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Christmas Greetings from your club…

Did you ever get sent a Christmas Card from your club? Send them in to us…  

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

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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The Great Mother’s Day Poster Find – No 1 Esso

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 Got, Not Got Advent Calendar – Day 19

We can see Christmas Lights at the end of the tunnel now… Just seven days to go in the big December GOT NOT GOT challenge… one retro football post every day until Christmas Day… Thanks to Dave and Rob at … Continue reading

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Badges and Sew On…

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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Even more photos of 80s matches that are a bit rubbish…

Another dip into the 1980s crappy snappy world of pre-digital photography… Join us once more on the bench outside Boots and share our disappoinment… aww. The City Ground, Nottingham Forest. Somewhere behind that big red fence, other people’s heads and … Continue reading

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Sunny Saturday morning eBay Trawl…

All the stuff you couldn’t afford when you were a kid… and still can’t…. ‘Got, Not Got’ presses its nose against the window of time and leaves a little mark…… What better way to end your Subbuteo FA Cup Final … Continue reading

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Spotlight on Bukta…

We turn our attention to Bukta, an often overlooked kit manufacturer who seem to be quite popular with supporters of clubs that they have kitted out… Edward Buck & Sons was founded in 1879 and provided clothing for the military … Continue reading

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Umbro 1992-93 Collection…. Part Two

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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The Umbro 1984-85 Collection: Part Three…

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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