The boy in the photograph is seven years old. He is standing outside the players’ entrance at Edgar Street in Hereford, dressed from head to toe in Brighton and Hove Albion kit. He is posing next to Steve Gritt, the club’s manager at the time. There is no hint of the nervous tension that filled the air on May 3, 1997. “We were 1-0 down, going out of the league, and then Robbie Reinelt got the goal.

Source: The Times August 04, 2017 15:56 UTC