FourFourTwo September 2019 79FOOTBALL
ILLUSRATORSSTEVE WELSH
AKA MInIBORO
Who do you support?
Middlesbrough.
What’s your favourite football
illustration from your own work?
The illustrations I’ve enjoyed most are
the ones where the players themselves
have been involved, or got in touch out
of the blue. For instance, Gabby Logan
has the print I did of her dad [Terry
Yorath] on her wall at home. There was
also the time when I ended up talking
to Edgar Davids when he asked about
using my Pitbull image on his website.
What’s the best piece of commercial
work you’ve done?
This one still blows my mind! I was
commissioned by the BBC to create
portraits of the 30-man England squad
for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Each
picture was then hand-signed by the
players as they took a break from their
final training camp. The images were
used by Match of the Day as montages,
adverts for upcoming games and player
interviews. During the England vs Italy
group game in Manaus, my work was
seen by more than 15 million people in
the UK alone. I don’t think I’ll ever be
able to top that!
Twitter: @miniboro_dotcom
Instagram: @miniboro KEVIn MCGIVERn
Who do you support?
Celtic, but I’ve got a soft spot for Notts
County as I lived in Nottingham when
I was a child.
What’s your favourite football
illustration from your own work?
Although it’s pretty simple in concept,
I enjoyed painting the promotional art
for the Premier League and promoting
the Manchester derby. It was fun trying
to create the “double exposure” effect,
which gives the image a nice energy.
Who’s your favourite football
illustrator?
Where do I start?! I love illustrators
whose style is different to mine. How
Stan Chow is able to achieve such great
likenesses with such simple shapes is
mind-blowing to me.
Twitter: @kevmcgivernart
Instagram: @kevinmcgivernart
Web: kevinmcgivern.com
TIM GODDEn
Who do you support?
I’ve been a Liverpool fan since I was
five and have a soft spot for Plymouth.
What’s your favourite football
illustration from your own work?
I’d go with an Argyle programme cover
to commemorate Remembrance Day.
It showed Billy Baker, a pre-First World
War star who was killed during the war,
with a battalion made of professional
footballers and Argyle fans.
What’s the best piece of commercial
work you’ve done?
I designed and illustrated the Women’s
World Cup wallchart for the National
Football Museum. It’s amazing to see
photos of kids using it.
Twitter and Instagram: @TJGodden
REUBEn DAnGOOR
Who do you support?
Arsenal.
What’s your favourite football
illustration from your own work?
Older Southgate comforting younger
Southgate, after England vs Colombia.
What’s the best piece of commercial
work you’ve done?
A piece for Arsenal and Adidas, helping
to celebrate a sponsorship deal. It was
turned into a mural near the Emirates
Stadium and was on the front cover of
the Evening Standard.
Instagram: @reubendangerman