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Strictly Impartial Book of the Month Club

‘Tis almost the season of stocking fillers and Secret Santas, so to kick of the preparations here’s our Strictly Impartial Book of the Month Club: guaranteed no celeb player biogs here! As the definitive story of the genius concept/trainwreck of … Continue reading

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Admirable Admiral Window Stickers

You wait years for a decent window sticker and then three come along at once… Aberdeen, Leeds and Wales Admiral kits circa 1977. Hopefully not too late to go into our new book: “Shirt Tales and Shorts Stories’, which is … Continue reading

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Early 90s Admiral…

Many of you have fond memories of the original 1970s Admiral kits, but there was another wave of them in the early 1990s… In 1991-92 the revived Admiral brand kitted out Rangers, Southampton, Motherwell, Hearts, Wimbledon and Charlton… (click on … Continue reading

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Admiral Art

A bit of Admiral Art for a Wednesday afternoon… If you haven’t got the first ‘Got, Not Got’ yet then please sort yourselves out and buy it from branches of WH Smith and Waterstones or online here…

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Kids in Kits – Final Call for your football shirt photos

We are nearly at the point where we have come to the Kids in Kits page in GNG2… So if you have any snaps what your Mam tooken of you proudly modelling your new footy kit from the 60s, 70s … Continue reading

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The Great Mother’s Day Poster Find – No 2 Admiral

As is traditional, me Mam came over on Mother’s Day for Sunday dinner. As usual she got a bunch of flowers and a card, but on this occasion she also came bearing treasure… After a clear out of the darkest … Continue reading

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Admiral Ads… Part Two

Another look at the set of Admiral adverts that appeared in Shoot! magazine in late 1976, showcasing their new range of kits… Three more from the series adding to yesterday’s post… West Ham United: The Hammers first wore Admiral kit in the 1976 European … Continue reading

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Admiral Matchworn Heaven…

We have to take our (woolly blue and white bobble) hats off to Weedo and his fantastic Admiral Match Worn Shirts collection… Not only does he have a great range of the familiar classics such as Southampton, Manchester United, Leeds, … Continue reading

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