When asked why they copy a footballer’s hairstyle, a third of fans (34 percent) said they fancied something new, while 30 percent liked the footballer’s sense of style. Doctor helps save football fan's life just months after life-saving match act made him national hero To finish, Mills recommends choosing a low to medium shine product to avoid going full Elvis. “Rub some matte dry paste or hair clay definer (about the size of a coin) into your hands and use your fingers as a comb to style the hair up and away from your face. This is where you could then use a little hair spray to help hold it… it will naturally fall to one side and the idea is for it to have some texture and movement.”

And 16 per cent have even got Freddie Ljungberg’s controversial red mohawk from his days at Arsenal.While a third (33 percent) of those polled, via OnePoll, think replicating the same haircut as a footballer is all part of being a fan. Sorry Kanye, you may have made the platinum buzzcut trendy in 2017, but David was working the style, like, 10 years ago. Piara Powar, the director of Fare, an anti-discrimination group that has an arrangement with Fifa to post monitors in the World Cup stadiums in Qatar, said it had pleaded behind the scenes without success for the country’s supreme committee, in charge of the event, to make a public statement welcoming LGBTQ+ people to the football. As the son of a hairdresser mom and a father-of-four himself, the star has reminisced on his barber-shop moments in recent years and claims he has only one regrettable look: his cornrows, coined The Mandela, after wearing them to South Africa to meet Nelson Mandela. Now, he's watching his kids copy his old-school looks, with 20-year-old Romeo sporting his infamous buzz cuts. And 16 percent have even got Freddie Ljungberg’s controversial red mohawk from his days at Arsenal.

Of those who went all in, 83 percent were pleased with the overall haircut they copied, and 20 percent have even gone on to copy the same style at least four times.However, 77 percent of fans said copying a footballer’s haircut is simply a waste of time and money – with David Seaman’s tail, Marouane Fellaini’s afro, and Edgar Davids’ dreads among the least favourite haircuts to copy. Same-sex sexual activity is punishable by seven years in prison in Qatar. Under an interpretation of sharia law, it can lead to a death sentence. There is not so much an LGBTQ+ community in Qatar as a disparate collection of terrified individuals.

Other ways football fans have copied their heroes include their kits (17 per cent), goal celebrations (15 percent) and clothes (12 per cent). The spokesman for CopyBet.com added: “It looks like some football fans will go to extreme lengths to copy the football greats – whether that’s their hairstyle, looks or even name. And a fifth (19 per cent) would be brave enough to get a complete makeover to look exactly like their favourite footballer.

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Surprisingly, bleach isn’t out of the question either, just leave the platinum to the ladies. Mills says: “This style looks really good with colour and some dirty blonde will add texture.” One in six have even been bold enough to replicate Freddie Ljungberg's red mohawk from his Arsenal days (Image: Laurent Baheux/Corbis/Getty Images) Read More Related Articles Other ways football fans have copied their heroes include their kits (17 percent), goal celebrations (15 percent) and clothes (12 percent). And 28 percent admit they often borrow their style and fashion tips from football stars on a regular basis, with 51 percent believing they are more stylish now than ever before.