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PITCHING IN FOR FOOTBALL

The Stone Roses and the Euros made this a great summer for an older generation of footie fans who love music in equal measure but MARK DONAGHY remembers the Third Summer of Love” of 1990, when football, fashion and pop beautifully collided to produce the subculture scene of the year

IT’S 9pm on Sunday, May 27, 1990. I’m about five people and a security cordon away from Ian Brown, lead singer with The Stone Roses. Clouds of dust from the sun-dried soil are billowing up and filling my eyes and lungs. The surge from the thousands of fans is crushing my weedy teenage frame.

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