Peter Robinson
Keep off the Grass
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Pele plays his first game for Cosmos and the New York photographic media comes out in force.
Downing Stadium Randalls Island
3.25 pm on 15 June 1975
2
Pele plays his final game for New York Cosmos.
Giants Stadium New Jersey
01 October 1977
3
Arsenal v Chelsea : Champions League
Elwood Street, London
6 April 2004
4
Muhammed Ali at Cosmos Stadium, New Jersey .
He is there to see his 2nd soccer / football game
The previous was The 1966 World Cup Final in London (he stayed for the first half only )
August 1977
5
Teletext – the precursor in the 70’s to the WWW/internet
Here the result for FA Cup match Cambridge v Crystal Palace shown live during a Clint Eastwood movi3
January 2000
6
Harry Cripps played for Millwall
Known as ’Arry
South London . September 1996
7
Scotland v Brasil 1998 World Cup
Scotland team on the field before the game in traditional Scottish kilts
10 June 1998 Paris
8
Johnny Byrne Crystal Palace
He was nicknamed “Budgie” due to his constant chattering.[2]
July 1967
9
George Best ( 1946 – 2005 )
Manchester United v Leicester City
12 April 1965
10
Norwich win the Division Two Championship at
Watford United 29 April 1972
11
Holland v Argetina World Cup, Marseille, France
A ‘cut out ‘ DennisBergkamp paraded by dutch fans
4 July 1998
12
During 2002 World Cup
Sakuragicho Station Japan
29 May 2002
13
During The European Championship in Delft, Holland
27 June 2000
14
The final game for Bolton Wanderers at Burnden Park
They had played here from 1895 – 1997
25 April 1997
15
The World Cup Final : Italy kick off
The Olympiastadion Berlin – the view from Der Glockenturm
09 July 2006
16
World Cup Final Brasil v Germany
The Brasil locker room at the final – each cubicle has been signed by a player
01 July 2002
17
Arsenal Football Club boardroom
31 years later, 6 men sat in this room and decided to spend £11,000,000 on Thierry Henry.
October 1968
18
Metropolitan Police v Carterton
At home games, players enter the field to ‘I Fought The Law‘ by The Clash
01 September 2001
19
China v Saudi Arabia in Singapore
China player sent off
December 16 1984
20
The World Cup, Argentina v England
Sapporo, Japan
07 June 2002
21
St Edward’s School, Upton Park London
The school playground that formed part of West Ham United FC
01 September 1969
22
Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
World Cup qualification, T&T v El Salvador
30 July 1989
23
With the hat – Ken Bates former owner of Chelsea FC
He purchased the club in 1982 for £1
17 May 1997
24
Holland fanatic during The1998 World Cup in France
25
Orlando Florida US
During The 1994 World Cup The play house TOPLESS GO GO – Orlando, Florida
26
Bobby Robson , when he was manager at Ipswich Town , loved photography and regularly added pictures to his office wall.
27
Oscar Arias the former president of Costa RIca and Nobel peace prize winner
photographed in San Jose Costa Rica after they defeat El Salvador and qualify for the 1990 World Cup
28
Monica Maneila
Women’s World Cup Italy v Holland
Reims, 29 June 2019
29
The 1996 Women’s FA Cup Final
Croydon victorious after Liverpool miss a penalty
28 April 1996
30
The Vetch Field : Swansea City Football Club
Railway sleepers in the terrace area on The North Bank
Photograph August 1969
31
Bradford City FC stadium built in 1886
In 1911 Bradford City won the FA Cup
Coincidentally this was the same year the trophy was designed and made in the city by Frattorini
Photograph 05 April 2004
32
A mural depicting USSR goalkeeper Lev Yashin
Kaliningrad, Russia
10 July 2018
33
The World Cup: Portugal v Morocco
The Morocco team and TV camera, Moscow
20 June 2018
34
A swan song for for the final game at The Vetch Field
Cyril the Swan – Swansea City FC mascot – passes the turnstile entrances as he makes his way into the ground for the final time.
