THE ART OF FOOTBALL

LATE TACKLE takes a look at a business attempting to mix two great passions...

Fresh-faced: A young Diego MaradonaFEW would deny dogs playing snooker holds a certain fascination but it’s been a while since The Tate afforded wall space to art of a sporting nature.The two worlds rarely collide. LS Lowry’s painting ‘Going To The Match’ is perhaps the most famous anomaly. Painted in 1953, Lowry depicts Bolton supporters attending a game at Burnden Park in a manner that manages to perfectly capture both the match day experience and the urban industrialization of...

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