Monthly Archives: November 2014

Guess the Mystery Object…

Does anyone know what this fearful looking blighter is? And can you tell us what part it played in our game in the late 1980s? These were associated with several clubs, but this one comes from one in particular, so … Continue reading

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Giz a Review!

If you have bought any of our books via Amazon then you qualify to write a review… So put your Barry Norman hat on and tell us what you thought. Here’s a good-un… By N. M. Richards on 9 Sep … Continue reading

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Read a sample of ‘Shirt Tales & Short Stories’…

Here is a ‘try-before-you-buy’ offer – due to some clever new-fangled technology you can read a chunk of our new retro-football kits book for free… Enjoy, and if you have any photos of yourself in the 60s, 70s, 80s wearing … Continue reading

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Have a browse of ‘The Lost World of Football’ on us…

If you fancy getting a copy of ‘The Lost World of Football’ for Christmas, have a sneaky preview browse… That way you can make sure it has just the right amount of retro-football nostalgia-rush to meet your needs. Click HERE … Continue reading

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Name the kits and win a copy of ‘Shirt Tales & Short Stories’

Name all the clubs in this Tiger & Scorcher kit guide from 1975 and you will go into a draw to win our new football kits book ‘Shirt Tales & Short Stories’… Here’s a rather large clue – they are … Continue reading

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Have A Canaries Christmas with ‘Got, Not Got: Norwich City’

From Great Yarmouth to Kings Lynn, if you have yellow and green running through your veins then you need ‘GNG: NCFC’ on your Christmas list… Clubcall Back in the Eighties and Nineties, it was the sheer unavailability of up-to-the-minute club … Continue reading

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Listen to the ‘Shirt Tales’ interview on TalkSPORT

Gary and Derek, authors of retro-football kit book ‘Shirt Tales & Short Stories’, appeared on the Hawksbee & Jacobs show yesterday… We discussed football kits, Admiral, Leicester’s unlucky kit, 90s Baggy, the return of big shorts and Nico Claesen… Click … Continue reading

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‘Shirt Tales’ authors on TalkSport’s Hawksbee and Jacobs this afternoon

We’ll be talking kit with Hawksbee & Jacobs after 1.30 this afternoon (4/11/14)… Tune in to hear a discussion on our new book ‘Shirt Tales & Short Stories’… a lavishly illustrated wander through the wonderful world of football kits from … Continue reading

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Your favourite shirts – ‘Shirt Tales’ competition result

We asked you to name your favourite ever football shirt to be in the hat for a grand prize of a copy of our latest book: ‘Shirt Tales & Short Stories.’… This is what you chose – scroll down to … Continue reading

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