Good idea. I mean, nobody was ever going to upload pictures of Harold Shipman, Rolf Harris, Fred West, Josef Fritzl, Jimmy Savile, Purple Aki, or Adam Johnson, were they? The most likely explanation, of course, is that Golden Balls simply demanded more money than Walkers could offer. However, it’s also possible that the crisp brand had a change of heart. From next Monday (May 17), the Walkers Limited Edition Footy Favourites will be available in a number of supermarkets - including Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons. The first of these, arguably the pinnacle of football-crisp overlap, was “Salt & Lineker”, created to “celebrate the new signing of brand mascot Gary” by giving him his own flavour.

PepsiCo is marking its ongoing sponsorship of the UEFA Champions League with four new limited-edition Walkers crisps flavours.

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With fans nationwide deprived of their summer of sport last year, and two British teams in the semi-finals of this year’s UEFA Champions League, everything is still to play for ahead of the final in Istanbul on 29 th May, the perfect time to launch our biggest ever sponsorship campaign.” It also emerged 72% of adults believe food plays an important part within love and romance, according to the OnePoll data. Heat a large, deep pan about a third full with oil to 160C/320F. Meanwhile, drain the potatoes and dry very well with kitchen towels. Television The ‘Television’ section contains all of our articles related to the small screen. We have a very wide range of content – there’s a strong 80s focus with trivia on EastEnders and Grange Hill, but you can also find articles on popular contemporary TV programmes such as Breaking Bad and The Sopranos. If you fancy something a bit more niche then don’t worry – we’ve also got plenty of content on cult hits such as Twin Peaks, The X-Files and Quantum Leap. Happy hunting! Walkers has launched a brand new range of football-themed crisp flavours in time for a summer of sport.

And Walkers readily admits the importance of Lineker to the brand’s PepsiCo-funded evolution during the 90s. No matter who you support, with Walkers Limited Edition Footy Favourites there’s a myriad of brand new flavours that will keep you going 'til the final whistle."Later in the show, it was Chandelier who succumbed to the judge's rejection and was sent home on the first night. News Breaking News! This category is devoted to all of our news articles, with a focus on the biggest breaking stories in the world of show business. We’ve managed to break plenty of viral news stories in the past, from the release of the new Lion King live-action movie to the announcement that Holly Willoughby would be replacing Ant McPartlin on I’m A Celebrity. As well as entertainment news we also feature breaking articles from the most weird and wonderful corners of the internet. If you want to keep up-to-date with fascinating news stories that are slightly off-the-radar, then this is the place to be. But there’s much more to Walkers than crisps. Almost by geographical coincidence, the Walkers brand is now strongly associated with football, thanks to its partnership with a fellow product of Leicester: broadcaster and former footballer Gary Lineker.

The success of Salt & Lineker even paved the way for another English striker to follow in the footsteps of the Match of the Day presenter. That was the end of player flavours on a national scale, but Leicester City supporters continued to eat them up. After unveiling the “Walkers Stadium” (now the King Power) in 2002, the long-time club partner has offered fans various limited edition bags over the years. A spokesman from Walkers added: “Through our hunt for the best heart-shaped crisp, we wanted to bring a little joy and levity to people’s lives to start the year – and what better way to continue that into February than with the launch of the limited-edition Valentine’s Day bouquets? It’s not an exaggeration to say that I have around eight or nine memories from primary school, and two of them are about Walkers crisp flavours named after footballers.

It’s getting harder to sell junk food to kids using football, and it’s all Jamie Oliver’s fault. Probably.