71 photos capture Leeds’ World Cup watching across 1998 to 2010 | OneFootball

A set of 71 archive photos captures the emotion of World Cup watching in Leeds, from France 1998 to South Africa 2010.

According to yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk, the images take readers inside the city’s pubs and bars as England featured on football’s global stage.

The collection spans four tournaments in chronological order, France 1998, Korea/Japan 2002, Germany 2006 and South Africa 2010.

Scenes range from jubilation to heartbreak, capturing a city and a country gripped by the belief that football was coming home.

The photographs are drawn from the Yorkshire Evening Post archive, preserving shared moments of hope, tension and release across those summers.

Source: yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk