Football nostalgia, heroics and Belgian

surrealism in a delightfully recognizable

photography book.

For years, photographer Jurgen Vantomme

photographed the most unusual football fields

in Belgium. He regularly focuses his camera on

the football players on the field, but is far more

often interested in the environment in which

the players play the game. From three old men

cheering from an almost empty stand to an

Anton Pieck-like football match in the snow.

As a passionate groundhopper he visited the

most nostalgic and photogenic stadiums

where he watched hundreds of football games,

from the Bosuil in Antwerp to the lowest

divisions of amateur football. For years, he

published in popular football magazines, such

as Sport/Voetbalmagazine, 11 Freunde, So

Foot, La Gazetta Dello Sport, FourFourTwo...