Through the Magpie Eye: Footballers and Cars

08.03.2018

A footballer in a white patterned shirt points up beside a black saloon car outside the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu

“How come footballers are always stood next to cars?”

This perplexing question was recently asked by OP boss-man Steve Sanderson, leading us down a cybernetic rabbit hole in search of the answer.

We’ve still got no idea why the world's finest ball-booters are often crouched near the wheel arches of shiny automobiles, but we did stumble upon a few standout images.

First person to correctly identify all players and their cars gets a mystery prize.

A footballer in a grey jumper and roll neck sits on the bonnet of a red soft-top sports car outside a football ground

A footballer in a pale shirt leans into the open door of a low white sports car in a car park, in black and white

A smiling footballer leans out of a car window with Gazza painted in script on the door, in black and white

A footballer in a brown suit and tie leans on a pale blue saloon with a chrome grille on a leafy street

A footballer in a striped track jacket sits on the bonnet of a dark hatchback outside a stadium, in black and white

A footballer in a red and white kit stands on grass beside a red hatchback, with a brick building behind

A footballer in a jumper and pale trousers sits on the bonnet of a sports car on a gravel drive, in black and white

A footballer in a white shirt leans on a silver hatchback in long grass, beside a large fawn dog

A footballer in flared trousers stands at the open door of a white coupé with someone at the wheel, in black and white

A footballer in a dark jacket and jeans sits on the bonnet of a brown sports car in a car park

A footballer in a patterned tank top stands beside a large coupé on a tree-lined street, in black and white

A footballer leans out of the window of a small light blue car with an orange stripe, parked beside a blue Transit van

A footballer at the wheel of an open-top sports car while a group sits and stands on the back, one holding a football

A footballer in a striped polo shirt crouches to polish the headlight of a Toyota on a driveway, in black and white

A footballer in a check jacket and tie stands beside a white Saab on a roadside, in black and white

A footballer in a pale top sits on the nose of a low sports car with both doors open, among trees, in black and white

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