How Lower Block Editions Preserve Contemporary Football Culture in Print
Football culture moves quickly. Seasons pass, players change, stadiums redevelop, communities evolve. The challenge is not just to photograph football culture, but to preserve it properly.
Genoa, Marassi and the Spaces In Between
Italian photojournalist Imma Rhamely Borrelli documents Genoa and the terraces of Marassi during Sampdoria v Bari, focusing on the rituals, atmosphere and architecture around the match. The work centres on football culture beyond the pitch.
Style on the Margins | Ultras, Graffiti, Scarves, and Visual Identity
Some of football’s strongest visual identity is created away from official branding. It exists on the margins – in scarves, banners, graffiti, and the collective styling of supporter groups.
Pyro, Passion and Hypocrisy | Inside Ultra Culture and Football’s Love-Hate Relationship with Flares
Across Europe’s biggest leagues, the image is unmistakable: red flares burning through thick smoke, terraces alive with colour and chaos – a visual language that sells football to the world.
Football Fans Photo Archive | 1990s
Football Memories 1990s | The Lower Block Football Culture Fan Archive, a dedicated space where the spirit of proper football fans comes alive through personal photographs, memorabilia, anecdotes and treasured memories.
The Gulls 1985-05 | A Photographic Tribute to Torquay United and Plainmoor
Latest Lower Block Edition brings together two decades of powerful black-and-white photography documenting Torquay United, its supporters and the enduring culture of matchday at Plainmoor.
Street Football and Documentary Realism in Urban Photography
Street football sits at the foundation of the game’s visual culture. Long before professional stadiums or academy systems, football lived in streets, parks, school playgrounds, and housing estates.
John Bolloten’s Ciggies, Spliffs and Footie | A Raw Portrait of Bradford Sunday League Football
Inside Red Lion FC and the Real Working-Class Culture of Grassroots Football
Football Fan Stickers | The Global Ultra Subculture of Hidden Messages, Humour and Territorial Identity
STUCK ON YOU | Words and photos explore the unofficial language of football: the stickers created by fan groups and scattered across rival grounds, lampposts, trains, pub toilets and city streets worldwide.
Celebrating Football Murals and Street Art | How Street Artists Are Painting the Game
Football, creativity and community come alive on the walls of streets around the world. Words and photos by Guirec Munier.
BOSFIGHTS / LIVE FREE
EXPLICIT CONTENT WARNING | Inside the illegal world of underground football hooligan forest fights.
Coventry City | Highfield Road 1999-05
For more than a century Coventry City’s home stood at the heart of its community – these photographs capture the final years of a ground seen through the eyes of someone who grew up with it.