An old photo I’ve dug out of myself with my younger brother. This was took one Christmas, round about 1978 I think. One of our presents was Subbuteo and here we are trying it out after setting it up on the dining room table.
Rotherham United’s new home the New York Stadium takes shape. So called because it is being built on the site of the old Guest and Chrimes Foundry which made those iconic New York fire hydrants. Check out more pictures of the stadium construction by following the @RotherhamGround twitter feed.
“Antifa Hooligans” by Italian Oi! band Los Fastidios
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Eccleshill Football Club of Bradford who play in the Northern Counties East League have a novel way of raising club funds.
Vintage Argentine Football. River Plate & Independiente 1952 team pictures. Check out more included Boca Juniors, Rosario Central & Newell Old Boys at this great blog ..
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1893
Team shot of the players and the two trophies they won that year. The FA Cup, won for the first time by a Wolves team, after a 1-0 win over Everton and the Birmingham Senior Cup which they won after a 3-0 win over Aston Villa in the final.
Lithuanian Ultras come together to show their support for the national team
Uruguay - 1924 Olympic football Champions
An article on the Exeter City website caught my eye yesterday and got me scrabbling through the numerous shoe boxes in which I keep my collection of football programmes looking for my copy of Exeter City’s centenary brochure of 2004. As you can see they played a Brazil Masters XI, what a coup by Exeter City to get this team, including the likes of Careca, Dunga and Jorginho and officially sanctioned by the CBF, to travel over from Brazil especially for this game. Marvellous stuff, but why? Why would the greatest football nation on the planet take time to put an all-star team together and send them to play a lower-league English football club?
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Sheffield United Division Four Champions 1981/82 - A two page spread from Match Weekly Magazine paying tribute to the Blades Championship winning team.
This was my first full season supporting the Blades and one I can remember as if it was yesterday. Off the top of my head the games that stand out are, in no particular order ..
a League Cup game against Arsenal at Bramall Lane when we won 1-0, a great result given we were in the bottom division and the Arsenal, as usual, were in the top flight.
an evening goalfest under floodlights at Bramall Lane with the Blades just about managing to see off Northampton Town by seven goals to three.
a 2-2 draw at home to promotion rivals Bradford City that attracted the day’s highest crowd in England that included Liverpool playing at home in Europe.
Keith Edwards scoring a last minute winner to clinch a 1-0 win over Wigan Athletic in a match that saw Larry Lloyd get some good-natured abuse from the Kop.
Jeff King (pictured above) scoring a late winner to give the Blades a scintillating 3-2 win away at Crewe & send three sides of the ground delirious with joy.
Final home game of the season bringing a fantastic 4-0 win over Peterborough with the last moments of the game being played out with Blades fans encircling the pitch ready for a celebratory pitch invasion.
an 11000 strong travelling army of Blades celebrating the title in style at Darlington in the last game of the season.
What’s your most memorable season supporting your club?
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