Miniature recreations of England footballers have been put on display on top of a village’s postbox to mark the 2026 World Cup.
Woollen versions of Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham and Marcus Rashford have been made by knitting enthusiasts in the Warwickshire village of Studley.
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The artwork from The Studley Stitchers features an England shirt and the three players, all standing on a circular grassy patch holding white footballs, with four more at Kane’s feet.
Group member Jan Platt told BBC Radio CWR scores will be kept by adding a knitted ball to the display everytime a player gets a goal.
She said she had wanted to do something different to having a load of footballers hugging each other.
“I just thought the England shirt at the back would set it all off as a backdrop and then we needed something to keep score.”
Scores will be kept by adding knitted balls to the display everytime someone gets a goal [Jan Platt]
She said a new ball would be added next to Kane every time the Three Lions striker scored a goal at the tournament.
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As of Friday afternoon, he was joint-third in the Golden Boot rankings with five goals after netting twice in England’s 2-1 victory against DR Congo on Wednesday.
“It just came to me, when I was knitting a football, that we could use the footballs to keep score,” Platt added.
The display was due to be placed on the postbox on Station Road on Friday.
Platt, a retired teacher, previously made a postbox topper of England goalkeeper Hampton, who is from the village, and her teammates to mark their success during the Women’s Euro 2025 tournament.
She had made a similar display two years before that ahead of the Women’s World Cup and Hampton visited the village to see it for herself.
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