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Manchester City, Manchester United, Manchester Derby, Manchester Police, Maine Road 1981

Curating and Documenting Football Culture and Subcultures

Documenting football culture is essential to preserving the identity, stories, and subcultures that define the game and its communities. Through authentic photography and a deep commitment to storytelling, platforms like Lower Block ensure football’s visual and cultural legacy endures—connecting generations and capturing the spirit that lives beyond the game.

‘A Casual Look: A Photodiary of Football Fans, 1980s to 2001’ by Lorne Brown and Nick Harvey.

A Photo Diary of Football Casuals

The look, the labels, the stands, grounds and the streets around the stadiums were of an age rife with football casual culture. Photographs and anecdotes from the cult book ‘A Casual Look: A Photodiary of Football Fans, 1980s to 2001’.

West Ham United, the end of the Boleyn Ground. © Alastair Mckay

West Ham | The Last Years of the Boleyn

For 112 years, Upton Park was the heartbeat of a community. Before West Ham United’s move to the sleek but soulless by comparison London Stadium, matchdays in E13 pulsed with tradition. Alastair McKay on capturing West Ham’s East End soul.

Leeds Leeds Leeds | Justin Slee, Lower Block photo zine

Leeds Leeds Leeds | 1998-2003

Photo series by Justin Slee taken during his time working for the cult Leeds United football magazine, Leeds Leeds Leeds, between 1998-2003.

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