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Frozen MemoriesAlmost a real-life L.S. Lowry paintingas guards keep warm by playing footballon the frozen moatat The Tower of London in 1929.

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Match DelayBBC’s long-serving football commentator John Motson reports fromWycombe Wanderers on a match that’s been hit by a snowfall.

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‘Who Will Finish Bottom ?’Droylsden supporters dress in memorable kits for the last day of season game

at StaVord Rangers in 2008.

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A Sea of RedMiddlesbrough fans decorate the Empire Stadium,Wembley, before the 1997 FA Cup Final against Chelsea.

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Time for Some FunNovember 1, 1939: A pair of wartime Red Cross nurses, of the mobile unit of

Grovelands Hospital in North London, enjoy a kickabout.

Entente CordialeOpposite: The captains of the French and England Ladies football teams, Florrie Redford (left)

and Carmen Pomies, exchange greetings before the start of an international match at Herne Hill in 1925.England was represented by the Dick, Kerr team, from Preston.

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Champagne MomentMay 3, 1980: The champagne corks are a-poppin’as Liverpool clinch their twelth league title.Graeme Souness (left) and Terry McDermottshare perms, moustaches and smiles, and not for the last time.Liverpool 4, Aston Villa 1.

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Here’s Lookin’at You Kid !January 1, 1970:The three trophies,won by Arsenalin the 1970 -71 season:the League Championship,The FA Cupand The FA Youth Cup,look down proudlyon Arsenal fansas they gatherfor another matchat Highbury.

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Brace Yourself !May 14, 1966: Everton fan Eddie Kavanagh celebrates his team’s dramatic comeback

in their 1966 FA Cup Final win against SheYeld Wednesday,by showing two policemen a clean pair of heels as he dashes across the Wembley pitch.

Everton 3, SheYeld Wednesday 2.

Ours at Last !Opposite:

May 2, 1965: Liverpool’s match winner, Ian St. John (left) and captain Ron Yeatstake The FA Cup home to Anfield for the first time in the club’s history

and they weren’t letting it out of their sight.Liverpool 2, Leeds United 1.

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League of NationsApril 22, 2008: This UEFA Champions League Semi-Final between Chelseaand Liverpool underlines the international complexion of the modern Englishclub game. Alonso and Torres of Spain, Kuyt of Holland and Mascheranoof Argentina join Liverpool and England captain Steven Gerrard in tryingto prevent Chelsea and Ivory Coast superstar Didier Drogba hitting the target.

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Mudlarks !August 22, 1925: The pitch seems to have passeda late inspection, and the annual football matchbefore the Leigh-on-Sea Regatta is really underway.

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Silver ServiceMay, 1948:Alongside the beer bottlesand soda siphons,in the boardroom at Highbury,is the beautifulFootball LeagueChampionship trophy,which Arsenal wonfor the sixth time.

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New Balls PleaseA teacher in Southwarkin 1936 welcomes her studentswith a new box of footballs.

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Street Games AllowedApril 8, 1950:

The score is probably 25-24. After playing for nearly two hoursthey continue chasing the ball as if it was the first minute.

Anybody who is interested in footballhas played in a match like this.

Schoolboy FootballNovember 1974

One of the football teams from Ashdown House, an independent Prep School.(Standing, left to right) Andrew Robinson, Christopher Durlacher, Simon Beresford, Paul Cheeseman (coach), William Martin,

Alexander Blond, Richard Rogers, Adrian Cole(Sitting, left to right) Edmund Glentworth, John Cox, Tom Bannatyne (captain),

Charles Dormandy, Julian Akel (goalkeeper).

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One Pose Before DinnerApril 9, 1904:

An informal photograph of the England team on the steps of St. Enoch’s Hotel in Glasgowfollowing the International match against Scotland.

(Left to right) Steve Bloomer (Derby County), Jones, Bernie Wilkinson (SheYeld United), Alex Leake (Aston Villa),Alf Common (SheYeld United), Fred Blackburn (Blackburn Rovers), Jock Rutherford (Newcastle United),

Alfred Davis (linesman), Vivian Woodward (Tottenham Hotspur), Herbert Burgess (Manchester City),Sam Wolstenholme (Everton), Bob Crompton, captain (Blackburn Rovers),

Stanley Shute Harris (Cambridge University). Plus one other interested observer.Scotland 0, England 1.

