"Imagine there was no Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Everton, Bolton or Reading," croons Howard Jones. "Spurs might win the Premiership."Photograph: Howard Jones/Public domain"Aaron's New Corinthian Microstar figure comes with fully poseable limbs for that authentic all action pose," guffaws John Barry. "PS. The diminutive Spurs flyer's figure was created from a life size body cast!" Photograph: John Barry/Public domain"At a recent Spurs press conference I was struck by Aaron's likeness to Sesame Street's Bert (gangsta monobrow, diamond studs, etc)," says Tal Hill, who should spend less time hanging round Spurs' press conferences. Photograph: Tal Hill/Public domain
"What Steve needs to remember is that although Lenin is very leftwing, Lennon is much better on the right," cackles Andy Huss. Warning: you may see this gag again. Photograph: Andy Huss/Public domainRound two of Lenin v Lennon comes from Blake Gladman. "I tried to justify this by finding some link between Lenin and Bulgaria (home of Berbatov) but I think this is unjustifiable."Photograph: Blake Gladman/Public domainCiaran Neeson completes our communist triple-header: "He's England's new leftwing solution."Photograph: Ciaran Neeson/Public domainTom Murray-Rust manages to combine football and the French elections for this effort. "A tricky right-winger who has repeatedly not been selected to represent his country, sound familiar, Jean-Marie?"Photograph: Tom Murray-Rust/Public domain"Hard-up Aaron decided to invest in a mouth that matched his hair and his increasingly dead-end dribbles," Neil Ardiff provides his usual inspired scribblings. Photograph: Neil Ardiff/Public domain"Young Aaron wonders if it is possible to be played any more out of position than this," chuckles John Leonard. Photograph: John Leonard/Public domainJohn O'Reilly has been gorging himself on black and white films to bring us this one: "Stan Lennon fails to look up (again) as Fat Controller Jol outllines his plan for Spurs. Ollie Keane, meanwhile, has found a knot-hole in the piano crate."Photograph: John O'Reilly/Public domain"Here he is in the 1969 Grattans Catalogue, along with Cashmere Harrison, Lambswool V-Neck McCartney and Angora Ringo," explains Roy Ward. "It was only when I'd finished that I realised that I'd missed the point completely, what with you running a football site and all." Ah, but we still like the way your brain works, Roy. Photograph: Roy Ward/Public domain
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