Sheffield Football Club vs. Queen's Park, Centenary Celebration
This match, the world's first ever club centenary celebration, marked 100 years from the day of
the founding of Sheffield Football Club, generally recognised as the world's oldest club who still
play today.
Programme cover courtesy of the excellent Footysphere.
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Wolves' infamous game with Honved of Hungary was one of the classics of the twentieth century,
and one of the first intra-European games played under floodlights. See inside the full programme
at Footysphere, with an awesome interactive feature.
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Our Thursday programme series last week went back 56 years, to the first ever floodlight
match at Tottenham Hotspur's White Hart lane. Today, we hop across North London to Highbury, and
Arsenal's first major floodlit fixture against Hapoel Tel Aviv.
Programme cover courtesy of the highly-recommended Footysphere.
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Our new Thursday series looks at classic football programmes, that perfect accompaniment for
a trip down memory lane. This week: we go back 56 years, to the first ever floodlight match at
Tottenham Hotspur's White Hart lane, with the programme's cover promising Spurs were in for "very
attractive visitors" and "very sporting opponents" with the visit of Racing Club de Paris.
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The second in our Thursday series looking at classic football programmes, that perfect
accompaniment for a trip down memory lane. Today, England's West Bromwich Albion take on a
mysterious "China Eleven" in a 1970s international friendly.
West Bromwich Albion vs.
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Our new Thursday series looks at classic football programmes, that perfect accompaniment for
a trip down memory lane. Today, an NASL team visits England gets rowdy.
Birmingham City vs Tampa Bay Rowdies, October 1st 1983.
Programme cover courtesy of Footysphere.
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EPL Talk 12 October @ 05:30 AM EST
If you need proof that kindness still exists in football, look no further than Dr. David France
and Everton Football Club, and the story behind the greatest collection of football memorabilia
ever assembled.
Known as The David France Collection, it's an incredible assortment of more than 18,000
items that Dr.
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In England there is a breed of fan that seeks to visit all the grounds in the top four divisions.
They're called ground-hoppers and they aspire to join the 92 Club.
Other fans collect football programmes, badges, match tickets...just do some research on eBay to
find the lengths people go to to keep their hobby going.
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So how much football do any of us actually watch in real life compared to what we watch on TV? And
how much is our opinion informed through the football media lens rather than through our own
personal experience and knowledge?
Much of what we know, or think we know, is based on the journalists, presenters, anchormen, and
ex-professionals that populate TV, radio and increasingly podcasts.
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EPL Talk 25 June @ 05:29 AM EST
Growing up in Wales, many of my cold, wet winter nights were spent cowering under a lightbulb
studying every word and every page of football programmes. I had my Swansea City programmes that I
brought home from matches, but I was deeply indebted to Steve Earl Football Programmes for helping
to grow my collection.
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EPL Talk 24 June @ 07:51 AM EST
Having watched most of Euro 2008 spread out between the BBC and ITV I have come to the conclusion
that both channels need a major shake up in the ways they cover sport. Both sides irritate people
with different aspects of their coverage, for example they both need some new pundits and
co-commentators in because [.
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