Every World Cup throws up its own imagery. Last time round we had the wayward Jabulani, the deafening vuvuzela and the unrivalled spectacle of watching football matches under the shadow of Table Mountain. In 2006, half of Europe piled into Germany's fan parks to see Zinedine Zidane drop his head into Marco Materazzi's chest, and further back we experienced American grandeur, French jubilation and England's (one) glorious summer.
In the same way that every World Cup tells its own sporting story, so too the tournaments have their own cultural life. The winners, losers, heroes and villains all change through the years, and so do the ticket stubs, flags, mascots, scarves, stamps and wallcharts. The colours, shapes and iconography of every World Cup are unique and those idiosyncrasies are immortalised on key-rings, posters and scrapbooks.
We want to bring all those disparate images together and put them in one place, so if you have travelled to a World Cup, can find your vintage replica shirts or have old football paraphernalia hiding in your house, share your memories and memorabilia with us through GuardianWitness. We'll publish the most interesting contributions on the Guardian site.
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