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Double Diamonds Work Wonders – the Umbroset

One of the best Christmas or Birthday presents you could ever hope to receive… The boxed Umbroset consisting of a full kit of shirt, shorts and socks… Oh yes… If you haven’t got the first ‘Got, Not Got’ yet then … Continue reading

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The Great Mother’s Day Poster Find – No 3 Spar

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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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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Wahey! It’s that time of year…

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 Two

Here’s the second part of our Umbro collection of kits as featured in MC Sports leaflet from 1984… Newcastle had a new badge design and a ground-breaking silver away strip and Stoke had a radical pin-stripe design (introduced the previous … Continue reading

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Fun at the Euros: 1967 European Club Colour Sticker Set – Every One Completely Wrong!

A big thumbs-up to the Danish Dandy sticker company, who in 1967 somehow managed to produce a set of pan-European club colours stickers and get every one wrong. First the Dandy snappers assembled a large gaggle of all their mates on a … Continue reading

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‘Got, Not Got’ – Judging a Book by its Cover…

Designing the cover of ‘Got, Not Got’ was a lengthy and involved process that took weeks… It was a difficult balancing act, see who the winners and losers were… from our original design to the completed project… Many thanks to … Continue reading

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Sun Soccercards – How Not to Treat Your Heroes

We’re running a regular series of football card galleries on Sabotage Times, showcasing some old favourites (lookalikes, wrong ‘uns, rarities, stars through the decades…) along with some highly topical arsey comment. Here’s an extract – more where this came from … Continue reading

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Got, Not Got Authors in Birmingham

Derek & Gary will be appearing on Adrian Goldberg’s lively lunchtime programme at around 1.30… BBC Radio WM. …to discuss their new book ‘Got, Not Got’ and open a couple of packets of football stickers from 1979 to see if there are any Blues, Villa, Wolves … Continue reading

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What you are saying about: GOT, NOT GOT…

What people are saying about ‘GOT, NOT GOT – The A to Z of Lost Football Culture, Treasures & Pleasures… * Well, what can I say – your book is a FINE piece of work! Honestly, I think its brilliant … Continue reading

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