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Offside Sports Photography
Offside is a dynamic photographic agency specialising in football, rugby and the best in UK and international sport. The company is dedicated to providing great sports photography for all commercial and media uses. Offside's online photo database not only offers pictures from it's own great collection, but also has access to the phenomenal Gerry Cranham, L'Equipe and Marca picture archives. Here's a breakdown of what we offer:
Offside Live Collection
With a full Premiership Licence, Offside employs a team of specially selected photographers to cover current Premiership football and rugby, as well as the best in UK and international sport.
Mark Leech Sports Photographic Library
Offside's Managing Director Mark Leech is widely recognised in the industry as one of Europe's leading sports photographers, with one of the best picture archives from the last 30 years. Specialising in football and rugby, the archive covers everything from Sunday morning 'kickabouts' to World Cup Finals.
Gerry Cranham Colour Library
Offside have acquired the Gerry Cranham colour library including most notably, slides of England's 1966 World Cup Victory, as well as nostalgic shots from football and sport in the 1960s and 1970s, reflecting pitches, fans, stadia and sporting icons from a bygone era.
L'Equipe Archive
L'Equipe is the leading daily sports paper in Europe, committed to reporting on sporting news stories across the globe. It's coverage of current football, tennis, athletics, Formula 1, cycling and rugby is second to none. It also has great access to sporting personalities. The L'Equipe archive dates back over 100 years, covering all major international sporting events, including football World Cups, Olympics and the Tour de France.
Marca Collection
Marca is the famous Spanish daily sports newspaper, based in Madrid. This collection contains iconic sporting imagery from the past to the present, including historic Spanish football pictures.
Service
Offside provides an excellent research service with no fee. We have access to over a million sporting photos, with over 160,000 available online. For wider or more specialist searches, or if you simply can't find what you are looking for, please don't hesitate to contact us directly. If it's not online it doesn't mean we can't source it for you!
Delivery
Pictures are available via our website, email or CD Rom. All images on this website are scanned at a high resolution. Where possible, we can also provide transparencies and are committed to ensuring that you get the highest quality reproduction from your chosen images.

For general information on the company, feel free to contact Edd Griffin on +44 (0)20 7253 3344.