Miners’ strike football match, 1984The Guardian photographer Denis Thorpe was driving through Nottinghamshire in March 1984, after visiting a colliery where there had been a confrontation between police and pickets, when he spotted a pit head in the distance. As he drove closer, he could see a crowd, so he went to investigate. The police and pickets were playing football. It was one of those extraordinary moments, says Thorpe. It reminded me of the Christmas Day truce during the first