71 photos of World Cup watching in Leeds across four tournaments

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·14 giugno 2026

71 photos of World Cup watching in Leeds across four tournaments

A collection of 71 photos captures the emotion of World Cup watching in Leeds. It charts jubilation and heartbreak as supporters followed England on the global stage.

According to yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk, the images come from the Yorkshire Evening Post archive. They focus on four tournaments, France 1998, Korea/Japan 2002, Germany 2006 and South Africa 2010.

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The pictures take viewers inside the city’s pubs and bars during England games. They show the roar of celebration and the hush of tension.

Together they reflect how a city, and a country, believed football was coming home.

This retrospective offers a vivid snapshot of shared tournament summers across Leeds. It preserves the atmosphere of those years for Leeds supporters.

Source: yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk