Going to the Match 2022

[nonshinyfinish]

No doubt a fair number on here enjoy David Squires' football cartoons but I thought today's particularly worth highlighting: https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2022/oct/04/david-squires-on-going-to-the-match-2022-ls-lowry

(The context is here: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/sep/14/lowrys-going-to-the-match-expected-to-fetch-8m-at-auction)

Not as funny as usual (although the pavement dancers and the matchstick cats/matchstick dogs half-and-half scarves got a good laugh), more just deeply depressing. We're insulated from some of the worst of it in Scottish football but no doubt it will eventually, er, trickle down.

[Carheenlea]

Thankfully we are spared from a lot of the ills of modern football that has blighted the English game, but some of that cartoon certainly rings true.

[Dr What If?]

It amazes me when I see those prices quoted for a Lowry as you can still get Lowry originals relatively cheap. As a painter he was prolific so there is a lot of his stuff out there.....a lot of crap to be fair but the name gives them some value. I do wonder how much of the value of his work is down to Brian and Michael.