Arsenal 3 Everton 1, 22/03/2009. Bishops Stortford, FA Cup Semi Final. Photos by Simon Gill.

Birmingham City 1 Reading 3, 20/12/2008. St Andrews, Championship. Photos by Simon Gill.

Burnley v Spurs League Cup Semi Final second leg Turf Moor, 21/01/2009. Trailing 1-4 from the first leg Burnley won 3-0 to force extra time before conceding two goals late in extra time.

A feature on Wirral-based Northern Premier League premier division club Cammell Laird, who announced in December 2008 that they were going to revert to being an amateur club after the withdrawal of financial backing by a local business. The images were from home games that month against Witton Albion and Guiseley. Photos by Colin McPherson.

Coniston v Penrith, 20/09/2008. Westmorland League. Photos by Paul Thompson.

Curzon Ashton v Exeter City, 08/11/2008. FA Cup first round, Tameside Stadium. Non-League Curzon Ashton's Tameside Stadium, Ashton-under-Lyne was the venue for this FA Cup first round tie against Exeter City. The home team, who played in the Unibond first division north won the match 3-2 against their opponents from Coca Cola League 2, four divisions above Curzon Ashton. It was the home side's first-ever appearance in the FA Cup proper and their reward for winning the match was an away tie at Conference team Kidderminster Harriers. Photos by Colin McPherson.

Dagenham & Redbridge 1 Shrewsbury Town 2, 02/05/2009. Victoria Road, League Two. Photos by Tony Davis.

Faroe Islands 0 Scotland 2, 06/06/2007. European Championship Qualifier. The visitors won the match by 2 goals to nil to stay in contention for a place at the European football championships which were to be held in Switzerland and Austria in the Summer of 2008. It was the first time Scotland had won in the Faroes, the previous two matches ended in draws. Photos by Colin McPherson.

16.09.2008 Leek, England. The players of Leek Town entertain Clitheroe in an FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round replay at Harrison Park, Leek. The first match ended in a one-all draw but it was Clitheroe who progressed to the next round winning the replay one-nil, despite having a man sent off in the second half. The preliminary stages of the FA Cup were used to determine which non-League clubs were included in the first round proper of the FA Cup. Photos by Colin McPherson.

Manchester City 2 Hamburg SV 1, 16/04/2009. City of Manchester Stadium, UEFA Cup quarter final. Several thousand fans of the German club made the trip to manchester to see their side progress to an all-German semi-final with Werder Bremen. Although Hamburg lost 2-1 in Manchester they went through 4-3 on aggregate after winning last week's first-leg 3-1. Photos by Colin McPherson.

The Scottish Junior season gets under way with matches at Pollok in Glasgow's South Side, Kirkintilloch's historic old ground and the West Lothian giants Linlithgow Rose. All these clubs eventually became part of the Senior game in Scotland and joined the pyramid system. Junior football in Scotland was semi-professional adult football which was administered by a separate body, the Scottish Junior Football Association. Photos by Colin McPherson.

Stockport Pre-Season Training, 09/07/2008. Manor Farm, Timperley, League One. Stockport County were promoted up to league One following a play-off final victory over Rochdale at Wembley in May, 2008. Jim Gannon took over as manager of the club in 2006 and lead them to promotion after three seasons in League Two. Photos by Colin McPherson.

Sunderland Ladies 3 Chelsea Ladies 0, 22/03/2009. Stadium of Light, FA Cup Semi Final. Underdogs Sunderland overcame strong favourites Chelsea, to book a place in the Women's FA Cup Final. Sadly they lost the final 2-1 to Arsenal in fron t of 23,291 at Pride Park, Derby. Photos by Paul Thompson.

Torquay United 2 Cambridge United 0, 17/05/2009. Wembley Stadium, Conference Play Off Final. Photos by Simon Gill

A midlands derby between Wolves v Coventry in the Championship. Wolves under Mick McCarthy finished as Champions. Coventry finished 15th. In 2012 they were relegated to league one, in 2017 they were relegated to League Two, and promoted back to League One in 2018, against a backdrop of ownership disputes and ground shares.