Manchester United’s ‘not a cellphone in sight’ meme backfires spectacularly

Here’s a sage piece of advice for you: think twice before you meme.  
If only someone had given this advice to UK football club Manchester United, they would not be in the situation they are in now. 
The club’s attempt at a “not a cellphone…

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100 kids (and James Corden) play football against Manchester United players

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It truly was a game of quality versus quantity when James Corden of The Late Late Show had his LLS Football Club (LLSFC) play Manchester United in Los Angeles, U.S.

While Man United was only represented by coach José Mourinho and players Ander Herrera, Juan Mata and Chris Smalling, Corden’s LLSFC consisted of 100 children. By Corden’s own estimations, that’s the weight equivalent of “40 adults” — not counting James Corden himself, who put himself in the game half way through by benching one very disappointed player. 

The game is as chaotic to watch as you’d imagine, with kids swarming around the fully grown Man United players, who ultimately manage to sneak two goals past all eight of Corden’s tiny goalkeepers and secure themselves the mathematically improbable victory.  Read more…

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