Behind the main stand smoke rises from factory chimneys. There are fewer cars in the streets, more old men. The tea ladies carry naugahyde handbags and wear see-through plastic head squares. The ball boys in their baggy cotton tracksuits sit beside photographers in trench-coats – no more than one or two of the latter. Football then was never front page news, kept firmly in the back beyond share prices, the racing form and the pictures of minor members of the Royal Family opening swimming baths in newly built suburbs. The only bright splashes in the crowd are the hand-knit scarves and the occasionally red- lining in a parka hood. Replica shirts were a thing for the future, the only people in sportswear at a ground were the players. Even the managers sported expensive leather car coats and sensible shoes. Soon the demob haircuts give way to Mod-ish side-partings, then feathered unisex dos; Zapata moustaches will acquiesce to bubble perms, refulgent mullets and Hoxton fins, but always too late for anyone to claim to be cutting edge.
Valley Parade
Bradford City
April 1972
Football pitch protection in the 1970s
Cote D’Ivoire National Stadium in Abidjan
Africa Nations Cup Final - Cameroon v Nigeria
18 March 1984
Aston Villa v Ipswich Town
For many years Aston Park offered a popular but limited free view of the match for ticketless fans
14 April 1981
Italy v Korea, World Cup goes to a golden goal decision
Security police in Daejeon Stadium - some watch the game
18 June 2002
England players in Rome with Don Revie managing
Tueart, Channon, Keegan, Bowles
16 Nov 1976
Haircuts cease during the Argentina v Nigeria World Cup match
Peckham, South London
12 June 2010
The World Cup: Japan v Belgium, Saitama Japan
Hidetoshi Nakata is now a noted Sake producer and a Japanese hairstyle & fashion brand
04 June 2002
Women’s World Cup Final, Lyon, France -
Holland v USA
Megan Rapinoe, USA captain
07 July 2019
Footballer’s wigs: Perms, Afros, Mullets, Mohawks
Hoxton, East London
06 May 2010
Andreas Brehme Germany
About to score the winning penalty - Argentina v Germany 1990 World Cup Final
8 July 1990
Barcelona v Arsenal : Champions League Final : Paris
Ronaldinho with the photographic media
17 May 2006
Argentina’s manager, Cesar Luis Menotti
Manhattan / New York
23 September 1980
Scunthorpe United FC team with Kevin Keegan
6 months later he had moved to Liverpool FC
08 September 1970
George Best
Manchester United
1971
Portugal v England : World Cup
Penalty decider - Steven Gerrard has just missed and England are about to be eliminated
01 July 2006
European Championship: Jugoslavia v France, St Etienne
Goran Simovic the Jugoslavia goalkeeper and cockerels
19 June 1984
Derby players training at The Baseball Ground have an Ingmar Bergman moment
11 April 1972
European Cup Final - Porto v Bayern Munchen, May 27 1987
Mustapha Rabah Madjer scores for Porto.
Pelé said “this was the Heel of Allah and nearly the greatest goal I have ever seen except Madjer glanced back as the ball crossed the line “
Paul Gascoigne, Kettering Town FC Manager
His tenure was brief - he lasted 39 days
29 October 2005
The locals watch the Portugal team training
Braga, Portugal
30 March 2004
World Cup in Germany
A bahnsteig party at 1 am in Dortmund Station
04 July 2006
Don Revie, the Leeds United manager with his team.
At the training ground
15 July 1971
Argentina v Cameroon World Cup
Argentina do not have much to sing about - they lose 1:0. San Siro Milano
08 June 1990
Swinton Scotland
A monument built in 1769 known locally as ‘ The Twelfth Man ‘ standing in the centre of the football field - the football match is played around it
September 2005
Tripoli Lybia, Africa Nations Cup Finals
The event was opened by Muammar Gaddafi.
5 March 1982
During The European Championship
Delft, Holland
27 June 2000
Arsenal v Chelsea
Elwood Street, London
16 March 2004
The first VAR / video assisted referee goal in British football
Leicester City v Fleetwood / FA Cup
Scored by Kelechi Iheanacho, 16 January 2018

Nr Casablanca : Morocco
March 27 1988
Mexico City - Brasil v Mexico friendly
Brasil player throws his shirt to the crowd
31 July 1992
The streets around York City Football Club at Bootham Crescent ( the old ground that closed in 2021 )
21 September 1999
John Giles, the Leeds United and Irish footballer
At this time he was also a partner in a Leeds insurance broking business
8 June 1969
Sir Matt Busby at Old Trafford Manchester
He was United manager for 25 years.
11 May 1971
Monica Maneila
Women’s World Cup Italy v Holland
Reims, 29 June 2019
Brian Clough shakes the hand of his captain Dave MacKay
Derby County have just become the Division Two champions
April 1969
Newcastle United at St James’ Park
The team with The Inter Cities Fairs Cup and a hosepipe
They have not won a trophy since
12 June 1969
Johan Cruyff (1947 - 2016)
Playing for New York against a World All Stars team
30 August 1978
France v West Germany / The World Cup Spain
Patrick Battistone is badly fouled by German goalkeeper, Harald Schumacher (red). In the blur of the moment Battiston lost 3 teeth.
8 July 1982
World Cup Semi Final England v Germany 1990
England manager Bobby Robson at the moment Chris Waddle fails to convert his penalty kick
4 July 1990
Manchester United v Newcastle United
8 September 1984
The final game for Bolton Wanderers at Burnden Park
They had played here from 1895 - 1997
25 April 1997
Osvaldo Ardiles - his first day with Tottenham Hotspur at the Chestnut training ground
He is reading the World Cup Final edition of the French magazine ‘onze ‘
10 July 1978
Keep your distance
A life size cardboard Jurgen Klopp in a UK supermarket during COVID lockdown
March 31 2020
A victorious Alex Ferguson with Archie Knox - manager and trainer of Aberdeen
Real Madrid v Aberdeen : UEFA Cup Winners Cup final in Goteborg
11 May 1983
Enzo Bearzot, Italy Manager
World Cup Final Italy v Germany
1982
Arsenal v Leeds United: League Cup Final
02 March 1968
European Cup Final in Paris : Bayern Munchen v Leeds United
Gerd Muller is spat on by Leeds captain Bremner
28 May 1975
St Albans City FC
April 1999
Stoke City v West Ham United
Jimmy Greaves (1940 - 2021) and Gordon Banks (1937 - 2019)
10 October 1970
Sunday morning in Chapultepec Park Mexico City
05 February 1985