MCFC,Manchester City,Manchester City Football Club vs Chelsea,Carabao cup final 24/02/2019 Wembley stadium, London, England, UK - Feb2019

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Contributor:
Tony SmithImage ID:
2AG9CWDFile size:
28 MB (1.4 MB Compressed download)Releases:
Model - no | Property - noDo I need a release?Dimensions:
3534 x 2765 px | 29.9 x 23.4 cm | 11.8 x 9.2 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
24 February 2019Location:
Wembley, North London, England, UKMore information:
. An authentic period view of Wembley, North London, England, UK in 2019, showing a subject whose value extends beyond the immediate scene into local history and changing social context. The main subject is MCFC, Manchester City, Manchester City Football Club vs Chelsea, Carabao cup final 24/02/2019 Wembley stadium, London, England, UK - Feb2019. The surrounding context brings together changing streetscape, local character, club branding, supporter community, before-and-after reference, professional football, fan culture, period detail, match-day economy, regional identity, everyday life, historical comparison, changing land use, and spectator sport. The subject remains useful for current coverage of football tourism and club ownership, not least because of how football grounds become landmarks in their own right. With the passage of time, the scene fixes local appearance, occupation, access and public activity in the immediate surroundings of Wembley, North London, England, UK. The subject sits alongside visual archive, supporter identity, sporting landmark, social history, documentary photography, football architecture, club history, and community identity. The recorded references to stadium, Football, Wembley, final, and Carabao preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. For Wembley, North London, England, UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Another strand within the photograph is football tourism and the value of stadium imagery as clubs redevelop or change grounds within the specific setting of Wembley, North London, England, UK. The image also provides a reference for club ownership and how football grounds become landmarks in their own right as part of the longer story of Wembley, North London, England, UK. The period view preserves evidence of changing use as a date-specific reference.