beautiful Games: Football Mishmash illustration
A Chesterfield fan gets a clip round the ear during a pitch invasion and Maradona faces a legion of Belgian players
Illustration: Alex Bennett
Beautiful Games: Football Mishmash illustration
David Beckham through the years and Joe Jordan squaring up to Gennaro Gattuso
Illustration: Alex Bennett
Beautiful Games: Football Mishmash illustration
Joe Hart argues with a pitch invader, Stuart Pearce goes crazy after scoring a penalty and Liverpool's Spice Boys in cream suits
Illustration: Alex Bennett
Beautiful Games: Football Mishmash illustration
The Accrington Stanley milk advert from the 1980s and Paul the octopus from World Cup 2010
Illustration: Alex Bennett
Beautiful Games: Football Mishmash illustration
David Busst's horrific leg-break, Eden Hazard wrestling with a ballboy, Eric Cantona's kung-fu kick and Paul Gascoigne's 'dentist's chair' celebration against Scotland
Illustration: Alex Bennett
Beautiful Games.: Football Mishmash illustration
Brian Clough passes verdict on himself and Dino Zoff lifts the World Cup for Italy
Illustration: Alex Bennett
Beautiful Games: Football Mishmash illustration
The wally with the Brolly (Steve McClaren), Roger Milla's corner flag celebration and FC Stjarnan's brilliant fishing goal-celebration
Illustration: Alex Bennett
Beautiful Games.: Football Mishmash illustration
Gascoigne's plastic beer belly costume
Illustration: Alex Bennett
Beautiful Games: Football Mishmash illustration
Kieron Dyer and Lee Bowyer's notorious scrap and Mario Balotelli's 'Why Always Me?' T-shirt
Illustration: Alex Bennett
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