OLGA THE FOX BEGINS MODELLING CAREER & 21 OTHER THINGS WE LOVE

It’s our round-up of what we’ve enjoyed this month, including David Bowie in League One

 Illustrator Pete O’toole coming up with designs for retro Huddersfield Town shirts (pictured above), featuring sponsorship from old brands. “I was talking to my brother about the old Ben Shaw’s branding and how nice it would look on a 1980s-style shirt, kind of like the Belgium ’84 kit. Then I got thinking about other famous Huddersfield businesses and just went from there!”  Eddie Howe taking time to read FFT writer Steve Hill’s excellently funny football travelogue The Card, about life as a Chester fan. Bournemouth survived relegation to non-league 10 years ago, at Chester’s expense.  The Twitter thread comparing David Bowie’s extravagant outfits to the strips

of various League One clubs, compiled by @Hannahalothman. An idea so smart that Bowie’s son retweeted it with an approving comment.  Fleetwood Town randomly playing Captain Pugwash as their goal music.

 Some Lower League Legend brief encounters: being behind Bolton’s Gary

O’neil in the queue for Mcdonald’s at Watford Gap services, seeing Chris

Powell at Wimbledon train station, and bumping into former Middlesbrough striker Andy Campbell in Gdansk. We’re offering lower league prizes for the lowest lower league legend you see.  The ever diplomatic Geoff Boycott refusing to sugar-coat Manchester

United’s season and telling it as it is on MUTV. Never change, Geoff...

 Pitch invasions to celebrate a team’s promotion. And grown men getting into Leyton Orient’s promotion match against Braintree Town on kids’ tickets. Mentioning no names, @tomthemove.  The new ground at Spurs isn’t all about fancy lounges and stands made of cheese – the newly introduced sausage rolls are a great choice.  On the subject of food, any fans visiting Elland Road next year should find Nichols Finest Traditional Fish & Chips on Dewsbury Road. Top quality portions and masses of scraps.

 Bayern Munich having a range of chocolates in German supermarkets – the pralines even come with a jigsaw. Our man in aisle four says: “You got 12 chocolates for €3. The pralines tasted like a Kinder Egg – they were a bit sickly, but eaten slowly were OK. The puzzle tasted like cardboard...” (@fenlandgent)

 Selina Meyer randomly wearing a Leeds United hoodie during an episode of comedy series Veep.

 Derby County having two soldiers straight out of Zulu escorting a ram around the pitch before their home match in the play-off semi finals.

 The return of two big rivalries next season – Swansea vs Cardiff and Wimbledon vs MK Dons.

 Yaya Toure having to inform the world that he hadn’t actually retired, despite his agent telling everyone he had. It was like the birthday cake saga all over again...

 Corinthians honouring Ronaldo and his successful spell at the Brazilian club with their home shirt for next season.

 The homage to the big man doesn’t stop at a shirt, though. A brand new five-a-side court, named the Arena Ronaldo (pictured above), has also been opened at the Corinthians Arena.  Two great books about women’s football – The Making Of The Women’s World Cup and Soccerwomen.  Isy and Leigh Anderson’s mascot portraits, including Carlisle’s Olga The Fox (photographybyanderson.co.uk/ work/costumed-football-mascots).

 James Coppinger signing a new contract at 38 years old, after more than 600 appearances for Doncaster.

 Ironfran Benali – the former Southampton defender completed five Ironmans in a week for charity.