Football People: Bobby Moore (21 articles)
The first annual covering world football – A brief guide to the International Football Book
Posted: 2nd June 2016
In 1959, Souvenir Press launched a new football annual. The International Football Book for Boys (the name would cut down to International Football Book from the 2nd edition onwards) took its place…
Category: Football Annuals
Dale’s pocket issue leads the way – A brief guide to League Cup Final programmes
Posted: 12th April 2016
Rochdale are a club who have spent most of their history since 1900 in the lower divisions of the Football League. Whilst to their supporters, Dale’s programmes are as important…
Category: Football Programmes
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
An attractively produced momento – A brief guide to the F.A. Year Book
Posted: 6th July 2015
‘An attractively produced momento’. That was how the role of the very first F.A. Year Book was described in the preface to the 1948/49 edition (see above). Looking back at…
Category: Football Annuals
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
