The national Belgian team have announced that their away strip for the World Cup is an homage to Belgian cartoonist, Hergé and the comic character he is most known for: Tintin. The away kit will feature a blue jersey with characteristic white collar, brown shorts, and white socks.
This got me thinking about the children's programmes I used to watch as a child, and wondered if any of them could be appropriate for the English national strip. My favourites were Bagpuss and The Clangers. I also quite liked Zippy from Rainbow, although I wasn't such a fan of Bungle and George. Other contenders that spring to mind are The Pathetic Sharks from Viz, Rupert the Bear and, of course, Noddy.
More recently (or at least since I no longer watch children's TV), we have had Bob the Builder, Danger Mouse, Morph, Pingu, Postman Pat, Shaun the Sheep, and The Teletubbies. So I can picture the likes of Harry Kane paying homage to Noddy, Jordan Pickford with a rubber ring as a Pathetic Shark, or Jude Bellingham and Marcus Rasdhford as Tinky-Winky and Laa-Laa. Which children's characters do you think would inspire a creative and nostalgic England kit?
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