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Timpo Footballers

Posted on September 26, 2015 by thefoxfanzine

Timpo were best known for their Saturday morning adverts for ‘Wild West Trains’ and all the cowboy, indian and cavalry figures that went with them… but they also dipped their toe in the waters of football… This set came unpainted, … Continue reading →

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Fully Programmed and ready to go…

Posted on September 9, 2015 by thefoxfanzine

That was hard work, but fun. Got, Not Got’s latest title ‘Fully Programmed’ is complete and off to the printers… We have seen a lot of programmes in the last few weeks. We have papercuts and staple-holes, and have suffered … Continue reading →

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Birmingham United! A 1987 Villa/Brum/Baggies Mash Up…

Posted on May 12, 2015 by thefoxfanzine

Here’s a sight… a combined West Brom, Aston Villa and Birmingham City team group in the city centre as featured in Football Today magazine in November 1987… [click on image for larger version] Football Today – a short-lived, but quite … Continue reading →

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Ram, Hammer… when programmes used to have their own identity

Posted on March 5, 2014 by thefoxfanzine

The long and the short and the tall…  Football programmes used to come in all shapes and sizes, before everything had to conform to the norm… from the large newspaper format of Derby County’s ‘RAM’, to the pocket sized West … Continue reading →

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The Lost World of Football: C is for Changing to Yellow…

Posted on November 1, 2013 by thefoxfanzine

Continuing our series of extracts from ‘The Lost World of Football’ (which is ‘brilliant’… if you believe the first published review in Sport mag!) Nowadays, it appears that every football marketing mans’ erotic dream is an all-black second strip, perhaps … Continue reading →

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The Wonderful World of FKS – Sticker Poll

Posted on August 20, 2013 by thefoxfanzine

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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The Got, Not Got Advent Calendar – Day 11

Posted on December 11, 2012 by thefoxfanzine

The big December challenge is on… one retro football post every day until Christmas Day… we can do it, especially if you help out a bit…. We love this Scorcher cover… it says ‘Seventies Christmas’ to us like no other. … Continue reading →

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Badges and Sew On…

Posted on November 29, 2012 by thefoxfanzine

As a kid I used to spend ages studying this colour spread in one of my Topical Times Football Annuals…   (click image for larger version) There are some familiar versions of modern-day badges (West Ham, Villa, Everton, West Brom), … Continue reading →

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The Mysterious Patrick Sportswear…

Posted on September 14, 2012 by thefoxfanzine

French company Patrick Sportswear produced a limited range of football kits through the 1980’s which seem to be fondly remembered by the fans of the handful of clubs they kitted out… Not much is known about them, other than the … Continue reading →

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Programme Collecting: Steve Earl’s Bargain Bundles

Posted on August 30, 2012 by thefoxfanzine

If, like us, you spent a lot of the 1970s putting self addressed envelopes into bigger envelopes and then into the post, you probably sent one to Steve Earl Football Programmes, Earsham Street, Bungay, Suffolk… Steve advertised in every issue … Continue reading →

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