By plano 
Man, you guys know how crazy I am about Tottenham Hotspur. Seriously. Watching Sonny score or Romero making those tackles? Pure magic. But try finding a decent wallpaper of them online? Forget it. Either potato quality, covered in ugly watermarks, or gotta pay through the nose. Ridiculous. So, I figured, screw it, I’ll make my own. Proper HD stuff. And yeah, share ’em totally free. Why not?
The Hunt Begins
First step? Finding good pictures. Sounds easy, right? Wrong. Spent hours digging online. Official Spurs site has some gems, but you gotta really look. Then checked out some photographers the club tags sometimes. Needed super high resolution, obviously. Found a few potential gold mines.
- Checked player-specific fan accounts – sometimes they snag great shots.
- Scrolled through Getty Images searches – not to download illegally, mind you, just to identify the awesome shots I liked.
- Peeked at sports news sites for match galleries.
My downloads folder quickly filled up with blurry messes and tiny files. Kept at it. Finally snagged maybe 20-30 decent candidate shots. Mostly action shots – Kane (still hurts!) looking focused, Kulusevski crossing, Lloris saving back in the day. The energy, you know?
Time to Tame the Beasts (aka Editing)
Okay, raw photos rarely work perfectly as wallpapers. Mine needed work.
- Opened GIMP (free software, works for me). First job? Crop them right. Widescreen monitors? Phone screens? Had to crop tight for phones, wider for desktops. Big pain point – some awesome player shots had the ball halfway out of frame. Had to ditch those. Others needed background cleaned up a bit.
- Resizing is key. Found the original size wasn’t big enough for crisp 4K wallpapers. Upscaling carefully helps avoid looking blocky.
- Fixed lighting on a few. Some were too dark, others blown out. Tweaked brightness, contrast. Just simple stuff, nothing fancy.
- Saved multiple versions: Desktop (1920×1080, 3840×2160), Phone (1080×1920, 1242×2688). Used .png for best quality, no nasty jpeg artifacts.
This part took way longer than expected. Like, whole evening vanished. Got stuck on making Son’s colors look natural after upping the saturation. Almost rage-quit!
Getting Them Out There (For Free!)
Made the wallpapers, now what? Gotta share ’em proper, no catch.
- Named the files properly – “Tottenham_Kulusevski_Wallpaper_Desktop_*”. Keep it clear.
- Checked each one myself. Opened on my phone, my laptop, my big monitor. Don’t wanna share junk.
- Decided on a free platform where anyone can easily grab them. Just picked the simplest option.
- Wrote a little description for each image – who’s in it, maybe the match vibe. Not much, just so folks know.
No tricks. No paywalls. No mailing lists. Just grab the pic you like. Done. Took a bit to upload all the versions, but whatever.
Why Bother Doing All This?
Look, I love the club. Love seeing fans happy. Seeing someone rocking a wallpaper I made? That feels good. And the state of free stuff out there? Mostly rubbish. This was a weekend project, kinda frustrating, took ages, but I’m happy now knowing there are some genuinely clean, sharp Spurs wallpapers floating around for the fans. Help yourself. COYS!
