By Miles McClagan The secret admission no programme collector ever wants to say out loud is that a lot of football programmes are rubbish: a lot of football programmes from the “Glory days” are little more…
Covered, the latest book by photographer and visual historian Mike Floate, is a beautiful record of matchday programmes, handbooks and the like that featured the home ground on the cover. Continue reading →
In the pantheon of "great matchday programmes of the 1970s" are Coventry (71/72), Bristol City (late 70s) and of course the Stoke City Clipper. What about the award-winning Aston Villa programme? Continue reading →
An "international club match" with a difference. The difference? The Dutch Meat Marketing Board. Continue reading →
The NASL: a weird mix of crooks and chancers, ex-pat celebrities like Rick Wakeman and Elton John getting involved, and teams featuring terrible American players, 4th division ex-Rochdale pros and Pele all in one set…
Kids of a certain age won't remember this, but Everton used to be REALLY good. This programme comes from the 1984/85 season when Everton won the league. Continue reading →
Is it a match-day programme or an acid trip that costs 10p? Either way, you can save forty quid on a new motor. Bournemouth vs Swansea, Division 3, 1973. Continue reading →
If Anderlecht hadn't bribed the referee, this would've been the UEFA Cup Final. Oh well, push aside that bitterness and enjoy the programme from Nottingham Forest vs Spurs, 1984. Features WAGs modelling Wrangler slacks! Continue…
Our man says that Bristol City made the best programmes in the 1970s. And after you've clapped eyes on the Rockin' Robins, you'll, er, well who knows what you'll think. Continue reading →
The Ceramic City Clipper is a window into the Stoke City that existed in the late 1960s, complete with Miss Stoke City, odd ads for buses, and the Original Football Hipster. Continue reading →
Collecting football programmes can be an obsession. Just ask Dave Roberts, who has to reduce his collection of over 1000 programmes to just 31 when he and his wife move to the USA. 32 Programmes…
Aston Villa's two seasons in Division 3 in the 1970s produced some fabulous programmes... and action-packed shots of the terraces. Continue reading →