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Favourite Shirts! Tell us yours and win ‘Shirt Tales & Short Stories’

Posted on October 28, 2014 by

We have a copy of ‘Shirt Tales & Short Stories’ up for grabs in our new competition… All you have to do is email: garysilke@sky.com  and tell us what your all-time favourite football shirt is. You can (ahem) embroider your … Continue reading →

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Football Stars and Their Cars…

Posted on July 9, 2013 by

Giles Metcalfe gets behind the wheel and throws it round a few corners in his latest ‘Got, Not Got’ blog article… These days, football club car parks are full of Bentley Continental GTs, Audi R8s, Range Rover Sports, assorted Ferraris, … 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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The Wrong Kit…

Posted on February 1, 2013 by

We love it when the kit-man does a big massive fail and the away team have to rummage around in the lost property box like the kid who left his PE kit at home… Here we see Hereford United who … Continue reading →

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The Got, Not Got Advent Calendar – Day 14

Posted on December 14, 2012 by

We are now over the halfway mark in the big December GOT NOT GOT challenge… one retro football post every day until Christmas Day… we can do it, especially with your help. Josef Ogden on Twitter suggested we feature this … Continue reading →

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The Got, Not Got Advent Calendar – Day 11

Posted on December 11, 2012 by

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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Rubbish Photos on Tour – Brighton & HA – 1988-89 Part Two

Posted on November 27, 2012 by

Brighton fan and Twittererer Julian Simpson@Julian1970 continues his tour of  Barclays League Division Two in 88-89 and 89-90…  Please send us your Rubbish Snaps taken at 80s games… we can’t tell you how much we love them. Watford, Vicarage Road. Watford … Continue reading →

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Umbro 1992-93 Collection…. Part Two

Posted on August 22, 2012 by

A further flick through the Umbro 1992-93 Season catalogue… The evolutionary Tottenham Hotspur kit that was introduced for the 1991 FA Cup Final – the first to bring back 1950s long shorts – though they don’t look particularly long now! … Continue reading →

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Wahey! It’s that time of year…

Posted on August 15, 2012 by

In fourth place of the most eagerly anticipated days of the year, behind Christmas and Birthday and FA Cup Final day… But definitely above Bonfire Night, Easter and England v Scotland… is ‘Start of the Season Day’… when the traditional … Continue reading →

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The Umbro 1984-85 Collection: Part Three…

Posted on July 30, 2012 by

Here’s the third and final part of our Umbro collection of kits as featured in MC Sports leaflet from 1984… The usual smart and mostly understated (by the standards of much that followed them) line-up of kits with an accent … Continue reading →

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