The project is presented here in the form of the panel of 15 prints that I gained Associateship of the Royal Photographic Society with and an additional section of 10 prints, most of which were included in the exhibition of Come on Club! mounted at the Barbican Centre Libarary during August 1997. The ARPS panel was exhibited, along with my FRPS Pictorial panel, during July and August 1999 at The Camera Club, London. Five of the photographs, marked *, were published in January 1997 in the book "Rugby Moods" by Moods of Mann Ltd.

My thanks go to all the members and committee of Upper Clapton for allowing me to photograph them, sometimes at stressful moments, and for their help and encouragement.

Upper Clapton Football Club founded 1879 (Rugby Union not football & in Epping not Upper Clapton) www.upperclapton.com

A very warm welcome to all those who have linked here directly from the Upper Clapton web site. I hope you enjoy Come on Club! & stay around to visit the rest of my site.

All photographs © Barry Leighton FRPS

"To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?"
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Senator, ca. 50 B.C.