FA150

i Frozen Memories Almost a real-life L.S. Lowry painting as guards keep warm by playing football on the frozen moat at The Tower of London in 1929.

20 21 Match Delay BBC’s long-serving football commentator John Motson reports from Wycombe Wanderers on a match that’s been hit by a snowfall.

28 29 ‘Who Will Finish Bottom ?’ Droylsden supporters dress in memorable kits for the last day of season game at StaVord Rangers in 2008.

32 33 A Sea of Red Middlesbrough fans decorate the Empire Stadium,Wembley, before the 1997 FA Cup Final against Chelsea.

36 37 Time for Some Fun November 1, 1939: A pair of wartime Red Cross nurses, of the mobile unit of Grovelands Hospital in North London, enjoy a kickabout.

Entente Cordiale Opposite: The captains of the French and 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.

48 49 Champagne Moment May 3, 1980: The champagne corks are a-poppin’ as clinch their twelth league title. (left) and Terry McDermott share perms, moustaches and smiles, and not for the last time. Liverpool 4, Aston Villa 1.

56 57 Here’s Lookin’ at You Kid ! January 1, 1970: The three trophies, won by Arsenal in the 1970 -71 season: the League Championship, The FA Cup and The FA Youth Cup, look down proudly on Arsenal fans as they gather for another match at Highbury.

58 59 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 take The FA Cup home to for the first time in the club’s history and they weren’t letting it out of their sight. Liverpool 2, Leeds United 1.

62 63 League of Nations April 22, 2008: This UEFA Champions League Semi-Final between Chelsea and Liverpool underlines the international complexion of the modern English club game. Alonso and Torres of Spain, Kuyt of Holland and Mascherano of Argentina join Liverpool and England captain in trying to prevent Chelsea and Ivory Coast superstar hitting the target.

66 67 Mudlarks ! August 22, 1925: The pitch seems to have passed a late inspection, and the annual football match before the Leigh-on-Sea Regatta is really underway.

70 71 Silver Service May, 1948: Alongside the beer bottles and soda siphons, in the boardroom at Highbury, is the beautiful Football League Championship trophy, which Arsenal won for the sixth time.

72 73 New Balls Please A teacher in Southwark in 1936 welcomes her students with a new box of footballs.

82 83 Street Games Allowed Schoolboy Football April 8, 1950: November 1974 The score is probably 25-24. After playing for nearly two hours One of the football teams from Ashdown House, an independent Prep School. they continue chasing the ball as if it was the first minute. (Standing, left to right) Andrew Robinson, Christopher Durlacher, Simon Beresford, Paul Cheeseman (coach), William Martin, Anybody who is interested in football Alexander Blond, Richard Rogers, Adrian Cole has played in a match like this. (Sitting, left to right) Edmund Glentworth, John Cox, Tom Bannatyne (captain), Charles Dormandy, Julian Akel (goalkeeper).

96 97 One Pose Before Dinner April 9, 1904: An informal photograph of the England team on the steps of St. Enoch’s Hotel in Glasgow following the International match against Scotland. (Left to right) (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), (Tottenham Hotspur), Herbert Burgess (Manchester City), Sam Wolstenholme (Everton), , captain (Blackburn Rovers), Stanley Shute Harris (Cambridge University). Plus one other interested observer. Scotland 0, England 1.

120 121 Argy-bargy June 7, 2002: England fans exultant as they celebrate England’s narrow win over Argentina in their World Cup group game in Sapporo, Japan. Victory was secured by a penalty spot from , four years after his infamous sending oV against the same opposition at the World Cup in France. England 1, Argentina 0.

130 131 The Draw Above, top: January 9, 1978: Sid Needham (left), the Chairman of the Challenge Cup Committee, and Harold Thompson, the Chairman of , draw the teams to play each other in 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 bag used in The FA Cup draw in 1946.

140 141 Many Hands Needed Anticipation January 8, 1938: You need hands ! And plenty of them when you are playing the Cup holders. February 29, 1936: ‘No, I’ve just come straight from work. How about yourself ?’ Watford goalkeeper Jim McLaren prepares to face mighty in The FA Cup Third Round. Fans dress up for the big FA Cup Sixth Round tie between Arsenal and Barnsley at Highbury. The Division Three side held the Park men to a single goal victory. Arsenal would win the tie and go on to win The FA Cup that season. Sunderland 1, Watford 0. Arsenal 4, Barnsley 1.

146 147 Back to Square One Magnetic Appeal April 9, 1932: Circa 1930: Patients and nurses at Moorfields Eye Hospital, in London, follow the radio commentary of Young SheYeld school boys are enthralled as their headmaster shows oV his know-how a big England v. Scotland international with the help of a grid of the pitch. on their brand new tactics board. The radio commentator would make reference to which numbered square the ball was in at any particular key moment in the game. Simple but ingenious. England 3, Scotland 0.

154 155 A Royal Opening April 28, 1923: A huge crowd, that has spilled onto the pitch, welcomes King George V to the Royal Box and the 1923 FA Cup Final between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham.

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

162 163 Jumping for Joy July 30, 1966: This is what it feels like to score a goal in the World Cup final. had just put England ahead in the closing stages of the match. West Germany would score a last-gasp equaliser but the man giving Peters an air lift, GeoV Hurst, put things right for England in extra time.

188 189 Times Past Gunners Café, 1991 The West Stand entrance to Arsenal’s former home, Highbury, in the middle of a terrace of houses. CoVee mugs on the table, back page mug-shots on the wall. This café supports all things Arsenal. Even the tomato ketchup is red !

202 203 All Eyes on the Ball Coat of Arms Sunderland fans are mesmerised at a match against Coventry City at in 1996. April 13, 2003: Sunderland 1, Coventry City 0. The lengths some people go to ! A Saints’ supporter all painted up in the club’s coat of arms, outside , Birmingham, for an FA Cup Semi-Final. 2, Watford 1.

218 219 Double Grin May 1978: Express delivery. Liverpool’s first class performance against Bruges at Empire Stadium,Wembley, brings home the European Cup for the second year running in the company of a very contented Reds manager, . Liverpool 1, Bruges 0.

250 251 Liverpool Reigns Again May 26, 2005: Thousands welcome home Liverpool after their remarkable win over AC Milan in Instanbul. Three-nil down at half-time and seemingly in a hopeless situation, they hit back early in the second half levelling the game with three goals in a dramatic six minute spell. The match went into extra-time but no further goals were added and in the resulting penalty shoot-out Liverpool goalkeeper made the match winning save from . It was a game in a million.

258 259 In Safe Hands May 19, 2012: Chelsea’s Petr Cech lifts the European Cup while Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich hugs club captain after Chelsea’s dramatic win in Munich. Bayern Munich 1, Chelsea 1 (Chelsea win 4-3 on penalties).

262 263 That’s the Spirit Boring, boring … March 18, 1933: October 17, 1951: West Ham fans in fine fettle ahead of their FA Cup Semi-Final against Everton at Molineux. This gentleman has either had a long night or is enduring a long afternoon but either way no boring, boring Arsenal gags please. Everton 2, West Ham United 1. Arsenal 5, Glasgow Rangers 0.

266 267 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.”

302 303