"Mr Aston's political "kick off" towards the goal": Liberal Party candidate Alfred Withall Aston ceremonially kicking off a football match during the 1906 general election campaign in Epsom. The photograph shows Aston (with top hat) standing in the middle of the football pitch with several players also in view. Members of the crowd can be seen standing in the background. Aston lost to the Conservative Party candidate William Keswick

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