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Mike Wheeler & the Kearny Scots for @whatahowler⚽️ - I’ve played my whole life, and still do when I can. My touch is worse, I’m a little slower, and recovery takes a lot longer, but I still love the game. So when I was asked to shoot a story about an over-30 men’s team in New Jersey, I jumped at the chance to photograph some guys who knew exactly how I felt🙏🏾⚽️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 - Thanks to @ecapossela for a fun assignment and @maeagency for making the time🙌🏾 . . . . . #Howlermag #howlermagazine #whatahowler #soccer #football #kearnyscots #soccerlife #futbol #kearnynewjersey #brenizermethod #nikond810 #vscoportrait #ig_mood #discoverportrait #portraitphotography #profile_vision #bleachmyfilm #postmoreportraits #portraitpage #igpodium_portraits #newjersey #hoboken #jersey #nikonphotography #nikontop #focalmarked (at Kearny, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/BseCXgQDMZq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=r7cfmcodpgux

I know who they are: hooligans, yobbos, thugs. I want to deny their existence, to pretend that they are no longer part of my England. I thought they’d been banished to the history books. For me, these scenes feel ripped from the pages of Among The Thugs, Bill Buford’s devastating account of English soccer hooligans in the 1980s.

From Howler Magazine editor George Quraishi.

A fantastically visceral experience of Scottish Football as told by Alan Black of the SF Chronicle  on Howler Radio.