THE BEAUTIFUL GAME

“I believe football is the finest sport to learn sports photography on – full of emotion, unpredictable, fast, always moving, colourful, and whatever the weather brilliant split seconds of action, passion, effort, incredible emotion and everything that is great about sport as whole!”

BRIAN CLOUGH

BRIAN CLOUGH 1993

The legendary Brian Clough during his final match as manager for Nottingham Forrest.

Graeme Souness

GRAEME SOUNESS

“Just two!”

Terry Butcher England vs Sweden WC Qual, 1989

TERRY BUTCHER 1989

The England Captain, World Cup Qualifier against Sweden.

1986 England vs Paraguay, Gary Lineker

GARY LINEKER 1986

World Cup Round of 16 against Paraguay in Mexico.

Paul Gascoigne

PAUL GASCOIGNE 1990

World Cup Quarter-final against Belgium in Italy.

SCOTLAND VS ENGLAND 1984

SCOTLAND VS ENGLAND 1984

The Home Internationals at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland.

ALAN HANSEN 1986

ALAN HANSEN 1986

Celebrating Liverpool winning the League Championship.

Beckham, Japan

DAVID BECKHAM 2002

World Cup Quarter-final against Brazil in Japan.

Japan 2002

CAFU 2002

The captain of Brazil raises the World Cup in Japan.

Thierry Henry 26 Dec 2001

THIERRY HENRY 2001

In action for Arsenal against Chelsea.

DAVID SEAMAN 2002

The England goalkeeper can only watch Ronaldinho’s free kick hits the back of the net. England v Brazil World Cup Quarter-final.

Rashid Yekini 1994

RASHID YAKINI 1994

Celebrating scoring for Nigeria against Bulgaria in the World Cup.

World Cup 1984 Bebeto, Brazil

BEBETO 1984

Brazil against Cameroon in the 1994 World Cup.

Diego Maradonna 1988

DIEGO MARADONA 1988

Scoring for Napoli against AC Milan.

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