Walking back from Elland Road

Saturday 3rd August 2013, 5.15pm (day 709)

After the match, 3/8/13

The new Championship season kicked off. for me, Joe and about 33,400 other people, at Elland Road this afternoon. I enjoyed the first 15 minutes or so.

L. S. Lowry painted a famous picture in the 1930s called ‘Going to the Match’, showing people flocking to Bolton Wanderers’ ground amid a sea of cobbles, factories and back-to-back housing. There aren’t many grounds left where you can still get that kind of vibe 80 years later, but Elland Road is one of them.

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3 thoughts on “Walking back from Elland Road

  1. BloggerPhotography's avatar marting04 says:

    A debut winner you gotta be a happy man? I do like a bit of Lowry it’s a shame football has changed so much in the years since he painted that.

    • Drew Whitworth's avatar Drew Whitworth says:

      I am sure I would be a happy man — if I supported Leeds United. No offence, but as I don’t, it was a load of cheaty handball stuff.

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