The Incredible Story Of The Lad Who Shaved His Hair To Look Like Sven-Göran Eriksson

While everybody in his primary school were copying David Beckham's famous Mohawk hairstyle back in 2002, a 10-year-old lad going by the name of Tom Sylvester decided to ditch that idea and go for something more 'unique.'

Sylvester, who gained my respect from the day I set eyes on this masterpiece, was greeted by gasps of horror from his classmates before England came up against Nigeria during the 2002 World Cup.

To be fair, though, he did sport the classic Sven-look complete with glasses and balding hairline, so you can't blame them.

14 years later, Twitter user Matthew Durrant decided to try and track him down and the results are incredible, to say the least.

Sit back, relax and witness one of the greatest threads of all time. The fact that he kept a

What a story!

Topics: Football News, Football, England

Jack Kenmare

Jack Kenmare is a writer at SPORTbible. He's interviewed some of the biggest names in sport, including Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Pele, Carles Puyol and Tim Henman. He dabbles in all things sport but football is his biggest passion. He was once hit in the head by a wayward strike from Nicky Butt and lived to tell the tale.

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