Shuff264 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 D’oh! Hapless World Cup souvenir sellers confuse Barack Obama with England’s Chris Smalling Monday 23 Jun 2014 11:42 am Oops: Barack Obama mistaken for England defender Chris Smalling (Picture: REX)He may be the leader of the free world, but that didn’t stop a bumbling souvenir company mistaking Barack Obama for England player Chris Smalling on a memento mug. The unnamed (embarrassed!) company were keen to go top of the league with a range of merchandise for the World Cup, but when they unpacked the 2,000 mugs featuring the faces of our under performing heroes, it was clear someone’s footballing research skills were strictly non-league. Upon realising their mistake – in a move which wouldn’t be out of place in Only Fools and Horses – they turned to Dorset-based clearance re-sellers Wholesale Clearance UK to try and shift the stock. Unlikely England line-up: Featuring Barack Obama (Picture: REX)Here’s who you should’ve had: The real Chris Smalling (Picture: Rex)Karl Baxter MD for Wholesale Clearance explains: ‘The Dorset company in question was given the seemingly easy job of sourcing royalty free pictures of each England squad player to use on the England mugs – along with other accompanying items such as England coasters, England mouse mats etc. ‘They passed this onto to their young, bright eyed and bushy tailed new apprentice. The designs were proofed and signed off by their boss, who had clearly had a heavy night with the lads playing poker and before he’d had his first vat of coffee the following morning. ‘They immediately contacted us and 2,000 of the England items was dispatched to our warehouse. We eagerly unpacked them and, indeed it turned out that the Chris Smalling cup had Barack Obama’s head on instead of Chris’s. Link to comment https://dcfcfans.uk/topic/15386-chris-smalling-or-barack-obama/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Leader of the free world? Is that what we're calling him nowadays? "under performing heroes"? Who writes this ****? It's the closest Gerrard has been to a cup this year Link to comment https://dcfcfans.uk/topic/15386-chris-smalling-or-barack-obama/#findComment-627897 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingsy1884 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Funnily enough this error has got them more publicity that they could ever wish for. All for free as well. Link to comment https://dcfcfans.uk/topic/15386-chris-smalling-or-barack-obama/#findComment-628134 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Leader of the free world? Is that what we're calling him nowadays? "under performing heroes"? Who writes this ****? It's the closest Gerrard has been to a cup this year I think he tripped over a couple. Link to comment https://dcfcfans.uk/topic/15386-chris-smalling-or-barack-obama/#findComment-628359 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cisse Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 The mug that is responsible for this makes a good money selling those one day as rare pieces. Link to comment https://dcfcfans.uk/topic/15386-chris-smalling-or-barack-obama/#findComment-628723 Share on other sites More sharing options...
top 6 finish Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Both dodgy at defence? Link to comment https://dcfcfans.uk/topic/15386-chris-smalling-or-barack-obama/#findComment-629553 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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