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Issue 1:
The Footballers’ Battalion in World War One; The Midland Victory League 1919; Keith Warsop on The formation of Notts County; London versus Berlin in the 1950s; Aberdare Athletic; Gareth Davies on the Welsh Wizards Exhibition; Trinidad’s tour of Britain in 1953; Using the 1881 Census on CD-Rom.

Issue 2:
Richard McBrearty on Andrew Watson: The World’s First Black Football Internationalist; The Bogotá Affair, 1950; Boston United in the London Midweek League, 1938-39; Walter Corbett and Great Britain’s Olympic triumph of 1908; Celebrating the Festival of Britain: the St Mungo Cup; Gareth Davies on Junior internationals between Scotland and Wales; Keith Warsop on Researching players from the early FA Cup finals.

Issue 3:
What happened when the offside law changed, 1925; Steve Jenkins on Clapton Orient’s World War One heroes; Richard McBrearty on the Scottish football pioneers in Argentina; Colm Kerrigan on English & West German Schoolboy matches 1950-1959; The rise & fall of Sunderland Albion; The St Mungo Quaich and Northern Ireland Festival of Britain Tournaments; Using the GRO.

Issue 4:
Floodlit football in the nineteenth century; Martin Johnes on Managers in south Wales between the wars; Everton’s days at Anfield, 1884-1892; Richard McBrearty on the battle for a uniform code in Victorian times; John Bailey on the early history of the game in Basingstoke; Terry Harrison with a tribute to Juan Schiaffino; The national sporting press in England to 1900.

Issue 5:
The lifting of the maximum wage in England; Ian Nannestad & George Glass on the origins of football in Ireland; Colin Jose on the Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League; Alex White on Fulham in the London Challenge Cup; Simon Phillips on Boots Athletic and works football; Tours by St Mirren and Notts County to Spain, 1922; Using Companies House Records.

Issue 6:
The opening of New Hampden Park, 1903; The forgotten story of Tord Grip’s playing career in England; John Morgan on a visit by the early Busby Babes to the Rhondda in 1951; Bob Blenkinsop on England’s first full international against Germany; Rod Wickens on Walter Tull, an officer and a gentleman; Brian Ellis on Luton vs. Chesterfield 1899:1999, 100 years on; Using archive offices.

Issue 7:
The nursery clubs of Arsenal and Tottenham in the 1930s; Peter Jefferson Smith on the life and times of James Prinsep – England’s youngest player before Rooney; David Bull with a tribute to Ted Bates; The Republic of Ireland in the Olympic Games, 1924-1988; Arthur James, Birmingham City’s first hero; Dundee United’s financial problems of 1934; John Bailey on The great women’s football match of 1895; Simon Fowler on Researching the military careers of footballers in World War One.

Issue 8:
Corrado Sannucci and Martin Johnes pay tribute to John Charles; Rangers 100 per cent Scottish League record, 1898-99; Tony Mason on The Early Days of FIFA, 1904-1920; The Transition from Ardwick to Manchester City;
Jim Stewart on The careers of the two David McLeans; Alan Bairner on Scotland’s role in developing football in Sweden; Colin Jose on Galt FC, Olympic champions of 1904; John Litster on the making of ‘A Record of Post-War Scottish League Players’.

Issue 9:
Colin Veitch of Newcastle United and England; Alex White on the former grounds of Fulham FC; Louise Naylor on Preston North End’s fans at the FA Cup finals of 1937 and 1938; Lovell’s Athletic FC during World War Two; Roger Titford on The re-staging of Reading FC’s first-ever match; The Scottish Victory Cup 1945-46; John Allison and his football hospital; Martin Johnes with an introduction to using local newspapers for research.

Issue 10:
Hibernian’s European Cup campaign of 1955-56; terry Harrison on Walsall’s famous FA Cup victory over Arsenal, January 1933; Neil Carter on Foreign managers in England; The early days of Aston Villa FC; David Pendleton on The rivalry between Bradford City and Park Avenue; Graham Curry on Early football in Sheffield; Andy Porter with a tribute to Bill Nicholson; Gerald Mortimer on Brian Clough; The Albert Wilkes Photographic Collection.

Issue 11:
Paul Bentley on Burnley fans and the 1962 FA Cup final; Scotland’s Wembley
Wizards of 1928; John Northcott on Why West Ham fans sing ‘I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles’; BBC TV’s Quiz Ball; Tony Onslow on Everton’s days at Priory Road; David Bull on Folland Aircraft Works team in World War Two; John Peden, an early Irish soccer hero; Jim Stewart on English football’s manslaughter cases; The formation of the Lincolnshire FA; Matt Taylor on Football and oral history.

Issue 12:
John Rowlands on John Houlding, founder of Liverpool FC; The effects of the 1926 coal miners’ strike on football in Fife; Cardiff City’s rise to the Southern League; Tony Grayson on Gateshead’s exit from the Football League; Neil Garnham on the life of Jack Reynolds, double international for England and Ireland; Terry Harrison on England Schoolboys’ first international; The Polish Air Force team in WW2; Keith Warsop with feedback on ‘The Early FA Cup and the Southern Amateurs’; Mike Huggins on Football on the newsreels.

