'F.C. Knudde' is a comic strip about an incompetent association football team, hence the name ("knudde" is a Dutch expression for "worthlessness"). All characters are near indistinguishable chalk white men and women with huge bulbous noses and an overall goofy expression. The two main protagonists are goal keeper Dirk and defender Jaap. Most of the time Jaap loses his ball to the opposing team, has accidents on the field or, if he scores, it's usually an own goal. Despite being utter losers, 'F.C. Knudde' has played matches all over the country. Somehow they managed to travel and play in our other countries too. The team has travelled to Argentina, Iceland, France, the United States (in a double-parter), Africa, Russia, Romania and even into space! 'F.C. Knudde' is mostly known as a gag comic and therefore most episodes are short stories. But Van Driel has also created longer adventures with his anti-heroes. References to popular media phenomena are rampant, including popular TV soaps such as 'Dallas', 'Dynasty', 'Falcon Crest' and people like The Rolling Stones and Laurel & Hardy. The latter duo inspired much of Van Driel's own slapstick, since he has a fondness for comedies about losers. Naturally famous (Dutch) football champions and trainers have occasionally had cameos in the series over the years. One of the most thrilling moments in Van Driel's life happened when he travelled by plane while Dutch football star Ruud Gullit was on board. He observed Gullit reading 'F.C. Knudde' in the papers and laughing out loud when he recognized himself in that day's episode.