Football People: Sir Stanley Matthews (11 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
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 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
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