11 May 2005
35
Sunday morning in Chapultepec Park Mexico City
05 February 1985
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Auckland – New Zealand v Kuwait – World Cup Qualifier
The referee leaves the field with a police escort following NZ defeat. A beer can enters top right
10 October 1981
37
Darlington Football Club & Darlington Cricket Club
August 1999
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The National Stadium, Beijing China
Fans with tickets for the Mens Olympic Football Final. Argentina v Nigeria
23 August 2008
39
Sven Goran Eriksson 1948 – 2024
England v Sweden, The World Cup, Saitama Japan
2 June 2002
40
Valley Parade
Bradford City
April 1972
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Manchester United v Leeds United
FA Cup Semi Final, Sheffield
14 March 1970
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Barcelona v Arsenal : Champions League Final : Paris
Ronaldinho with the photographic media
17 May 2006
43
Franz Beckenbauer
In New York City, Rockefeller Center
May 1979
44
The gates at the old Bournemouth FC ground – now restored
photograph 1980’s
45
Korea beat Italy by ‘golden goal‘ scored by Ahn Jung – Hwan (extreme left)
The World Cup : Daejeon Korea
18 June 2002
46
‘The defence’ of West Ham United 1970
Moore , McDowell , Taylor , Lampard , Ferguson , Bonds
47
The British Museum “The ‘keeper of civilisation“
Is the centerpiece above the south entrance showing the eight stages of mankind.
It was completed by Sir Richard Westmacott in 1851.
48
A Spurs dream team on a wall near the Manchester City ground
September 1968
49
Nottingham Forest FC in 1973
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World Cup Qualification : Poland v Portugal
Warsaw
October 1977
51
Joanne Broadhurst : Charlton WFC
Women’s FA Cup Final
3 May 2004
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Morocco fans with cell phones at the team hotel.
Kaliningrad Russia
25 June 2018
53
Blackpool FC Bloomfield Road
Crowd control
March 1971
54
Olympic Games Barcelona: Ghana v Australia
Simon Addo – Ghana goalkeeper with a hastily created substitute goalkeeper shirt
07 August 1992
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Newcastle United v Liverpool
11 October 1969
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Alex Ferguson, the manager of Scotland
Assistant to Jock Stein he took over after Stein, his mentor, died suddenly at the Wales v Scotland World Cup qualification game
Sept 10 1985
57
Typical of the area around Leicester City FC following the 2015 / 6 Premier League title victory
58
Tripoli Lybia, Africa Nations Cup Finals
The event was opened by Muammar Gaddafi.
5 March 1982
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Women’s World Cup Final, Lyon, France – Holland v USA
Megan Rapinoe, USA captain
07 July 2019
60
24 hrs after The 3 Tenors concert the previous evening
Luciano Pavarotti (1935 – 2007 ) with Azeglio Vicini ( 1933 – 2018 ) the Italian manager at The World Cup Final in Roma.
July 8 1990
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Heike Kroemer at the final of The Women’s World Cup in Lyon France
62
Wembley Stadium London
Staff prepare the field for the final of The London Olympic Games Football
August 2012
63
Ujpest v Ferencvaros: An Ujpest fan with his Ultra Viola Bulldogs ‘accreditation’
Budapest, Hungary
6 April 1996
64
The FA Cup. Coalville v Wycombe Wanderers
13 November 2004
65
The rear of The Royal Academy London. A photographic portrait of David Beckham leaves the RA following an exhibition
66
Notts County FC Mobile Catering service
1989
67
Haircuts cease during the Argentina v Nigeria World Cup match
Peckham, South London
12 June 2010
68
England players in Rome with Don Revie managing
Tueart, Channon, Keegan, Bowles
16 Nov 1976
69
Hampden Park Glasgow
Scotland v England
24 May 1980
70
Big day in The West Country as the mass crowds gather in Yeovil Town Centre.
Yeovil are Champions and are promoted to The Football League
28 April 2003
71
The Tottenham Hotspur training ground in Cheshunt
7 boys, a springer spaniel, and Pat Jennings
September 1970
72
Millwall get to the FA Cup Final and the fans celebrate at Old Trafford Manchester
4 April 2004
73
The World Cup Final – Italy v Brasil – Los Angeles
Italian Captain Franco Baresi about to receive his loser’s medal. He tries to not notice the trophy
17 July 1994
74
The World Cup, Bulgaria v Germany, New Jersey, USA
Emil Kostadinov Bulgaria
10 July 1994
75
Belgium v Italy : European Championship, Bruxelles
Belgium players leave the field after failing to qualify for stage 2
14 June 2000
76
World Cup Opening Ceremony with Diana Ross
she sang well but missed a penalty.
