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World Cup referees
We asked for your World Cup referees and you gave us Graham Poll and Valentin Ivanov in various states of incompetence.
The pick of the bunch is Tom Murray-Rust, who scoops a £100 bet with Blue Sq. Sam Powell claims second prize, a copy of Pete Brown's Three Sheets to the Wind. Now we want you your take on England's World Cup exit, by 5pm on Tuesday July 11. As imaginative as you like ... send them to gallery@guardian.co.uk as a jpeg or gif, complete with a TITLE and CAPTION. Anyone who thinks their picture speaks for itself will be ignored. And if you want to get a better view of the pics below, just click on one to bring up a bigger and better window.
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 | | Counting with Marco
"Following Graham's counting difficulties, Mr Blatter kindly arranged for Mexico's Marco Rodriguez to give him some coaching," chuckles Roy Ward.
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 | | The croupier
Gary Burns thinks Sepp Blatter's ambitions stretch all the way to Vegas: "Sepp now has referees brandishing more cards than their tiny, impressionable minds can deal with; and the current set of house rules mean that no one's winning but the cheats!"
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 | | Sneijder-Man v Dr Ivanov
Tom Murray-Rust thinks superpowers are needed to fight the evil of over-officious refereeing: "Fifa's attempts to bring in technology to aid referees were disastrous. Sneijder-Man fights the good fight to keep the card-happy menace at bay."
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 | | A right balls up
"Fifa have been supporting the referees all the way." Dan Hunt reveals the must-have item for all fashion conscious refs this summer.
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 | | Play your cards wrong
"Ruin a good game! Ruin a good game!" Donald Soutar's Brucie impression is as unconvincing as his Photoshop skills.
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 | | School daze
"No, Graham, the answer is not three." Glenn Sutton wants Tring's finest to get back to basics.
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 | | The referee's a winker
"For the semi-final, Cristiano Ronaldo comes up with an even more effective way of getting opposition players sent off," titters Martin Myers.
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 | | Setting the scene
"Sepp knew he'd made the right decision to book Mary for the refs' pre-tournament motivational lecture," says Dan Hunt. She's probably not smelling too good these days though, Dan.
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 | | The thing from Tring
"DURR-DURR-DURR-DURR-DUUUUUUURRR. Light years from Tring, Poll used his cards to communicate a message of peace, love and the active/passive offside rule," chortles Sam Powell, who by our reckoning has included one too many DURRRRRRRRs in his theme tune.
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