LOVE STREET AND THE HISTORY OF ST MIRREN
By Vince Cooper ST Mirren Gentleman’s Club was formed in 1876, but as a rugby and cricket rather than football club. The name originates from Saint...
GONE GROUNDS – BURNDEN PARK
IN 1874 the Reverend Thomas Ogden, the schoolmaster at Christ Church decided to form a football team which he named Christ Church F.C. Three years...
IMMORTALISED
SOME OF FOOTBALLS GREATS HAVE BEEN IMMORTALISED. HERE’S OUR FIRST SELECTION OF SOME OF BRITISH FOOTBALL’S GREATS IN STATUE FORM (MORE TO COME) Note:...
DID YOU KNOW 16
“THIS week, next week, every week, some team boss is liable to get fired – and there will immediately be almost a pitch-sized queue of...
GONE GROUNDS – LEEDS ROAD
In 1906 a meeting was held at the Imperial Hotel Huddersfield, where the Huddersfield & District FA and other interested parties discussed the...
DID YOU KNOW 15
“When we have the ball we’re all attackers, when we lose it we’re all defenders.” Assistant-manager Jimmy Murphy explains Manchester United’s simple...
MORE LEAGUE LADDERS!
SOME MORE LADDERS FOR YOU TO ENJOY. STARTING WITH THE OLDEST, AND THE BEST WE’VE SEEN From 1925. OK, so you need pins and it’s points rather than...
THE HOTSPUR HANDY BOOK OF FOOTBALL CLUB COLOURS
THIS cool little booklet, issued in 1969, was a really great reason to buy (or persuade your Mum to buy you) a comic you might not normally have...
SUBBUTEO STADIUMS – 12 MORE
Well, you obviously liked the last batch of Subbuteo Stadium we posted, so we decided it was time to find some more. Enjoy these...
DID YOU KNOW – 14
“Celtic deserved to win. We lost but the match was a victory for football” Inter Coach Helenio Herrera after the 1967 European Cup Final Everyone...
SUBBUTEO STADIA – 12 OF THE BEST
SOME PEOPLE TAKE BUILDING A SUBBUTEO STADIUM SERIOUSLY… ….AND THEN THERE ARE THESE …AND FINALLY ...
SUBBUTEO IN THE PRESS
WE’VE COLLECTED A LOT OF SUBBUTEO ADVERTS OVER THE YEARS. HERE ARE ALMOST TWO TEAMS (21) OF OUR FAVOURITES;...
SUBBUTEO WITH THE STARS
WE COULD HAVE USED ‘STRICTLY COME FLICKING’, ‘I’M A CELEBRITY FLICK ME OUT OF HERE, OR ‘FLICKING WITH THE STARS’ TO SHOW 10 OF THE BEST FOOTBALLING...
DID YOU KNOW – 13
“People still haven’t forgotten. Strangers come up and tell me ‘He was a good ‘un’” 83-year-old Anne Edwards talking about son Duncan, 35 years...
WHEN GEORGE RAN AWAY – THE FIRST TIME
In his later career George Best gained a reputation for ‘going missing’. In fact he had some previous Manchester United manager Matt Busby received...
DID YOU KNOW 12
SAM’S FOGGY DAY ON Christmas Day 1937, Chelsea met Charlton Athletic at Stamford Bridge. After 61 minutes the teams were locked at 1-1 when it...