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Podcast 5 and a New Look
What can I say? You people are just soooo lucky!Not only do you get a new podcast to listen to, but you also get to gaze in awe at our lovely new look!Yeah, you like that don't you!So, we've given the...
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Great Tracksuits of Our Time: No.10
England (1986)Our recent podcast covering World Cup Memories has given me the perfect excuse to mention Mexico 86 again and what better way to do so than by selecting Tracksuit No.10.Considering the...
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Logacta (1976)
If you happen to find yourself thumbing through some 35-year-old copies of Shoot! magazine, it’s quite possible your eye will be caught by a small advert somewhere near the back for ‘Logacta.’Subtitled...
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Subbuteo Team Collections - Andrew Rockall
We received an email from Andrew Rockall (Statto_74) yesterday, showing us his recently discovered collection of Subbuteo teams. We're very happy to showcase them here as it's damn impressive! Over to...
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WA & AC Churchman's 'Association Footballers' Cigarette Cards, 1938
There’s is the forgotten era, a vacuum in which football survived purely for the people playing it professionally and the ordinary masses that paid at the turnstiles every Saturday afternoon to...
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Top 5 Subbuteo World Cup Accessories That Never Were
Subbuteo, as we all know, created many many accessories to enhance the realism of the beautiful tabletop game. Some were great and their existence was without question... Others made you wonder who...
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Panini: Football 81
You could hardly miss Panini’s Football 81 sticker album as it rested on the newsagent’s shelf alongside the Angling Times and the latest instalment of Carrier’s Kitchen. The bright yellow cover and...
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Fantasy Nostalgia: Subbuteo 1900
While writing our recent article about football cigarette cards from 1938, it occurred to me that the game of soccer in the UK back then must have been a very colourful one indeed. Like many of you,...
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Tried and failed: The Case of the Missing Ribbons
Sometimes, if you look hard enough throughout its long and illustrious history, you can find evidence of a failed attempt to make football better.Here's an example from the 1976 League Cup Final where...
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Football Attic Retro Roundup
There's a whole host of retro loveliness out there on that world wide web and while we will often retweet / share these articles, we thought it'd be nice to collate all the excellent stuff we've been...
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England v Spain programme, 1968
You can tell how old this match-day programme is because on page 2 there’s an explanation of what the European Championships is all about and how it came to be formed. Your average English football fan...
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Great Tracksuits of Our Time: No.11
Borussia Mönchengladbach (circa 1976):Just when you thought Puma weren't capable of producing a decent retro tracksuit, think again. Here's Charlton's very own Allan Simonsen sporting a very tasty...
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The Great Football Attic Easter Egg Badge Hunt
Q: What do kids love about Easter?If you answered "Celebrating the death and subsequent rebirth of Father Christmas" then it's likely you need either re-educating or intensive therapy!If you answered...
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Panini: Got, Got, AAAARGH! 2
Last year we took a look at Panini's stranger offerings and if there's one thing we've learned in life, it's that a sequel is always a good thing...so let's take another journey into Panini's dark side...
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After They Were Famous: The Secret Lives of the World Cup Mascots
World Cups come and go, some leaving behind a raft of fond memories and a lasting legacy for the host nation...others merely leave behind white elephant stadia and an increased national debt!But what...
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Retro Round Up - March 22nd
Continuing the weekly look at the best of the net, both Chris and I have been rather busy this week meaning we've hardly had chance to read anything :(Here are the few things we've managed to spot this...
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Attic Podcast 6 - Football on TV
Hey y'all!It's podcast time again! That means we're up to no.6 now...awwwww we're getting all growed up!This time, we discuss the way that football on TV has changed over the years.Warning, contains...
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Highfield Road's Last Day
Given what's happening with my club, Coventry City, today, I thought I'd post some pics from a happier time, when we used to actually own our own ground.So here are some of my collection from the day...
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Match of the Day Soccer Annual 1979
Mike Channon’s favourite edition of Match of the Day was the one shown on the evening after the 1976 FA Cup Final. He was busy celebrating with his Southampton team-mates but, said Channon, “I cheated...
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Videoblog 3: European Football Yearbook 95/96
Chris O plucks another item from his personal football memorabilia collection. This time it's the European Football Yearbook 95/96, a thick, chunky book full of stats, information and most importantly,...
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