Tag: football-history
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25 September 1976 was a VERY important day. The 1st edition of Roy of the Rovers as a standalone comic was published with an exclusive article by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh in which he exclusively revealed exclusively that in…
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Side 4 of our gatefold magnum opus. More puns, ‘taches and mullets, the list has grown to. 104 songs and is now 6 hours 34 minutes long but I’ve left “Freed from Desire Out” because I hate it with a…
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Crystal Palace have won the FA Cup! Obviously, it’s a welcome relief that football’s money bags haven’t snaffled up all the trophies again this year. Let’s not fool ourselves here though, the Palace squad has a value of £370m and…
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A tale about either non league fandom or the perils of “tired and emotional” late night forays onto eBay, you decide….When I opened the latest late night eBay bounty package yesterday, 20 old football fanzines spilled out and I had…
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Another story from the microfilm archives at Leeds central library, researching the story of professional football and football supporting in the Leeds as background for the 2025 exhibition on Fanzine culture at the library, Voice of the Fans. One of…
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Let’s look at another kit related mystery that has revealed itself during our research for the Voice of the Fans exhibition in the incredible newspaper archives at Leeds central library. There are of course direct links from Leeds United to…
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So how do we summarize Francis’ career? He clearly feels that under Raich Carter he was not given enough opportunity, maybe not because of Carter but he did feel that someone at the club was not happy with him being…
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