Monthly Archives: August 2013

A Step in the Right Direction…

One of life’s irritations for old 40Something codger’s like us (and probably you) is having any football match visually scarred by players wearing fluorescent slippers… They seem to be designed to annoy and in an age when tape round socks … Continue reading

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The Landlady

When a promising kid was signed up by a professional club, often being uprooted from home for the first time, there was never any question of the youngster running off the rails in the big city. A tried-and-tested system was … Continue reading

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What a Shot! Get your photo published in our new book

It’s not too late to get your photo into ‘What a Shot! – Your Snaps of the Lost World of Football’ which is coming out this autumn… Although we want to see any of your football snaps from the 70s … Continue reading

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The Wonderful World of FKS – Sticker Poll

FKS Publishing produced many sets of well-loved sticker collections between the late 60s and early 80s, and we’d like you to vote for your favourite in our new poll… We don’t have the first (and now very expensive) ‘trial’ set … Continue reading

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Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright…

Assem Allam, the Egyptian-born owner of Hull City has announced that he will be changing Hull City’s name… “Hull City is irrelevant. My dislike for the word ‘City’ is because it is common. City is also associated with Leicester, Bristol, Manchester and … Continue reading

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