A talented Suffolk artist played a part in the biggest domestic cup competition in football, creating artwork for the programme covers for the semi-finals and final.
Louise Cobbold’s paintings were used on the covers for the fixtures at Wembley Stadium in this season's FA Cup.
The semi-final designs featured Erling Haaland, Marcus Rashford, Iliman Ndiaye and Kaoru Mitoma and on final day managers Pep Guardiola and Erik Ten Hag.
The FA approached the 43-year-old from Stowmarket after seeing her work online and felt she would be a really good fit for the project which included six pieces of art.
Louise went on to create four paintings for the semi-final covers, each featuring a player from the four teams involved in a GQ-inspired design.
The FA decided on the theme, design and players, with Mrs Cobbold and her husband Chris focusing on the fashion for each of the players.
The match covers for the final then featured two managers in a Vogue-inspired design.
Mrs Cobbold said: "I genuinely didn’t see the commission coming.
"It’s not lost on me that the FA Cup is one of the biggest and most famous tournaments in the world, and the fact that the final ended up being the first ever between Manchester United and Manchester City made it all the more special."
Mrs Cobbold said this has been the "busiest time" of her career, including two blocks of 30 days back-to-back painting in her studio creating the artwork for the semi-finals and final, alongside creating art for Topps’ Living Set football card collection, which has been bought and seen by people around the world.
The FA provided Mrs Cobbold and her family with four Club Wembley tickets to each of the matches, where she was able to see her work at the biggest stadium in Britain.
She continued: "As an artist who loves to see my paintings applied to products, it was incredibly special, as it was when I created the programme covers for Wolves for two seasons, to see fans of all ages with my artwork in their hands at the home of English Football.
"I am really pleased with all the designs, and love the focus on fashion that changes it up from the typical programme cover."
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here