Balk 2023

Images: Han Balk

Han Balk captures the physical in football from wooden goalposts, to steel floodlights to trains running behind the stands.

He also catches the ethereal, the pyro smoke which carries our hopes skyward and also, somehow, the spirit of the game.

2023 has again been a stellar year for him, buy him a pint at his beloved De Adelaarshorst, Go Ahead Eagles, if you see him.

Here’s Han’s favourite photos from 2023.

©Han Balk/ Terrace Edition. Dordrecht vs TOP.

©Han Balk/ Terrace Edition. EDON vs DOS.

©Han Balk/ Terrace Edition. Go Ahead Eagles vs PAOK.

©Han Balk/ Terrace Edition. Go Ahead Eagles vs FC Twente.

©Han Balk/ Terrace Edition. GVC vs John O’Groats.

©Han Balk/ Terrace Edition. Heerenveen vs Go Ahead Eagles.

©Han Balk/ Terrace Edition. Stockport County vs Mansfield Town.

©Han Balk/ Terrace Edition. Oene vs VIOS.

©Han Balk/ Terrace Edition. Rot-Weiss Essen vs Hallescher FC.

Han Balk/ Terrace Edition. Spakenburg vs PSV.

©Han Balk/ Terrace Edition. VVV vs Willem II

©Han Balk/ Terrace Edition. Zwolle vs Emst.

©Han Balk/ Terrace Edition. Almere vs Go Ahead Eagles.

©Han Balk/ Terrace Edition. Borussia Monchengladbach vs RB Leipzig.

©Han Balk/ Terrace Edition. De Hoven vs Voorst.

You can find Han on Twitter and Instagram: @hanbalk