Monthly Archives: June 2012

Adidas – 1984-85 Collection…

Posted on June 29, 2012 by thefoxfanzine

These Adidas kit graphics are from a 1984-85 MC Sports brochure… Adidas football kits arrived in the UK in the late seventies, so by the time this mid-eighties collection was launched they were on their third kit design for some … Continue reading →

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Germany-Italy: Vital Clues Who’s Going to Win…

Posted on June 28, 2012 by notgot

Who’s going to win out of Germany and Italy tonight? Unfortunately, we can’t do our usual in-depth analysis based on old Focus articles out of Shoot! in the 1970s, because German and Italian players were never featured. So we have to … Continue reading →

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Fun at the Euros: The Iberian Derby

Posted on June 27, 2012 by thefoxfanzine

We have to say we are looking forward to tonight’s Spain v Portugal meeting in Donetsk… It’s a bit of a Big Brother/Little Brother relationship they have, like England v Scotland but with much better weather. Portugal’s one-man band, dominated … Continue reading →

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Watch and learn: a Pirlo masterclass for Roy and the boys

Posted on June 25, 2012 by notgot

Ah well, if you’re going to get beaten on penalties yet again in a major tournament, it’s best if the experience doesn’t leave a bitter taste in the mouth, followed by years of petty jokes and booing at the expense of … Continue reading →

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Fun at the Euros: Pressing Record

Posted on June 24, 2012 by thefoxfanzine

Thank goodness I no longer feel the need to record every bit of every game of every football tournament… There stands nine solid hours of Euro 88… England’s misery and Holland’s joy and everything inbetween. And how much of this … Continue reading →

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New Football Photos Archive Launched…

Posted on June 23, 2012 by thefoxfanzine

Fox Photos is a newly launched football photo archive covering six decades of mostly Leicester City stuff… Though it will be of interest to all retro-football fans no matter who you support. Stick your team into the search engine, most … Continue reading →

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Fun at the Euros: A grudging ‘well done’ to Portugal

Posted on June 22, 2012 by thefoxfanzine

Okay, we admit it, we’re still a bit sore about going out to Portugal in Euro 2004 in that penalty shoot-out in Lisbon…  Not to mention World Cup 2006, when Ronaldo managed to goad Rooney into getting himself sent off. … Continue reading →

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Fun at the Euros: When Denmark arrived fresh from the beach

Posted on June 21, 2012 by thefoxfanzine

Back in 1992, which is twenty years ago but we think of as ‘recent’, Denmark made a mockery of all that meticulous pre-tournament preparation… On May 31st, ten days before Euro 92 was due to kick off in Sweden, UEFA … Continue reading →

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Premorabilia!

Posted on June 20, 2012 by notgot

The fixtures are out and a new season beckons! We’ve been busy over the close season writing contributions to a new book (someone else’s) on Premier League Legends, which is being published to celebrate 20 years of the big league. Now, ordinarily, we … Continue reading →

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Fun at the Euros: Oleg Blochin our way

Posted on June 19, 2012 by thefoxfanzine

Blokes of a certain age will recall Oleg Blochin the free-scoring goal machine of Dynamo Kiev and the USSR (or CCCCP) who played in the 70s and 80s…  Tonight, now named Oleh Blokhin, he is the coach of Ukraine and potential … Continue reading →

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