Once upon a time, British football weeklies like Shoot! and Goal featured players at home with their wives, children and pets.
As you’re about to see, life was pretty ordinary back then…
Derek Renton (Source: Hearts match programme, 1970)
Teddy Sheringham (Source: Millwall match programme, 1989)
Terry Nicholl (Source: Missile Magazine, 1985)
John Jackson (Source: Goal Magazine, 1972)
John Doyle (1972-ish, judging by the vinyl)
Hugh Curran (Source: Unknown, 1973)
Mick Leach (Source: Goal Magazine, 1972)
Gunter Netzer (Source: Bundesliga Classic Archive)
Peter Cormack (Source: Goal Magazine, 1971)
Paul Madeley (Source: Unknown, 1973)
Johan Cruyff (Source: Fotoleren, 1968)
Liam O’Kane (Source: Nottingham Forest match programme, 1983)
Ken Beamish (Source: Goal Magazine, 1973)
Eddie Hapgood (Source: Illustrated Magazine, 1939)
Joe Corrigan (Source: Goal Magazine, 1974)
Bradley Pratt (Source: The Sun, 1991)
Steve Perryman (Source: Shoot! Magazine, 1974)
George McLean (Source: Goal Magazine, 1969)
Peter Bonetti (Source: TV Times, 1970)
Everton players on tour (Source: Football League Review, 1970)
Ronnie Hellstrom (Source: Pre-World Cup publicity shot, 1978)
Howard Kendall (Source: Everton match programme, 1971)
Alan Ball (Source: Topical Times Football Annual, 1968)
Peter Shilton (Source: Southampton match programme, 1985)
Bobby Kerr (Source: Sunderland testimonial programme, 1976)
A version of this post first appeared on Flashbak.
Many thanks once again to Miles McClagan (@TheSkyStrikers) for the cracking retro scans.