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Your favourite shirts – ‘Shirt Tales’ competition result

Posted on November 3, 2014 by

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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Kids in Kits – Final Call for your football shirt photos

Posted on March 26, 2013 by

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

Posted on March 14, 2013 by

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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Bobby Moore – West Ham and England Legend…

Posted on February 24, 2013 by

Bobby Moore passed away twenty years ago today… Gary Silke reflects on the Barking boy who skippered West Ham to European Glory and led England to their World Cup triumph in 1966… As the decades pass, with decreasing hopes of … Continue reading →

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Admiral Trackies…

Posted on January 25, 2013 by

I have to admit, I never had an Admiral Tracky – which were more for the lads with Dads that earned a few more quid, driving their company Capris around… “As seen throughout the world on television….” Fifteen quid was … Continue reading →

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The Got, Not Got Advent Calendar – Day 17

Posted on December 17, 2012 by

We can see Christmas Lights at the end of the tunnel now… Just eight days to go in the big December GOT NOT GOT challenge… one retro football post every day until Christmas Day… Today we go back to Christmas … Continue reading →

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An international break Saturday afternoon eBay trawl…

Posted on September 8, 2012 by

Got, Not Got presses it’s nose up against the window and sighs… All the stuff you couldn’t afford when you were a kid… What better to plant your pint pot down on than this John Smiths/England beer mat from 1980 featuring Crazy … Continue reading →

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