Issue 13:
Training methods in the period to 1914; Celtic’s Scottish Cup defeat by Arthurlie, January 1897; Soccer players who have featured in American football; Gyozo Molnar with a beginner’s guide to the history of football in Hungary; Tony Onslow on the story of Liverpool Ramblers; Alex White pays tribute to Johnny Haynes; The FA tour to West Africa, 1958; John Bailey on the origins of the game on the Wiltshire-Somerset border, part 1; Graham Curry on using figurational sociology in the study of the history of football.

Issue14:
Tony Mason on George Best; David Bull on Harold Wilson and the 1966 & 1970 World Cup finals; Steve Holroyd on the American League of Professional Football, 1894; The formation of Aberdeen FC; The Inter Allied Services Cup; Graham Curry on the split between the soccer and rugby codes; John Bailey on the origins of the game on the Wiltshire-Somerset border, part 2; The Football League appearance registers as a historical source.

Issue 15:
British Services tours in India & the Far East during World War Two; David Wangerin on Celtic’s tour of North America in 1931; The demise of the first Accrington FC; John Hutchinson on Football in Edinburgh to 1850; Rod Wickens on Bernard Vann, VC; Richard Metcalfe on the first FA Amateur Cup competition of 1893-94; A short guide to researching football history on the internet.

Issue 16:
The opening of the first Wembley Stadium; A history of indoor soccer in England; The origins of Hamilton Academical FC; Graham Curry on the life and times of James J Lang; The working lives of Lincoln City players in the 1940s and 1950s; John Bailey on the origins of football in North Shropshire; Scottish genealogical records on the internet.

Issue 17:
The introduction of professional football on a Sunday to Britain, January 1974; Stephen Byrne on the Bristol Rovers anthem Goodnight Irene; The Northern Victory League 1918-19; The greatest Scottish Cup shock of all time? Fraserburgh 1, Dundee 0; Graham Curry on The Pilgrims tours of North America, 1905 & 1909; Graham Phythian on Willie Foulke; Some thoughts on writing and researching about football history.

Issue 18:
Jimmy Hill and the Sky Blue Revolution at Coventry; Gerry Wolstenholme on Blackpool’s Atomic Boys; The migration of British players to France in the 1930s; Patrick Brennan on The Munitionettes Cup, the first major women’s football tournament; Kevin Neill & Graham Curry on John Marsh, a pioneer of the Wednesday Club in Sheffield; An indoor football tournament from May 1890; A contemporary comment on the formation of the Scottish League.

Issue 19:
Robin Pearson on BBC television’s coverage of football in the Big Freeze of 1962-63; The football apprenticeship scheme in the 1960s and 1970s; David Allan on the formation of Cowdenbeath FC; Vic Barnard and the Stockport County revolution of the 1960s; Ture Widlund on the life of Nils Liedholm; Jim Murphy on an Irish wartime mystery; Digitised resources available on the internet.

Issue 20:
Wolves’ great victories over Spartak Moscow and Honved in 1954; How World Cup Willie changed the commercial face of football in the 1960s; Brian Belton on Third Lanark’s tour to South America in 1923; Vincent Heywood on China’s first Olympic team; Donal Cullen on the split between the Irish FA and the FA of Ireland; Patrick Brennan on Women’s football from 1881; Peter Holme on Resources at the National Football Museum.

Issue 21:
Stanley Matthews, the early years – details of the Wizard of Wing’s career as a schoolboy and youth player; Jason Dickinson on the story of one of Sheffield Wednesday’s early homes – Olive Grove; What happened in Scotland when war broke out in September 1939; Bob Blenkinsop on the battle for European international supremacy in the 1930s; Bolton’s FA Cup final success over Manchester United in 1958; John Bailey on the first Continental tour to England; Sources for match attendances.

Issue 22:
Football and Community Singing, including how the hymn Abide with me became associated with the Cup Final; The life and times of John Walker, the first black player to appear in the Scottish League; A statistical record of Scotland’s East Regional League in the 1939-40 season; The tale of a professional footballer became a conscientious objector in World War Two; Terry Harrison on How Walsall FC emerged from the Great War; Graham Phythian’s review of the News of the World Annual for 1963-64; The origins of football in Grimsby; David Bull on Using club minute books as a source.

Issue 23:
Singing by Swansea Town fans in the 1920s; Colin Slater on the evolution of football reporting on local radio; A statistical record of Scotland’s West Regional League in the 1939-40 season; The introduction of substitutes to English football; John Meffen on the formation of Falkirk FC; How the Royal Flying Corps helped develop the game in Texas; The World’s Championship match, Renton versus West Bromwich Albion, May 1888; Using the 1911 Census.

Issue 24:
Donald Bell, English professional football’s only VC; John Harding on Charlie Saer, pioneer of football trade unionism; A statistical record of Scotland’s Southern League in the 1940-41 season; Graham Phythian on whether Manchester United fans were the first to sing You’ll never walk alone; John Coyle on Albert Jenkins, founder of Doncaster Rovers; Closed circuit television matches in the 1960s; Graham Curry on the Zulu episode in Sheffield football, 1879-1882; The Everton Collection website.

Issue 25:
Chris Bolsmann on the black South African touring team of 1899-1900 known as the ‘Kaffirs’; Tony Mason on England’s 1-0 defeat by USA in the 1950 World Cup finals; A statistical record of Scotland’s North-Eastern League in the 1941-42 season; Robin Peake on football in Northern Ireland in World War Two; Colm Kerrigan on I’m forever blowing bubbles; Steven Crewe on works football in the East Midlands 1918-1950; A survey of fans’ attitudes to the game from 1966-67; Beginning your soccer history research.






 
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