League of Blogs 2013 Update + Prize + Sticker Books
There's only days left to book your place in the League of Blogs 2013!This year's entries have so far been outstanding and the response has been great, with some familiar faces from 2012 alongside a...
View ArticleBrian Greenhoff (1953-2013)
Anyone that collected football stickers or collector cards in the late-1970s will know the name Brian Greenhoff. The former Manchester United, Leeds United and England defender who died suddenly...
View ArticleRetro Round-Up - 24 May 2013
Bringing you the best that the world of football nostalgia has to offer, this is The Football Attic's weekly Retro Round-Up...Former Charlton goalkeeper Sam Bartram celebrates 500 appearances for the...
View ArticleAttic Podcast 9 - Club Badges
It's podcast time again here in the Attic and this week, it's to the sound of a bandwagon being leapt upon! In the wake of the Everton badge furore, we decided to discuss the thorny subject of club...
View ArticleRetro Round-Up - 31 May 2013
The domestic football season may be over, but the world of football nostalgia continues to turn, as witnessed by our latest weekly selection of the best the web has to offer...Remember the days when...
View ArticleLeague of Blogs 2013 - Roundup + Sticker Book News!
Well it's over for another year! The League of Blogs 2013 has officially come to a close and we'd just like to say what a huge pleasure it was running this again and a massive thank you to all who...
View ArticleBadge Focus: Wolverhampton Wanderers
As mentioned on our recent podcast, we've been toying with the idea of bringing back Badge Focus, a feature that originally ran briefly on the blogsite Football Fairground. Well the good news is that...
View ArticleLeague of Blogs Top 3s + Sticker Update
The League of Blogs Sticker Album is complete!!!Having spent all weekend putting it together, it's finally finished and is now uploading to the photo site to be ordered :)As with last year, once all...
View ArticleFootball League v Football League of Ireland programme (1965)
There was once a time when the term ‘international football’ meant one of two things. More often than not, it applied to matches where eleven men representing the peak of their country’s footballing...
View ArticleLeague of Blogs Sticker Album Order Form
The League of Blogs Sticker Albums have been ordered so here's how to get one!Please fill in the form below and we will contact you to confirm. There's 19 available so we'll contact you if there's been...
View ArticleWhat's the Worst Thing About Modern Football? - Round 3
Yes folks, our quest to establish the worst thing about modern football finds itself with just eight candidates remaining, and once again we're asking you to cast your vote to determine our final...
View ArticleRetro Round-Up: 7 June 2013
What a week it's been in the world of football nostalgia, but then again, when is it never a bad week in the world of football nostalgia?To prove the point, here's our selection of the best retro...
View ArticlePirelli slippers ad, 1981
There are times in life when nothing seems to make sense.Here's an example. What would you get if you combined Pirelli, the renowned maker of Formula 1 car tyres (and all the excitement that motor...
View ArticleITV Saturday Soccer Special Annual, 1980
If, as a child, you saw this slim tome in your local bookshop back in 1980, you might have expected it to contain articles about football and ITV’s presentation of it. Sadly for anyone interested in...
View ArticleRetro Round-Up: 14 June 2013
Greetings, retro football lovers, and welcome to another collection of the best football nostalgia stuff we could find on the web this last week. You can thank us later...Coventry City's future may...
View ArticlePeter Pan Pocket Pop-o-matic Football Game, 1979
Back in the days when a 'handheld device' meant nothing more than a few bits of plastic in a cardboard box, there was the chance to play football on the move - wherever you happened to be. That is, of...
View ArticleGoal Frames We Have Known and Loved: No.1
From time to time, we here at The Football Attic are asked to cover the much overlooked subject of goal frames and goal nets. It's true that those wooden or metal structures into which the ball is...
View ArticleWhat's the Worst Thing About Modern Football? Semi Finals
It's that crucial moment in any competition - the semi-finals, a time when glory is tantalisingly within reach of those competing entities, a time when fortune favours the brave and losers are...
View ArticleGreat Tracksuits of Our Time: No.15
Manchester City and Wolverhampton Wanderers (1974):In the world of international fashion, bright citrus-coloured pants have rarely, if ever, been considered as acceptable. The same can be said of sky...
View ArticleRetro Round-Up: 21 June 2013
Whether your week's been good or bad, it always ends well in the world of football nostalgia thanks to The Football Attic's Retro Round-Up!As ever, we've scoured as much of the web as the 15-minute...
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