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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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Panini: Soccer Superstars (1988)
Mention the name 'Panini' to anyone and the word they're likely to associate it with is 'stickers.' An understandable association, given the many thousands of self-adhesive pictures the Italian company...
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Subbuteo catalogue, 1986
There can be fewer more gladdening sights as a Subbuteo match being played in front of a packed stadium under floodlights, fans holding their scarves aloft in the foreground. The floodlights, in...
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The Greatest France Home Kit 1964-2014: The Result
It was way back on December 23rd 2013 that we began our search to find the Greatest France Home Kit Ever. Thirty different kits were presented, and nearly 650 of you voted for your favourite from the...
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Subbuteo Accessories - The Grandest of Stands!
Subbuteo was expensive, we all know that. To own a complete stadium, one either had to be very rich or work for Subbuteo and have the old five finger discount applied. It's not surprising therefore, to...
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5 Memorable Moments from South American World Cups
Once again we are proud to to say that Matthew Wassell is back in the Attic, and this time, with the World Cup in Brazil only 99 days away, he takes a look back at five memorable moments from previous...
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Up For The Cup 1987
As it’s FA Cup quarter final weekend, I thought I’d turn the clock back 28 years to a time when you’d have been able to buy this superb piece of football memorabilia - the Up For The Cup 1987...
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The Football Attic Podcast 16 - BALLS!
30 years (probably) on from Podcast 15, an aged Rich & Chris talk balls for an hour! What's new you say? A ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaaa... you're a funny guy!Anyway, the old boys are discussing...
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FC Football Graphics (1998)
Sometimes it seems that modern football is a purely visual experience. TV commentaries, tasteless hot dogs and noisy supporters aside, the game as we know it today really is a feast for the eyes. What...
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The Best of Bygone Football - The Search Begins!
About a month ago, we recorded our most recent podcast. It was all about the myriad of largely overlooked but much loved things that used to make up the world of football several decades ago. Many of...
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The Best of Bygone Football - Let battle commence!
As promised recently. we bring you the grand vote-off to decide The Best of Bygone Football.With thanks to all of you that sent us your entries, we've been able to create a list of 30 candidates that...
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Esso 'Squelchers', 1970
The squelch - not just, as you'd expect, the term for the watery noise you get when you tread on a frog. Squelch also means 'to silence someone in an argument'. Who knew?Esso knew. The giant oil...
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The Best of Bygone Football - And the winner is...
...Multiple Replays After Drawn Cup Ties!Yes, you, the football nostalgia-lovers of this great world of ours have voted and made your voices heard. In your opinion, the best thing about bygone football...
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FIFA World Cup - In captions (Part 1)
At any given moment while you're watching a game of football on TV, you can tell what the current score is and how much time has elapsed. That's all down to the caption in the corner of your screen, a...
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Attic Kit Collection Book - Now Available!
It's been a long time coming with many many MANY weekends spent photographing kits, editing said photos and then writing stuff about each one, but it's finally here!The finished product is a 98 page...
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FIFA World Cup - In captions (Part 2)
Continuing our series looking at the way information was displayed on our TV screens during the World Cups of the past...World Cup 1982The 1980's had finally arrived and Spain welcomed football fans...
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Home and Away: A different way
You can always rely on Football League Review. The match-day programme insert seen by millions of football fans during the late-60's and early-70's regularly supplied a constant stream of news,...
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