Chicago, USA
17 June 1994
77
Andreas Brehme Germany
About to score the only goal and winning penalty – Argentina v Germany 1990 World Cup Final
8 July 1990
78
Scunthorpe United FC team with Kevin Keegan
6 months later he had moved to Liverpool FC
08 September 1970
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Fianarntsoa, Madagascar
19 April 1987
80
Brentford v Derby County FA Cup
At Griffin Park Brentford – in use from 1904 until 2021
4 January 2003
81
Winter arrives at Filbert Street Leicester City
February 1967
82
European Cup Final: Roma v Liverpool
Roma Tifosi / Fans
30 May 1984
83
St Mary’s The Scilly Isles : Garrison Gunners v Woolpack Wanderers . They play in the smallest league in the world – just two teams
It’s the end of the game and the Gunners captain rolls a doobie
20 October 2011
84
A fans memorial for the Leicester City Chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha
He was one of five killed in a helicopter crash at the ground on October 27 2018
photograph : 07 November 2018
85
The World Cup comes to France – with minimal presence on the Arras to Paris road
The local area is all set up for Mondial 98
06 June 1998
86
The view from outside
Arsenal v Chelsea – FA Cup 5th round
15 February 2004
87
Women’s World Cup Final, Lyon, France – Holland v USA
Megan Rapinoe, USA captain
07 July 2019
88
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
89
Traditional Easter Tuesday football: Ashbourne Derbyshire
There are few rules and a game can last 8 hours
21 February 2012
90
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
Photograph : Saturday 3 February 1968
91
Angel of The North nr Gateshead
Created by Anthony Gormley in 1998
Photograph : 06 September 2000
92
The Vatican, Roma
His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, is host to the 1990 World Cup Organising Committee
08 December 1989
93
Limassol Cyprus
In the background is the Tsirion Football Stadium. On this day Cyprus play Spain there in The European Championship
8 December 1979
94
A bedroom in the boyhood home of Frank Lampard Jnr
His signed shirt from England v Croatia hangs on the door.
14 October 2004
95
Gérard Houllier, Liverpool manager
Yeovil v Liverpool, FA Cup
4 January 2004
96
2019 Women’s World Cup
Lucie Olivier from Meux France who plays right wing
A fan of France Women’s Team
July 2019
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Futebol de praia
Copacabana Beach : Rio de Janeiro
15 July 1973
98
Craven Cottage : Fulham FC
Remembering Johnny Haynes the Fulham and England forward.
22 October 2005
99
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“
17 October 1973
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Hackney Marshes
East London
September 2003
101
‘Con dios de nuestro lado‘
Peru v Uruguay : Estadio Nacional Lima
6 September 1981
102
Millwall v Crewe
The Den Stadium – the view from South Bermondsey Station
23 August 2003
103
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
104
FA Cup Preliminary round
Portland v Bridgewater
28 August 2004
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FA Cup Preliminary round
Portland v Bridgewater
28 August 2004
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Italy v Korea, World Cup goes to a golden goal decision
Security police in Daejeon Stadium – some watch the game
18 June 2002
107
The USSR national team before the friendly against Jugoslavia
Beograd, Jugoslavia
23 March 1977
108
Bamber Supporters / FA Cup 1st Round St Albans City v Bamber Bridge
30 October 1999
109
Ticket collection point at Porto Stadium : Portugal
20 June 1981
110
FIFA U16 World Championship Final, Glasgow
Scottish substitutes
24 June 1989
111
FA Cup semi final Manchester United v Arsenal
The tie of Arsene Wenger Arsenal Manager
29 April 2004
112
FIFA Congress lunch in Munich
July 2006
113
Champions League Final : Barcelona v Man. Utd
Pep Guardiola, Barcelona manager
Wembley Stadium
28 May 2011
114
TV broadcasters “dead-cat“ microphones gather at the edge of the field
Portsmouth v Southampton
24 April 2005
115
Mexico v Angola: 2006 World Cup
Hannover, Germany
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A supporter from Tunisia
The World Cup Olympic Stadium : Berlin
22 June 2006
117
Portugal v England : World Cup
Penalty decider – Steven Gerrard has just missed and England are about to be eliminated
01 July 2006
118
Alan Ball the Everton Captain
The Division 1 trophy under his arm
01 April 1970
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remove pic replace with balls in air – Fulham Football Club
21 September 2005
120
Champions League Final: AC Milano v Juventus
Old Trafford Manchester
28 May 2003
121
1994 World Cup : Italy v Spain
Boston USA
9 July 1994
122
WBA v QPR : The ” acronym ” League Cup Final
QPR are victorious
4 March 1967
123
A Ghana fan in a Dortmund supermarket
World Cup Finals, Brasil v Ghana
27 June 2006
124
Rodney Marsh – his first game for City at Maine Road
Manchester City v Chelsea
18 March 1972
125
Sergio Leonel Aguero, aka Kun Aguero
