THE 1938 WORLD CUP. LEÔNIDAS AND BRAZIL’S BIGGEST FOLLY
Before Neymar, before Ronaldo, Rivaldo and Ronaldinho, before Pele, Jairzinho. Rivellino and Carlos Alberto. Even before Vava and Garrincha, there...
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...
THEY ALL MADE IT – THE 1958 WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS
THE sterling efforts of Northern Ireland and Wales at the 2016 European Championships gave some hope for the future of national football across the...
HOW ENGLAND (AND SCOTLAND) MESSED UP IN 1950
England – Ready to fly The home nations finally decided to join World football’s showpiece in 1950. And it didn’t go well with Scotland...
ALBERT STUBBINS – THE SERGEANT PEPPER MAN
THE cover of The Beatles’ Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album gave lots of fun for those looking to spot which famous personalities had...
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...
WHEN THE RUSSIANS CAME
IN late 1945, with World War Two moving into history, the FA decided to further build relations with their Russian allies by inviting the famed...
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...
THE ROWLEY BROTHERS – TWO GUNNERS
To have one brother in the family who scores over 200 league goals – despite missing 6 prime-career seasons due to the outbreak of war –...
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...