A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

Serious British Soccer Fan!

My old friend Jerry took this shot at the recent March 2007 Peterlee Tattoo Convention of a guy who takes his football seriously enough to make it a part of his face.

Comments

61 responses to “Serious British Soccer Fan!”

  1. YetI Avatar
    YetI

    lol i bet he gets some looks when he goes on holiday!

    HAMMERS RULE

  2. dark_gothik Avatar
    dark_gothik

    “soccer is an abrv. for assocation football it’s porper just uncommonly used in the uk.

  3. dark_gothik Avatar
    dark_gothik

    21 your are right (american/candaian) football is a bastardizing of rugby wich is in tern a violent bastardizing of (soccer) football

  4. big dave Avatar
    big dave

    15 points what the fuck wer super leeds and wer goin up

  5. big dave Avatar
    big dave

    manchester wank wank wank cum on arsenal show them whos boss this year MAN U SCUM

  6. Milton Avatar
    Milton

    This guy sits about 4 rows infront of my in the KOP at elland road.

  7. Jeannine Lama Avatar

    Great post, thanks 🙂

  8. Futbol Avatar

    Buenisimo el post, quiero sudafrica 2010 yaaa !

  9. ryan Avatar
    ryan

    this guy spends alot of his time in thailand, ive seen him in samui and phangan. asked why he has so many tattoos hes said he dosent like skin???? mmmmmm

  10. Bert Hermanus Avatar

    Thanks for writing about this. There’s a mass of good tech info on the internet. You’ve got a lot of that info here on your website. I’m impressed – I try to keep a couple blogs fairly ongoing, but it’s a struggle sometimes. You’ve done a big job with this one. How do you do it?

  11. Mourinho Avatar

    ahahaha, that was gross! he is lucky that Leeds didn’t bankrupt sometime ago!

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