Football People: Jimmy Greaves (10 articles)
Your essential guide to the clubs, players and results – A brief guide to the Playfair Football Annual
Posted: 17th July 2016
For the 1948/49 season, a new football annual was launched. The Playfair Football Annual was one of a number of different sports annuals published by the newly formed Playfair Books…
Category: Football Annuals
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
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 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
The World’s Greatest Football Annual? – A brief guide to Charles Buchan’s Soccer Gift Book
Posted: 13th May 2014
Well was it? The World’s Greatest Football Annual? There are no research statistics and no sales figures about the boys’ football annuals. But if there were, I wouldn’t be…
Category: Football Annuals
