Goals and Wickets: Latest Articles
Your essential guide to the clubs, players and results – A brief guide to the Playfair Football Annual
Posted: 17th July 2016
For the 1948/49 season, a new football annual was launched. The Playfair Football Annual was one of a number of different sports annuals published by the newly formed Playfair Books…
Category: Football Annuals
So many passes; so few attempts on goal – The impact of possession football on the top levels of the game
Posted: 19th June 2016
Back in 1968, when the 3rd European Championship finals took place in Italy (see programme above and below), it may sound like a blinding case of the obvious to say…
Category: Football - Editorial
The first annual covering world football – A brief guide to the International Football Book
Posted: 2nd June 2016
In 1959, Souvenir Press launched a new football annual. The International Football Book for Boys (the name would cut down to International Football Book from the 2nd edition onwards) took its place…
Category: Football Annuals
Mother yorked by son in her own back garden – A review of the 2016 Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack
Posted: 25th April 2016
Sounds a bit cruel to me. As a former seam bowler at club level and one lucky enough to have his dear mother still around (she’ll be 93 in June),…
Category: Cricket Annuals
Dale’s pocket issue leads the way – A brief guide to League Cup Final programmes
Posted: 12th April 2016
Rochdale are a club who have spent most of their history since 1900 in the lower divisions of the Football League. Whilst to their supporters, Dale’s programmes are as important…
Category: Football Programmes
