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James Taylor's Top 5 World Cup Shirts
There I was all set to create a Top 5 Kits article today and then I received this storming selection from James Campbell Taylor of the excellent site JCT. So sit back and enjoy a feast of kit...
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World Soccer, (Sega) 1987
My mate Martin and his older brother Darren loved video games and video game consoles. The spare room in their house was like an Aladdin's Cave of computer-based entertainment, and I loved paying them...
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Rich J's Top 5 90s World Cup Moments
I love the World Cup..who doesn't? Well, Sepp Blatter's trying his best to ruin it, but then that's pretty much what he always has done...allegedly, said Rich, unaware that it's not actually still the...
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Six of the Best: Arsenal
Perhaps we've said it before, but we often find it all too easy to overlook the wonderful world of match-day programmes here at The Football Attic, and for that we can only apologise. Few things...
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Merlin 1994 Premier League Sticker Collection
We regularly feature guest posts here on the Attic and today sees another, this time by the amiable William Abbs, creator of Saha From The Madding Crowd who takes a look Merlin's first Premier League...
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The Sun Gallery of International Soccer, Soccercard Album No.4 (1978/79)
I'm not going to sugar coat what I'm about to say. This is without doubt one of the worst football picture card collections you will ever find.Because of that, however, it is also one of the best card...
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The Football Attic's 'Focus On...'
Shoot! magazine's 'Focus' feature is legendary. Essentially an interview with a football player using the same basic questions every week, it often provided an interesting insight into their life and...
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Esso Top Team Collection (1973)
As we’ve already discovered, Esso were more than adept at luring Britain’s football-loving motorists onto its petrol station forecourts. Starting with the legendary World Cup Coin Collection in 1969,...
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Focus On... Andrew Rockall
Have a look at all the people you follow or interact with on Twitter. How many do you know? How many people play their part in making the football world go round, yet appear only as mere names on your...
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Great Tracksuits of Our Time: No.16
Queens Park Rangers (circa 1975)Throughout this long and illustrious series of ours, there's one tracksuit we've somehow forgotten to focus our attention on; a tracksuit that strode the footballing...
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Focus On... Barry Dempsey
Continuing our series looking at the good, honest, decent people that make the football world go around, it's time to Focus On Barry Dempsey, better known to many on Twitter as @HMS Baz...Full...
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Roy Hodgson: The Glory Years
Being given the job of England manager is like being told in the middle of a plane flight that you've got to take over from the pilot and ensure that everyone on board is gently guided to a safe...
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Brooke Bond Oxo 'Play Better Soccer', 1976
Mick Channon was one of the top football players in England back in 1976. An England international with a knack for scoring goals, he was highly regarded by peers and fans alike. History may consider...
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Focus On... Rich Nelson
The world of football is full of wonderful people doing good things without receiving the credit they deserve. Not players, of course - good god, no. We're talking about the people you see every day on...
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The Football Attic Podcast 14 - Football Kit Special
Yes we've covered kits before (twice in fact), but we love kits and it's our podcast so we can do what we want! That a problem?? You starting??? Outside, NOW!!!!Anyway, while we may have covered kits...
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Football League Review, 30 April 1969
The young woman perched on the end of a factory bench may have sent a frisson of excitement through many a male football fan back in 1969. With the greatest of respect, it wasn't so much her as the kit...
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Alive & Kicking - The Ultimate Book of 90s Football Nostalgia
It's a rare event that we write about a book that's only just been published, but when the subject is nostalgia itself, then it would be churlish not to, especially given you can count the number of...
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Videoblog 4: Club Colours (1998)
If you heard our recent Football Attic podcast, you'll know we're borderline nerdists when it comes to football kit design. To prove that point beyond any reasonable doubt, we bring you our fourth...
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Wrong numbers?
Football is a game of numbers. Scorelines feature numbers, league tables feature numbers, Gareth Bale's bank balance features numbers (quite a few, actually). Perhaps the most important numbers,...
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We Are 2!
Two years ago today, the Football Attic cranked open its dust ridden hatch and let down the ladder of nostalgia for you all to climb up and sample our aged goodness... this analogy really isn't working...
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