Painting done in 1953 of crowds outside Burnden Park being sold to raise money for footballers’ charitable foundation
They stream towards the turnstiles, stick-like figures instantly familiar to anyone who has looked at a painting by LS Lowry.
In the foreground, their coats and hats are distinct. In the background, beneath the tall chimneys of a long-gone heavy industry, the people are a blur. But all of them have a common purpose: going to the match.
