Wandering deeper and deeper into this slick-with-rain-football- pink-and Tetley-bittermen world , gradually the heady scent of rock n roll was replaced by the smell of fried onions, Sloan’s liniment and social club carpets. Dumping Marianne Faithful for Terry Hennessey, Abbey Road for Bootham Crescent, and Monterey for a Third round FA Cup tie at Mansfield. These photos unforgettably trace the visual transformation of the game and to scroll through them is to watch a six decade transformation unfold before your eyes, like some stop-frame animation of a blooming flower. From its almost-black-and-white-even-in-colour years to the screaming children’s TV psychedelia of the modern age. The sky is the colour of a tramp’s vest. At Burnden Park the brollies are out . . . . always!
A memorial to Colombia captain Andrés Escobar ( 1967 - 1994 ) at The Rose Bowl in Los Angeles
He played there on June 22 against USA in The World Cup
He was murdered on July 2 in his home town - Medellin, Colombia
The Vatican, Roma
His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, is host to the 1990 World Cup Organising Committee
08 December 1989
Everton v Liverpool : 64,482 spectators
The church in the background is St Luke The Evangelist
The Littlewoods clock was removed and destroyed in 1985
Saturday 3 February 1968
Hampden Park Glasgow
Scotland v England
24 May 1980

Manchester United v Leeds United
FA Cup Semi Final, Sheffield
14 March 1970
Chris Lawler and Eddie Gray
Liverpool v Leeds United
05 December 1970
Maidenhead FC were founded in 1870 and have played on the same ground since.
Mural by Esther Ansari and Collette Corkery
June 2005

The Arsenal Team
At the ‘Clock End‘
15 October 1971
FIFA staff check the age of a player from The USA Team at The 1985 U16 World Cup in China .
July 30 1985
Ball Boys
2003
St Edward’s School, Upton Park London
The school playground that formed part of West Ham United FC
01 September 1969
The Mexico World Cup: Germany v England in Leon
England attack with a Hurst header. Leading 2 - 0 with 22 minutes to go, England will eventually lose 3 - 2
14 June 1970
Lagos, 25 September 1993
Nigeria qualify for their first World Cup and the crowd invade the field
Nigeria v Cote D’Ivoire
World Cup in Japan
An England supporter on Shizuoka Rail station
21 June 2002
The Liverpool dressing room at Anfield
With fan mail waiting to be answered and a treatment table ‘signed’ by the players.
06 September 1971
World Cup Final Brasil v Germany
The Brasil locker room at the final - each cubicle was signed by a player
01 July 2002
George Best & Mike Summerbee
At the door of Edwardia Boutique in Cross Street Manchester, which they jointly owned.
27 September 1968
A portrait of David Beckham is removed from The Royal Academy of Arts
Burlington House London
21 May 2004
The World Cup: Italy v Ghana
Hannover, Germany
12 June 2006
Supporters of Derry City meet in The Oakgrove Bar for a pre-match sing-song
Derry City v Finn Harps
May 25 2012
Brentford FC known as ‘ The Bees ’
A mural at Griffin Park, the old ground - demolished in 2021
05 April 2000
World Cup Soccer City Stadium, Johannesburg
May 2010
Eric Hall was a music promoter and football players agent - a man with a large cigar.
His clients included Frank Sinatra
One of his most famous remarks was “what sort of sport has free kicks - why don't they charge for them”.
10 June 1996
An ATM outside Bermondsey Tube Station London
The boy wears a replica shirt of Millwall player Denis Wise (Wise’s agent was Eric Hall)
May 2003
Morocco fans with cell phones at the the team hotel.
Kaliningrad Russia
25 June 2018
The FIFA Women’s World Cup
China v USA
Pasadena, 10 July 1999
Michel Platini : French international and club player with Nancy , St Etienne and Juventus
Gianni Agnelli the head of Fiat and Juventus said this of him
"We bought him for a morsel of bread and he put foie gras on top of it!"
Joe Mercer the Manchester City Manager
In his garden chair with the handy peg bag
July 1967
Jack Crompton and Matt Busby
Manchester United : Old Trafford
September 1970
A mural depicting USSR goalkeeper Lev Yashin
Moscow, Russia
10 July 2017
The World Cup comes to France - with visible presence on the Arras to Paris road
The local area is all set up for Mondial 98
06 June 1998
European Championship - Germany v Romania
Liege, Belgium
12 June 2000
Berwick Rangers Football Club
Berwick upon Tweed
22 August 2005
The Yokohama football Stadium, Japan
August 2003
The sports/football stadium in The Lebanon/ Beirut used as an arms depot by The PLO
It was destroyed by the Israeli airforce during the civil war.
In 1993 it was being used as a refugee camp. By 2000 it had been completely rebuilt
2 May 1993
Bradford City FC stadium built in 1886
In 1911 Bradford City won the FA Cup
Coincidentally the same year the trophy was designed and made in the city by Frattorini
05 April 2004
Malta v DDR ( East Germany )
Gzira, Malta
02 April 1977
Brentford v Derby County FA Cup
At Griffin Park Brentford - in use from 1904 until 2021
4 January 2003
Supporters of Bamber Bridge
FA Cup 1st round : 30 October 1999
Outdoor screenings of Russia games during The World Cup
Russia 2018
Advertising opportunities
Honved v Ferencvárosi
Budapest Hungary, 6 April 1996
Mansfield v Kidderminster
Mitchell a Mansfield fan is 5 yrs old
21 August 2004
SPIRIT - a Japanese football banner during The 1998 World Cup
St Denis, Paris
15 June 1998
A press conference to announce the appointment of Avram Grant as Chelsea Manager / first team coach
He lasted 9 months before being dismissed by Abramovich
21 September 2007
West Germany v Nigeria - FIFA Under 16 World Championship Final
Nigerian substitutes holding camel bone prayer beads as the game comes to an end with Nigeria winning
Beijing, Peoples Republic of China, 11 August 1985
Bill Shankly talks tactics in the Liverpool FC canteen
The tablecloth is the field, which needs order. The fork he is holding represents Ron Yeats his central defender
March 1968
Aston Villa v Chelsea
Claudio Ranieri, Manager of Chelsea FC. 6 weeks later he had no job
12 April 2004
17 October 1973 : Jan Tomaszewski, Poland goalkeeper is a happy man
England can only draw 1 :1 , so fail to qualify for the 1974 World Cup.
On TV the day before the game, Brian Clough called Tomaszewski “a circus clown in gloves“
Germany fans at the fanfest in Dortmund
14 June 2006
Tony Book : ( 1934 - 2025 ) Manchester City
The face and shirt of the '60s footballer
June 1967
Watford v Aston Villa
The Watford shirt sponsor is hidden from TV cameras during the BBC ban on advertising
19 February 1983
Messi : Barcelona
Brasil v Argentina : World Cup in Spain
Junior scores and the Mexican referee shares his joy
02 July 1982
The World Cup Final: Italy v France
Zidane explains why he should not be sent off, whilst the Cup hovers tantalisingly in the background
09 July 2006
West Ham United 1970
Moore , McDowell , Taylor , Lampard , Ferguson , Bonds