Manchester City v Stoke City
20 August 2014
126
Auckland – New Zealand v Kuwait – World Cup Qualifier
The referee leaves the field with a police escort following NZ defeat. A beer can enters top right
10 October 1981
127
FA Cup Final
Middlesbrough fanatics
20 May1997
128
Defeated England players
The First European Women’s Football Championship
The final at Luton Town FC : England v Sweden
27 May 1984
129
European Championship – Germany v Romania
Liege, Belgium
12 June 2000
130
Leicester City Premier League signage adjacent to Leicester Cathedral
May 16 2016
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Italian referee Pierluigi Collina, Yokohama Japan 2002 World Cup Final – picture has no number
30 June, 2002
131
Bolton Wanderers in the 70s in the rain. IMPORTANT – there are 2 pictures of Bolton ground
132
Tottenham Hotspur on live TV in a department store
2005
133
A manager moment at Anfield
Joe Mercer (Manchester City) and Bill Shankly (Liverpool)
12 January 1971
134
Bill Shankly : Liverpool v Leicester City, Liverpool win the championship
28 April 1973
135
Chelsea v Barcelona
Ronaldinho
8 March 2005
136
Fans gather in the street outside the Exeter ground as they are relegated from The Football League
03 May 2003
137
Diego Maradona is forgotten for a moment as FIFA officials and The President of Mexico discuss who will present The World Cup
Azteca Stadium Mexico
29 June 1986
138
Malcolm Allison – the charismatic and innovative coach of Manchester City
Banned from the touchline by the FA
1971
139
Exeter City v Plymouth Argyle
After game meal time
2 April 2016
140
Outside Barnet Football Club on a match day
Barnet v Torquay United : 5 May 2001
141
Interior of Anfield Liverpool FC
1st May 2005
142
World Cup shame : Brasil 1 Germany 7
The scoreboard from TV in the stadium, Belo Horizonte
8 July 2014
143
Cosmos Stadium New Jersey US :
Cosmos player Carlos Alberto signs for fans
October 1977
144
Jimmy Sirrell – the personable manager of Notts County
September 1975
145
Manchester United v Newcastle United
8 September 1984
146
Newcastle
Supporters in the city centre
1992
147
The World Cup in Germany
A bahnsteig party at 1 am in Dortmund Station
04 July 2006
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2022 World Cup Final France v Argentina
Kylian Mbappé France with the ball before the penalty shoot out
148
St Albans City FC
April 1999
149
St Mary’s The Scilly Isles : Garrison Gunners v Woolpack Wanderers . They play in the smallest league in the world – just two teams
It’s the end of the game and the Gunners captain rolls a doobie
20 October 2011
150
The 2018 World Cup Final presentation , in the rain
Luzhniki Stadium Moscow
15 July 2018
151
Elba de Padua Lima – Brasil footballer and manager – known as ‘Tim’
He played in the 1938 World Cup
152
European Cup Final in Bruxelles
Crowd violence by Liverpool fanatics that lead to 39 deaths
Liverpool v Juventus
29 May 1985
153
Ronaldo carries the weight of his Nike contract
Brasil v France. World Cup Final
July 12 1998
154
Lionel Messi of Argentina with The World Cup
Lusail Qatar
18 December 2022
155
Pie, gravy and mushy peas at Sheffield FC
A staple on the British football terrace
2009
156
Stanislav from Sumy , north east Ukraine
The World Cup Berlin
22 June 2006
157
Luton Town
2001
158
Belgium fan: Miek van Rens – Verbers
St Petersburg, Russia
12 July 2018
159
World Cup football on the big screen
France v Uruguay – Thierry Henry
Leicester
11 June 2010
160
Newcastle United supporters
circa 1970’s
161
Yokohama Stadium – venue for 2002 World Cup Final
IMPORTANT 161 named twice
161
The derelict Accrington Stanley ground
Now a primary school playing field
photographed 1965
162
Allianz Arena Munchen
2006
163
2 short of a full team outside The Azteca Stadium : Mexico City
October 1985
164
No Information
165
The World Cup: Italy v Ghana
Hannover, Germany
12 June 2006
166
9.15 pm Central Liverpool, near Lime Street Station
The Liverpool team after returning from Istanbul with the Champion’s Cup
26 May 2005
167
The streets around York City Football Club at Bootham Crescent ( the old ground that closed in 2021 )
21 September 1999
168
‘The Two Bobbys’
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Manchester United
October 3 1970
169
Aston Villa v Chelsea
Claudio Ranieri, Manager of Chelsea FC. 6 weeks later he had no job
12 April 2004
170
Cardwell Street in the Roker area of Sunderland
The graffiti celebrates Colin Todd, the Sunderland player
July 1969
171
Jack Crompton and Matt Busby
Manchester United : Old Trafford
September 1970
172
Fans watch the Canvey Island v Brighton FA Cup game from the sea wall
12 November 1995
173
Derry Football Club, Northern Ireland
May 25 2012
174
Southend v Luton
The groundsman’s hut, where the match outside the door is also being shown live on the TV.
12 November 2004
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The redoubtable Birmingham City poster team.
George Moore with the bucket and Tommy Bell with the poster
08 February 1968