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1950S FOOTBALL PHOTOGRAPH - GOAL-LINE TECHNOLOGY REQUIRED

1950S FOOTBALL PHOTOGRAPH - GOAL-LINE TECHNOLOGY REQUIRED

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An original football photograph, probably from the 1950s and possibly from South America - there is no information on the reverse. The area in front of the goal is a mud-bath and the defender seems to have stopped the ball on the line (or is it just over?). Today it would certainly be a job for goal-line technology, but we have no idea what the decision was that day.

16 x 23cm. A couple of very light creases. Very good condition.

Date
1950s

£25.00 (Code: 70615)

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