‘Football was quite unfashionable in the 70s and 80s. You could be on the dole and still go to a game. Then suddenly Gazza cried and everybody was interested’
Sometimes you look at a possible photo and think: “I won’t bother taking that, it doesn’t seem important.” This was almost one of those. It just seemed like a normal scene at the time – men watching a football match. But the interesting thing about photography is that it lets you preserve a little sliver of time. You look at this now and it tells a whole story about how the game has changed: there are no women, no kids, no replica kits, and no seats. The men are all standing in the elements.
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