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Eat Football...! 1998.
Carved and painted wood.

Another one-off original automata. This was inspired by a Coca Cola advertising slogan “Eat football, Sleep Football, Drink Coca- Cola”.

This automata has a perspex front with metal openwork sides and top resembling goal netting. The action starts when the Club Manager who has a plate of footballs on his lap – proceeds to scoop them into his mouth and thus eats footballs continually. The Player in the centre flips a football from foot to foot in his sleep, while the Coach pours himself a glass of Newcastle Brown (NOT Coca - Cola!). The Coach raises the glass to his mouth and drinks and for the final finale he pees (real water) into his bucket.

Coin operated: Size: 70 x 64 x 30cm.

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