First glance: soft green. Second glance: the football doing something smarter. The ball is painted, not photographed, so the edges wobble and the white has brushmarks in it. That small shift is what stops a sports picture looking like merchandise. On a wall it reads as a calm circle of colour first and a football second, which means it can live in a kids’ room without shouting, and in a study or hallway without looking like a poster from a locker. Hang it at seated eye level over a desk, low above a chest of drawers, or square in the middle of a short wall. It sits happily with pale wood, cotton bedding and matt painted walls. Skip the busy team scarves and printed banners either side, and don’t crowd it with other sports memorabilia. Stretched over a wooden frame and ready to hang.