Football People: Rodney Marsh (11 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
The Book Sure To Thrill Every Boy – A brief guide to The Topical Times Football Book
Posted: 27th November 2015
The quote in the title above, ‘The Book Sure To Thrill Every Boy’ was one used in an advertisement created to promote the Topical Times Football Book for 1975. Of…
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 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 national sporting association, the F.A.,…
Category: Football Magazines
