Photography/Graphic Design

Royal Union Saint-Gilloise - 2025/2026 Champions’ Playoffs

11 games, 11 tickets, 11 programmes, and TWO titles to be won.

For the last ever Jupiler Pro League Champion’s Playoffs, I set myself a challenge: design a vintage ticket and programme for every Royale Union Saint-Gilloise Playoff match, and the final of the Croky Cup, alongside taking photos at every game I attended.

The project ended up being 9-10 weeks of solid work, with inspiration for each design coming from my mini digital archive of football memorabilia from across the world, from the 1950s all the way to the mid-1990s.

At the end of the project, I sit here with over 2500 edited photos from across the 10 games I attended (9 playoff matches, 1 cup final), a body of bespoke programmes and tickets, some unpublished work for DAZN, and stories and friendships that will last a lifetime.

Union Saint-Gilloise vs STVV (1-0)

04.04.2026

Matchday ticket inspired by a 1959 ticket stub from a match between Birmingham City and Union Saint-Gilloise.

Programme inspired by a 1960s Leeds United match programme.

KV Mechelen vs Union Saint-Gilloise (0-1)

12.04.2026

Matchday ticket and programme inspired by East German matchday memorabilia from the 1970s and 1980s.

Union Saint-Gilloise vs Club Brugge (2-1)

19.04.2026

Matchday ticket and programme inspired by match memorabilia from the 1982 World Cup.

Union Saint-Gilloise vs KAA Gent (0-0)

22.04.2026

Matchday ticket and programme inspired by French cup and international programmes and tickets from the 1950s.

RSC Anderlecht vs Union Saint-Gilloise (1-3)

26.04.2026

Matchday ticket and programme inspired by a Benfica programme from the 1968 European Cup and a ticket from the Junior World Championship in Portugal 1991.