These schoolchildren have been recreating some of the most infamous moments in football.
School children become 'Football's Bad Boys'
Whoever had the idea for this is an absolute genius. Rather than teaching children about good morals and encouraging them to look up to responsible role models, here we have kids emulating the likes of the Luis Suarez bite, the Eric Cantona kung-fu kick and the Paul Gascoigne dentist chair celebration. The pictures were taken in a London park by award-winning photographer George Logan for a project called 'Football's Bad Boys'. Logan told The Sun that "we chose incidents that could influence kids in the wrong way."
Gazza and the 'dentist chair'
We start with a reenaction of Paul Gascoigne's famous celebration after scoring for England against Scotland in Euro '96 at Wembley. The celebration was a nod to Gazza's drunken antics on a pre-tournament tour of the Far East when the troubled midfielder drank himself silly in Hong Kong after lying down and being plied with alcohol while on the 'dentist chair'. What's unclear here is whether the child playing Gascoigne had to dye his hair specially, or whether they just picked the blondest child. I guess we may never know.
Picture: BARCROFT
And here's the real thing...
Picture: GETTY IMAGES
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The Luis Suarez bite (well one of them anyway)
As a child, you're often taught that we all make mistakes, but the key is to learn from them and not repeat them. And who bears that out better than Luis Suarez who not once, not twice but thrice bit an opponent? This particular reenaction is of the bite on Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic, and I must commend the youngster playing Suarez for the convincing menace and malevolence he manages to convey.
Picture: BARCROFT
And here's the real thing...
Picture: AFP
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Cantona's kung fu kick
Eric Cantona's memorable assault on Crystal Palace fan Matthew Simmons in January 1995 earned him a nine-month ban from football, but forget that kids, it's still well worth the adrenaline rush that comes from flying through the air.
Picture: BARCROFT
And here's the real thing...
Picture: BARCROFT
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Di Canio pushes the ref
Paul Alcock's staggered fall when pushed to the ground by Paolo di Canio in 1998 remains one of the funniest things to happen on a football pitch, and fully merits a recreation here.
Picture: BARCROFT
And here's the real thing...
Picture: ALLSPORT
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Beckham kicks out
David Beckham's flick of a leg at Argentina's Diego Simeone in the 1998 World Cup was petulant not malicious, but still ensured Becks became England's public enemy No 1 for a brief time. The pitch looks a little worse here than the one from that night in St-Etienne, but otherwise everything else is pretty accurate.
Picture: BARCROFT
And here's the real thing...
Picture: BARCROFT
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Maradona's 'Hand of God'
Credit the child actor here for getting some great hang time and pulling off an accurate grimace as he recreates Diego Maradona's infamous 'Hand of God' goal for Argentina against England at the 1986 World Cup.
Picture: BARCROFT
And here's the real thing...
Picture: REX
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'Why always me?'
The attention to detail in this recreation is just wonderful. Firstly, the kid playing Manchester City's Mario Balotelli must have had his hair done specifically for the shoot, secondly they've even given someone an Anderson haircut, and thirdly, I think that's meant to be David Silva in the background. Superb attention to detail.
Picture: George Logan/Barcroft
And here's the real thing...
Picture: George Logan/Barcroft
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Zidane bows out in style
Zinedine Zidane's headbutt on Marco Materazzi during the 2006 World Cup Final between France and Italy is one of the most iconic moments in football history, and sends a great message to children about going out with a bang.
Picture: BARCROFT
And here's the real thing...
Picture: REUTERS
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Keown jumps Van Nistelrooy
Martin Keown's goading of Ruud van Nisterlrooy after the Dutchman missed a penalty for Manchester United against Arsenal in 2003 pretty much perfectly encapsulates what is meant by bad sportsmanship. Again you've got to give credit to the child in this picture for how high he's able to jump, and his emotion-filled facial expression. One thing I would say though is that the kid playing Van Nistelrooy looks more like Diego Forlan, who was also playing that day funnily enough.
Picture: BARCROFT
And here's the real thing...
