Football People: Billy Bremner (8 articles)
Football’s all-rounder and innovator has his say – A brief guide to Jimmy Hill’s Football Weekly magazine
Posted: 26th August 2015
On October 27th, 1967 a new football magazine, Jimmy Hill’s Football Weekly, hit the UK’s news stands. The front cover announced that this was the ‘First issue of the great…
Category: Football Magazines
A full and regular account of the Football Association’s activities and policy – A brief guide to the official magazines of the F.A.
Posted: 23rd April 2015
‘A full and regular account of the Football Association’s activities and policy’. Sounds a bit formal, doesn’t it? Then again, these are the words of a nationalĀ sporting association, the F.A.,…
Category: Football Magazines
A clever blend of entertainment and education – A brief guide to the F.A. Book for Boys
Posted: 12th March 2015
The F.A. Book for Boys was first published in 1948 and continued into the early 1980’s. The annual was one of a the major mouthpieces of the Football Association in…
Category: Football Annuals
So who was Mr X? – A brief guide to GOAL football magazine
Posted: 17th July 2014
Although I didn’t realise it at the time, I was only weeks away from the puzzle of Mr X, as GOAL magazine landed on the door mat at the start…
Category: Football Magazines
The longest running football annual in the world – A brief guide to the News of the World Football Annual
Posted: 3rd March 2014
It was the first football annual I owned. A Christmas gift from my parents in 1964. The News of the World and Empire News Football AnnualĀ for 1963/64 (see above). As…
Category: Football Annuals
