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442oons is an English-language YouTube channel set up by Dean Stobbart that focuses on animated parodies of various football topics. The channel has accumulated over 4.4 million subscribers and 3.8 billion views over its eleven years of activity.[4]
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| Born | Dean Stobbart Stockton-on-Tees, England | |||||||||
| Nationality | British | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2013–present | |||||||||
| Genre(s) | Football, comedy, parody | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 4.4 million[1] | |||||||||
| Total views | 3.8 billion[1] | |||||||||
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Last updated: 7 October 2024 | ||||||||||
Stobbart has worked with OneFootball, Bundesliga, and many other footballing brands to make videos on their channels.[5][6]
History
editThe channel's creator, Dean Stobbart, originally a teacher from Norton, County Durham, had in the past been a part-time voice actor who also did some animation for his lessons.[7] He said he saw a gap in the market that "no one had really done football cartoons before", so he made his first animated video, a parody of Uruguayan footballer Luis Suárez and then-Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger in a cartoon parody of a scene from The Silence of the Lambs in August 2013.[7][8] The video currently has 2.8 million views and was followed up with another Suárez themed video (this time, a parody of the 1995 film Seven)[9] which has received more than 18.6 million views. Since then, he has worked with organisations such as TalkSport[10][11] and Sky Sports on animations. His videos have also been featured on Metro and the Spanish Marca.[12] He also has a Facebook account with 1.8 million followers, a TikTok account with 774.6 thousand followers and a Twitter account with 149.6 thousand followers.
Although Stobbart had originally created his videos by himself, he hired three animators, Sam Dunscombe, Mike Myler and James Williams. Dunscombe and Stobbart have also been featured in some other videos, where they play mobile games such as Online Soccer Manager.[citation needed] In 442oons' 3-million-subscribers video in July 2020, Sam confirmed his departure from the channel. Currently with 4 animators, Lauren Bagstaff and Karl Hargreaves are the additional two animators with Myler and Williams.[citation needed] The current most popular video on the channel is the MSN (consisting of Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez and Neymar Jr.) SONG (a parody of 3 by Britney Spears), published in 2015. The video parodies the First and Second-legs of the 2015 Champions League Semi-final between FC Barcelona and FC Bayern Munich. The video currently has 33.4 million views.[13]
In July 2017, Stobbart created a new YouTube channel parodying the celebrity world called Celebri2oons. The channel never really took off so he does not upload often.[14] On 24 April 2019, he launched a game called "442oons Football Runner" which features fusions of football players.[15][16] On 4 July 2020, Stobbart launched a second mobile game called "442oons Football Shooter".[17] He also has been in partnership with the Bundesliga YouTube channel (English), OneFootball, The Football Republic (most notably the fictional tabloid talk show: 'The Roy Keane Show'), FREEbets and other YouTube channels.[citation needed]
442oons posted a controversial video in July 2024 titled "If Footballers Were The Trump Shooter" mocking the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. The video was taken down by YouTube after a day.
Awards and nominations
editFootball Content Awards
edit| Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Best Video Football Blog (Fans' Choice) | 442oons | Won | [18] |
| 2016 | Won | [19] | ||
| 2018 | Best Football Video Creator (Fans' Award) | Won | [20] |
References
edit- ^ a b "About 442oons". YouTube.
- ^ @442oons (10 July 2014). "20 million YT views since the World Cup started – 100k new subs! Thanks everyone! :-) # worldcup #brazil2014 #gobsmacked" (Tweet). Retrieved 19 May 2019 – via Twitter.
- ^ 442oons (8 February 2017). "🔥1 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS CLUB REVEAL🔥". YouTube. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "442oons". YouTube. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ "442oons Onefootball Show". YouTube. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ "Animated Stars – Powered by 442oons". YouTube. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ a b Corking, Graham (23 August 2016). "This former teacher from Norton has 850,000 subscribers on YouTube". TeessideLive. Reach plc. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ 442oons (8 August 2013). "LUIS SUAREZ BITE 🎬Silence of the Lambs Remake🎬! by 442oons (football cartoon parody)". YouTube. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ 😁LUIS SUAREZ BITE😁 by 442oons (Suarez Evra Ivanovic football cartoon) Seven Sins of Suarez, 24 August 2013, retrieved 24 May 2022
- ^ talkSPORT (1 April 2015). "The best football April Fool of them all? 442oons sends up Bayern Munich stars". Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ^ Bloomfield, Craig (21 January 2015). "Mourinho v Sterling: The video footage YOU DIDN'T SEE from Liverpool v Chelsea!". Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ^ "The 4 conspiracy theories surrounding Gabi's 'penalty' – MARCA English". 14 April 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ^ "🎶MSN SONG🎶 Bayern Munich vs Barcelona 3–2 PARODY (Champions League Semi-final 2015 Goals Neymar) – YouTube". www.youtube.com. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ "Celebri2oons". YouTube. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "442oons Football Runner – Apps on Google Play".
- ^ "⚽️⬅️🏃♂️442oons Football Runner!⚽️⬅️🏃♂️ – YouTube". www.youtube.com. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
- ^ "442oons Football Shooter – Apps on Google Play".
- ^ "2015 Winners".
- ^ "2016 Winners".
- ^ "2018 Winners".