This was the week that Jimmy Bullard almost traumatised social media beyond recovery. He did it with this picture… (Be warned, you may never watch American Beauty in the same way again.)
Are we 2 nil down? Better cheer you up! Get on this fine figure of a man! doing it for the fans #carlingshirtamnesty pic.twitter.com/bZ92j2fqkB
— Jimmy Bullard (@jimmybullard) June 24, 2015
It was all aid of Carling’s new shirt trade-in scheme, the Carling Shirt Academy. It gives fans the chance to trade in their football shirts after that particular player has upped sticks and left the club – something Liverpool fans might need to do with any Raheem Sterling shirts shortly.
But does that give Jimmy an excuse to partake in such harrowing voyeurism? Well apparently Jimmy doesn’t think he needs an excuse at all…
“I’m getting that (picture) framed, I can’t believe how good I look. Those legs are unbelievable and then there’s the hair…” the former Wigan midfielder told the Press Association.
“That’s the real deal, no tampering, no Photoshop,” he added.
“I’ve always had a good rapport with the fans so it’s good to give a bit back.
“If a top player leaves they can come to the Carling van with their shirt and go home with a brand new one.
“It’s great news for fans who pay a lot of money for their shirts with names on. You could always burn the old shirt if you really want but why not get a new one?”
Jimmy – who also played for the likes of Fulham, Hull and Ipswich but never managed to grace the international stage – reflected on whether he would ever have used Carling’s Shirt Academy van.
“I’m 36, we didn’t have names on our shirts when I was a kid but I’m a big West Ham fan and there’s a few I’d have thrown in the amnesty over the years.
“Rio Ferdinand, when he went to Leeds, that one would have been handed in. Paolo Di Canio when he left us? Handed in.”
Could come in useful for a lot of fans then. And just for good measure, here’s that picture again…
Source: SNAPPA
