During World Cup 2014, I went to watch Algeria -v- South Korea with Algerian fans in Cricklewood, north London. There is not a large Algerian community in London, but those there were watching the match quietly. The atmosphere became more animated as the Algerian team...
My story is about my grandparents, my dad and his little sister. Originally from Denmark, they moved to Gudbrandsdalen (Kleive) in Norway when the kids were little and ended up staying there for 7.5 years. Why they decided to make that move? I think they just wanted...
This photograph was taken on 13 June 2010 during World Cup 2010 when I watched a match between South Korea and Greece in the New Malden neighbourhood of London. It was taken at a bar called The Fountain, an otherwise very ordinary bar but that day it was full of South...
Dorastając w czasach komunizmu Pawła fascynowały kolorowe programy zespołów piłkarskich, takich jak Tottenham. W wieku 10 lat dało to początek jego miłości, która nadal trwa. Kiedy miał 10 lat, brat Pawła Maciej zaczął pisać do angielskich klubów piłkarskich, prosząc o...
La mia storia comincia in 1995 quando ho deciso di andare in Italia per gli studi. Come ogni storia di migrazione, quando sono partita non sapevo quando sarei tornata in Belgio. Ho visuto in Italia per sei anni, sopratutto a Roma ma anche in Toscana. Quando uno vive a...
My story begins in England. That is where my parents are from. We were on holiday at a beach called Broadstairs. There were a lot of surfers there and they inspired me a lot which made me want a surfboard so I bought one. My new surfboard is green and black, bumpy and easy...
This photograph was taken in London on the night of the 2010 Football World Cup final. Spain had won the championship for the first time ever. These photographs show Spanish fans celebrating their victory. The photographs were taken in the centre of London, around...
At the last day of my football training I got a shiny soccer shoe because I tried my very best. It doesn’t really smell like anything. When I got it was ice cold and it was as special as an old fossil. It looks like a mini football shoe. It is very shiny and has a...
This photograph was taken on 14 June 2014 in Elephant and Castle, south London. It was taken during World Cup 2014 while watching a Colombia -v- Greece match. There's a large Latin American community living around Elephant and Castle, mainly since the 1980s. Each year the...
I was born in South Africa. I was 4 or 5 when I moved to Australia and now I live in The Netherlands because my dad got a job here. My dad works in the fuel industry and so we move quite a lot! I got my vuvuzela in South Africa as a souvenir. I got a red one because red is...
This photograph was taken during the 2008 European Football Championships. I went to the Bayswater neighbourhood in London to watch Greece play Russia along with Greek fans living in London. The venue was a standard cafe called Cafe Byzantium, which had a TV complete with...
My story begins in Spain. It was my first day at football. I was playing with boys of 8 years old when I was 4. I still did not know how to play football, it was kind of unfair. That is when my Mum discovered that that team was too old for me. I went to play in Gran...