David Squires on … football (and cultural references) in 2018 – quiz!

Test your knowledge of, erm, oblique references, with this month-by-month pick of our resident cartoonist’s panels

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January: West Brom beat Liverpool at Anfield in the FA Cup (sub-editors, please check) but VAR stole the headlines. Poor Pards. Which film or TV show is being referenced here?

Eraserhead

Twin Peaks

Blue Velvet

Mulholland Drive

February: Name the baddie with the horns (clue: it's not the FA's Greg Clarke) …

Lao Che

Satipo

Chattar Lal

Mola Ram

March: Who is the inspiration for José Mourinho in these panels?

Mark Goldbridge

Jeremy Kyle

Paul Joseph Watson

Morrissey

April: This homage to Renaissance art was based on a photograph from which ground?

Stamford Bridge

The Den

The Emirates

Wembley

May: Which TV programme is being referenced to riff on poor Loris Karius's pain?

Time Trumpet

The Day Today

Drop The Dead Donkey

The Thick of It

June: It's the World Cup in Russia but can you name the suddenly in-form hosts' headless No22?

Artem Dzyuba

Denis Cheryshev

Aleksandr Golovin

Sergei Ignashevich

July: Still at the World Cup and which Croatia player, whose undercut makes him look like someone who collects martial arts weaponry in his spare time, is talking to Harry Kane?

Sime Vrsaljko

Ivan Perisic

Ante Rebić

Domagoj Vida

August: Which player was unveiled by a magician on the pitch of the club he signed for this summer?

Wayne Rooney

Santi Cazorla

Paulinho

Kévin Gameiro

September: Jürgen Klopp is playing the baddie in which film?

There Will Be Blood

No Country For Old Men

Burn After Reading

Hell or High Water

October: José Mourinho was feeling the heat after a poor start to the season at Manchester United. But what is the name of the creepy character from the slasher flick Manhunter that he is dressed up as here?

Tooth Fairy

Pale Man

Nylon

The Special One

November: Which TV programme is the Scudamore-bothering traffic warden from?

Tales of the Unexpected

Nightmare

The League of Gentlemen

Threads

December: There were two north London derbies – and they were both feisty. What's the inspiration for Gunnersaurus that has Eric Dier looking so worried?

Gangs of New York

Peaky Blinders

The Krays

Sexy Beast

12 and above.

Pelé? Maradona? Messi? They've got nothing on you

11 and above.

Almost perfect. Put your feet up and drink in your own success

10 and above.

Brilliant. You're a top, top player

9 and above.

There's a future for you in this game. Well done

8 and above.

Not bad. Brush up on your cultural references and you could go far

7 and above.

You're some way off being a top, top, player yet

6 and above.

Bang average

5 and above.

You're more middle of the road than the Lighthouse Family

4 and above.

You've not watched many films have you?

3 and above.

Yeah. Let's not speak of this

2 and above.

You've been relegated with the lowest points total in history

0 and above.

Just go home

1 and above.

Dear me. Even a pet Iguana pressing buttons randomly could do better

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