Picture: GETTY IMAGES
School children re-enact football's most infamous moments - Telegraph
School children become 'Football's Bad Boys'
Whoever had the idea for this is an absolute genius. Rather than teaching children about good morals and encouraging them to look up to responsible role models, here we have kids emulating the likes of the Luis Suarez bite, the Eric Cantona kung-fu kick and the Paul Gascoigne dentist chair celebration. The pictures were taken in a London park by award-winning photographer George Logan for a project called 'Football's Bad Boys'. Logan told The Sun that "we chose incidents that could influence kids in the wrong way."
Gazza and the 'dentist chair'
We start with a reenaction of Paul Gascoigne's famous celebration after scoring for England against Scotland in Euro '96 at Wembley. The celebration was a nod to Gazza's drunken antics on a pre-tournament tour of the Far East when the troubled midfielder drank himself silly in Hong Kong after lying down and being plied with alcohol while on the 'dentist chair'. What's unclear here is whether the child playing Gascoigne had to dye his hair specially, or whether they just picked the blondest child. I guess we may never know.
Picture: BARCROFT
And here's the real thing...
Picture: GETTY IMAGES
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The Luis Suarez bite (well one of them anyway)
As a child, you're often taught that we all make mistakes, but the key is to learn from them and not repeat them. And who bears that out better than Luis Suarez who not once, not twice but thrice bit an opponent? This particular reenaction is of the bite on Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic, and I must commend the youngster playing Suarez for the convincing menace and malevolence he manages to convey.
Picture: BARCROFT
And here's the real thing...
Picture: AFP
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Cantona's kung fu kick
Eric Cantona's memorable assault on Crystal Palace fan Matthew Simmons in January 1995 earned him a nine-month ban from football, but forget that kids, it's still well worth the adrenaline rush that comes from flying through the air.
Picture: BARCROFT
And here's the real thing...
Picture: BARCROFT
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Di Canio pushes the ref
Paul Alcock's staggered fall when pushed to the ground by Paolo di Canio in 1998 remains one of the funniest things to happen on a football pitch, and fully merits a recreation here.
Picture: BARCROFT
And here's the real thing...
Picture: ALLSPORT
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Beckham kicks out
David Beckham's flick of a leg at Argentina's Diego Simeone in the 1998 World Cup was petulant not malicious, but still ensured Becks became England's public enemy No 1 for a brief time. The pitch looks a little worse here than the one from that night in St-Etienne, but otherwise everything else is pretty accurate.
Picture: BARCROFT
And here's the real thing...
Picture: BARCROFT
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Maradona's 'Hand of God'
Credit the child actor here for getting some great hang time and pulling off an accurate grimace as he recreates Diego Maradona's infamous 'Hand of God' goal for Argentina against England at the 1986 World Cup.
Picture: BARCROFT
And here's the real thing...
Picture: REX
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'Why always me?'
The attention to detail in this recreation is just wonderful. Firstly, the kid playing Manchester City's Mario Balotelli must have had his hair done specifically for the shoot, secondly they've even given someone an Anderson haircut, and thirdly, I think that's meant to be David Silva in the background. Superb attention to detail.
Picture: George Logan/Barcroft
And here's the real thing...
Picture: George Logan/Barcroft
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Zidane bows out in style
Zinedine Zidane's headbutt on Marco Materazzi during the 2006 World Cup Final between France and Italy is one of the most iconic moments in football history, and sends a great message to children about going out with a bang.
Picture: BARCROFT
And here's the real thing...
Picture: REUTERS
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Keown jumps Van Nistelrooy
Martin Keown's goading of Ruud van Nisterlrooy after the Dutchman missed a penalty for Manchester United against Arsenal in 2003 pretty much perfectly encapsulates what is meant by bad sportsmanship. Again you've got to give credit to the child in this picture for how high he's able to jump, and his emotion-filled facial expression. One thing I would say though is that the kid playing Van Nistelrooy looks more like Diego Forlan, who was also playing that day funnily enough.
Picture: BARCROFT
And here's the real thing...
Picture: GETTY IMAGES
School children re-enact football's most infamous moments - Telegraph
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