Naughtingham: Norway vs England 0-0 Football Meme
Did anyone catch this? 😂😂
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NOR 0, ENG 0, 31:40 match time
Overview
This meme features a screenshot of a live broadcast of a men's international football match between Norway (NOR) and England (ENG), with the score tied at 0-0 at the 31:40 mark of the match. The core joke comes from a forced perspective optical illusion: Norwegian star striker Erling Haaland, wearing Norway's red national jersey, stands so close in front of an opposing England player in a white jersey that Haaland's blond topknot hairstyle appears to be on the England player's head. Above the screenshot, text reads "Did anyone catch this? 😂😂" pointing out this visual gag. The meme is titled "Naughtingham", a double pun: first, it replaces the first syllable of the English city "Nottingham" with "naught" (meaning zero), referencing the 0-0 scoreline, and second, it nods to the silly, playful visual gag.
Origin notes
This meme was originally shared on the Reddit r/Meme subreddit under the title "Naughtingham". It is created by taking a screenshot of an official broadcast of a UEFA international football match between Norway and England, adding a text overlay to highlight the accidental forced perspective optical illusion, and using a wordplay title to tie the visual gag to the 0-0 match score.
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