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Charles Buchan's Football Monthly represents the only independent archive to put football issues into historical context. Dating back to the 1950s the archives include articles written by players, reports on what was happening on the burgeoning international football stage plus a rare glimpse of the transfer scene at the time. It offers a chance to learn about legends you have heard about but never saw play, such as Joe Mercer (Arsenal and England), Henry Cockburn (Manchester United and England), Stanley Matthews (Blackpool and England) and Tom Finney (Preston North End and England), as well as a nostalgic look at individual football clubs.
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A selection of material from Charles Buchan’s Football Monthly is now available as gift books. The books are beautifully bound with a cloth spine and hard back covers. First in the range was The Best of Charle’s Buchan’s Football Monthly, followed by The Best of Manchester United, Arsenal and most recently Liverpool and Spurs produced by Malavan Media and edited by renowned football historian, Simon Inglis. The gift books are on general sale at all good book stores, Amazon or for wholesale orders go to www.playedinbritain.co.uk |
Charles Buchan's Football Monthly
September 1951 - The First Issue
Dip into extracts from the first ever issue of Charles Buchan's Football Monthly. Read how Liverpool FC was no stranger to American influences even back then; what happens to a club when it is up to it's eyeballs in debt in the 1950s; and some timely advice from referees.... has anything really changed? Read the first issue here .......Soccer Sideshow
In October 1954 Liverpool’s Bob Paisley was put on the transfer list, but the power’s that be then decided to appoint him as assistant trainer at the club. It was reported that his team mates sighed with relief at the news……but only because Bob was a brick-layer by trade and he was much in demand at his team mates' homes. Little did they realise the decision to appoint him as assistant trainer would herald one of the greatest manager’s Liverpool ever had...and not a brick in sight!