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1994: Football of the Future
The year is 1984. Charlie Nicholas is the poster boy of British football, Bryan Robson and Ray Wilkins share the British transfer record and players everywhere are earning more money than they've ever...
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Panini 2002 World Cup Album
We at the Attic don't just write about our own experiences of football nostalgia, we also like to be a conduit for others...here Victor M Rey shares his memories of his first ever Sticker Album...The...
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Football and Comedy: The Fast Show (1994)
People often say 'Art imitates life', but it's just as true to say that comedy imitates football. A perfect example can be found among the three series of The Fast Show, a BBC TV series that contained...
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Focus On... Giles Metcalfe
A familiar face to football nostalgia fans on Twitter, Giles Metcalfe becomes the latest person to step into the spotlight as The Football Attic finds out just what makes football fans tick...Full...
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Holy Grail No.2 - Argentina 86 Home Shirt
The first ever article that appeared on the Attic was billed as “Holy Grail No.1”. The numbering would clearly suggest that this was perhaps the first in a series and to that, I would say that yes, it...
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Got Not Got Book Spectacular
With Christmas just around the corner, we take a look at the latest books from the Got, Not Got authors, Derek Hammond & Gary Silke.What could possibly be said about Got, Not Got that hasn't...
View ArticleFantasy Nostalgia: The Football Attic Does The FIFA World Rankings
Let's face it, whenever FIFA releases its latest monthly World Rankings list, the international football community collectively thinks "yeah whatever" and carries on with its normal activities.We at...
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Shoot! Soccer Quiz Book 1980
Regular Football Attic contributor Al Gordon of God, Charlton & Punk Rock takes us back to 1980 and Shoot! magazine's quiz book of the year ...They say it’s the small things in life that count,...
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A Sort Of Christmas Message
Bill Shankly's famous quote about football being more important than life or death has been repeated ad-infinitum so I'm not going to do it here...apart from mentioning it just then...The line was...
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The Greatest France Home Kit 1964-2014
In May 2013, The Football Attic spoke to you, the football nostalgia experts of the world, to ask what you thought was the greatest England home kit that's been worn since 1965. Your response was...
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Retro Random Video: Rod Argent plays Top of The Pops
Imagine, if you will, a time in Britain when the theme to a World Cup programme on TV could be written and performed by someone you've never heard of. Certainly that used to be the case before the BBC...
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The Football Attic Podcast 15 - Football Magazines (Shoot! & Match)
Can you believe we've done 15 podcasts and we're only just covering football magazines? No, neither can we!We were going to cover all mags, but we ended up blabbing on for an hour about just Shoot!...
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Focus On... David Poza Calderón
Football nostalgia, as we all know, is a joy and a delight for all of us that prefer The Beautiful Game the way it used to be. Yet for all the innocent pleasure it brings us, someone, somewhere is...
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ITV World Cup 78 magazine
You’ve got to hand it to ITV. They knew an opportunity when they saw one, and when the 1978 World Cup came around, they realised they could make a bob or two from merchandise.At least that’s the...
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Retro Random Video: ITV World Cup 78
So having read our previous article about ITV's World Cup 78 magazine (you *did read* our previous article, didn't you?), it's possible you might be wondering what ITV's coverage of the 1978 World Cup...
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Random football
It might not be the best-known or most-played football game, but Logacta has proven to be something of a revelation here on The Football Attic. Ever since I wrote about it back in February 2013, my...
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Pro Set Football Card Collection 1990/91
We like to showcase other people's memories here at the Attic (saves us a job for one thing!) and tot hat end, here's a fantastic article from James Welham recalling his collection of Pro Set Football...
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News of the World Football Annual 1966-67
As the dust began to settle on the 1966 World Cup, English football realigned its sights once again on domestic matters. For the top club managers in the land, it was time to stiffen the sinews and...
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Focus On... Al Gordon
One of the reasons why we started this series is because we knew that many of the people producing football blogs, podcasts and other online projects are thoroughly decent people that deserve to have...
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Fantasy Nostalgia: Panini World Cup 2014 Wish List
Just over 122 days. That's how long we've got to wait until the arrival of FIFA's 20th cavalcade of football brilliance, the World Cup Finals. And where there's a World Cup, there's always an...
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