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Argy-bargyJune 7, 2002: England fans exultant as they celebrateEngland’s narrow win over Argentina in their World Cup groupgame in Sapporo, Japan. Victory was secured by a penalty spotgoal from David Beckham, four years after his infamoussending oV against the same opposition at the World Cupin France. England 1, Argentina 0.

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The DrawAbove, top: January 9, 1978: Sid Needham (left), the Chairman of the Challenge Cup Committee,

and Harold Thompson, the Chairman of the Football Association, draw the teams to play each otherin the Fourth Round of The FA Cup.

Above: December 14, 2000: The FA Women’s Cup Fourth Round draw.

Opposite: Stanley Rous, the FA Secretary, with the balls and bagused in The FA Cup draw in 1946.

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Many Hands NeededJanuary 8, 1938: You need hands ! And plenty of them when you are playing the Cup holders.

Watford goalkeeper Jim McLaren prepares to face mighty Sunderland in The FA Cup Third Round.The Division Three side held the Roker Park men to a single goal victory.

Sunderland 1, Watford 0.

AnticipationFebruary 29, 1936: ‘No, I’ve just come straight from work. How about yourself ?’

Fans dress up for the big FA Cup Sixth Round tie between Arsenal and Barnsley at Highbury.Arsenal would win the tie and go on to win The FA Cup that season.

Arsenal 4, Barnsley 1.

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Back to Square OneApril 9, 1932:

Patients and nurses at Moorfields Eye Hospital, in London, follow the radio commentary ofa big England v. Scotland international with the help of a grid of the pitch.

The radio commentator would make reference to which numbered square the ball was inat any particular key moment in the game. Simple but ingenious.

England 3, Scotland 0.

Magnetic AppealCirca 1930:

Young SheYeld school boys are enthralled as their headmaster shows oV his know-howon their brand new tactics board.

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A Royal OpeningApril 28, 1923:

A huge crowd, that has spilled onto the pitch, welcomes King George V to the Royal Boxand the 1923 FA Cup Final between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham.

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The much-hyped new stadium prepares to open its turnstiles for the first time.

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Jumping for JoyJuly 30, 1966: This is what it feels like to score a goal inthe World Cup final. Martin Peters had just put England aheadin the closing stages of the match. West Germany would scorea last-gasp equaliser but the man giving Peters an air lift,GeoV Hurst, put things right for England in extra time.

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Times PastThe West Stand entrance to Arsenal’s former home, Highbury, in the middle of a terrace of houses.

Gunners Café, 1991CoVee mugs on the table, back page mug-shots on the wall.

This café supports all things Arsenal. Even the tomato ketchup is red !

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Coat of ArmsApril 13, 2003:

The lengths some people go to ! A Saints’ supporter all painted up in the club’s coat of arms,outside Villa Park, Birmingham, for an FA Cup Semi-Final.

Southampton 2, Watford 1.

All Eyes on the BallSunderland fans are mesmerised at a match against Coventry City at Roker Park in 1996.

Sunderland 1, Coventry City 0.

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Double GrinMay 1978:Express delivery.Liverpool’s first class performanceagainst Brugesat Empire Stadium,Wembley,brings home the European Cupfor the second year runningin the company of a very contentedReds manager, Bob Paisley.Liverpool 1, Bruges 0.

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Liverpool Reigns AgainMay 26, 2005:Thousands welcome home Liverpoolafter their remarkable winover AC Milan in Instanbul.Three-nil down at half-timeand seemingly in a hopeless situation,they hit back early in the second halflevelling the game with three goalsin a dramatic six minute spell.The match went into extra-timebut no further goals were addedand in the resulting penalty shoot-outLiverpool goalkeeper Jerzy Dudekmade the match winning savefrom Andriy Shevchenko.It was a game in a million.

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In Safe HandsMay 19, 2012:

Chelsea’s Petr Cech lifts the European Cup while Chelsea ownerRoman Abramovich hugs club captain John Terry after Chelsea’s

dramatic win in Munich. Bayern Munich 1, Chelsea 1(Chelsea win 4-3 on penalties).

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That’s the SpiritMarch 18, 1933:

West Ham fans in fine fettle ahead of their FA Cup Semi-Final against Everton at Molineux.Everton 2, West Ham United 1.

Boring, boring …October 17, 1951:

This gentleman has either had a long night or is enduring a long afternoon but either way no boring, boring Arsenal gags please.Arsenal 5, Glasgow Rangers 0.

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Happy Days“And then there’s the kitchen to paint, the lawn to mow, the car to wash,the dog to walk and the washing machine to fix. Oh, I do love football.”