Lost and Found Dec. 25, 2008

10 years ago I went on holiday to the south coast, taking some of my work with me. I returned with what I thought was all of it.

Imagine to my horror/delight this last September when, on returning to that same holiday cottage, where countless other families had stayed also in the years since, I found concealed in one of the chest of drawers around 1,000 of my original pieces of film – all thought lost. How no one else had found them or disturbed them or thrown them out not realising what they were or what they were connected with, I will never know. All in all a valuable slice of The Homes of Football collection – these are pictures which have never been used or even seen by any public – and because what has happened to them, particularly dear to me.

They will be by my side soon!