The future of football is a scary thought for some, and fascinating for others.
Will kits become one skin-tight unitard with holographic sponsors that alternate every 10 seconds? Will there be referees on the pitch at all, or with there be a team of 15 refs covering every corner of the pitch? Will the European Championships be expanded to 32 teams?
We just don't know, but we're willing to bet that we'll look back and cringe before having a chuckle at the following:
Top-Knots
All modern football hair in general really. This one is set in stone, as it is a known fact that haircuts from any given time period became comical when the trend ends.
Top-knots are the easiest target, because they look ridiculous to be fair, but the comb-over with a shaven line down the side like every 10 year old you see walking around in astro-turf runners will also be the but of many a joke.
Not Having Goal-Line-Technology Everywhere
"Remember when the referees used human judgement to decide if the ball was going over the line?! Cavemen!"
So far a single negative is yet to be found for any league or competition using goal-line tech, and it will surely be the standard in the near future.
Luminous Boots
Again, fashion is something that is always mercilessly slaughtered with the benefit of hindsight, but football fashion changes trends in waves. Right now the pros are wearing the flashy boots that their sponsors give them, but we are soon due a shift to the more traditional boots, although if Adidas have their way the pros will be wearing little more than socks with studs soon enough.
YouTube Highlights
"Remember when you had to watch Vines and YouTube videos for the highlights? Rather than the fantastic on demand goal updates that get streamed directly into your brain like today?" They'll say in 2026 when technology advances to the point where your phone fully runs your life and decides what you want to watch for you.
Or just the quality of them. Think about how shitty those Ronaldinho clips you watched in 2006 look now. That will likely be similar in the future.
Football "Banter" Pages
"Remember how we'd laugh so much at a picture of David Moyes face with some shite written in 'Impact' font above and below it after Manchester United would lose?..
What the feck were we doing.."
Facebook will probably still be around, and will probably control a percentage of the population as some sort of government body, but hopefully 'memes' and the like will be long dead.
Sepp Blatter
Pretty self explanatory, how has it taken this long for him to clear off?
Michael Owen's Punditry
Because some things don't change.
