As England go into their final warm-up fixtures for the World Cup in South Africa here is a look back at when they prepared for the 1988 European Championships by playing those giants of the game, non-league Aylesbury United. The first clip shows the dressing room scenes before the game and the second is part of the 7-0 win for England despite Cliff Hercules going close for the Ducks. You might also be interested to know that this was the one and only time this red England away shirt was ever worn.

32 seconds into this wonderful clip of Chesterfield’s last game at Saltergate and someone from the the disabled enclosure in front of the main stand makes a burst for it. He gets about 20 yards onto the pitch before a rather angry helper runs on, grabs the wheelchair and pushes him off!!

Cheers Mate!

Don’t worry about the snow, stop moaning about the cold and get the orange ball out! Just don’t lose the only one you have eh.

Final Score: Glentoran 0 Linfield 3

At the beginning of the 1995 season, Dutch photographer Hans van der Meer set out to take a series of football photographs that avoided the clichéd traditions of modern sports photography. In an attempt to record the game in its simplest form, he sought matches at the bottom end of the amateur leagues across Europe. This fantastic exhibition is now on at Host Gallery, East London and runs from 21 October – 28 November 2009. I’ve put a small selection of the photos below.

St Chamas, France (Nice kit)

Perafita, Portugal

Oppede, France

Midgley, England

Marseille, France

Knippla, Sweden

Cheux, France

Celerina, Switzerland

Budapest, Hungary

Bradford, England

More on his webiste here – http://www.hansvandermeer.nl/

Think you have suffered the worst away end in football? the Manor Ground, the Withdean, Ninian Park or maybe the scaffolding at Priestfield?

Then spare a thought for the visitors to Miejski Klub Sportowy Znicz Pruszków in Poland.