Retro Snapshot: Uwe Rosler Happily Poses In ‘Uwe Rosler’s Grandad Bombed Old Trafford’ T-Shirt, 1995

Chris Wright

20th, January 2014

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By Chris Wright

Fairly difficult to imagine this kind of photo-op getting past the Man City PR censors: Former City striker and current Wigan manager Uwe Rosler posing at Maine Road wearing an “Uwe Rosler’s Grandad bombed Old Trafford” t-shirt as part of an FA Cup promo in 1995…

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The photo was apparently taken by long-serving professional football snapper Bradley Ormesher, a two-time winner of the Barclays Photographer of the Season Award no less – that said, as far as we know, he didn’t win anything for this particular effort.

(Image via football nostalgists Beyond The Last Man, or @BeyondTLM if you’d prefer)