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We offer an extensive catalogue of upcoming soccer book releases extending into 2026. Each title comes with a convenient pre-order option—a feature that's become increasingly valuable since 2022, when publishers began reducing print runs to control costs.
We buy and sell signed images of retired players, the Charles Buchan Football Monthly magazine, and football books and annuals from the 1940s and 1960s. We also specialise in author-signed books, especially those published by the top publishers of the day, such as Stanley Paul, The Museum, and Pelham. With thousands of products available, we've emphasised a straightforward search function for your convenience when navigating our website. Simply enter your favourite team's name and the name of the player.
Football Annuals from the 1940's
We buy and sell signed images of retired players, the Charles Buchan Football Monthly magazine, and football books and annuals from the 1940s and 1960s. We also specialise in author-signed books, especially those published by the top publishers of the day, such as Stanley Paul, The Museum, and Pelham. With thousands of products available, we've emphasised a straightforward search function for your convenience when navigating our website. Simply enter your favourite team's name and the name of the player.
Just after the war, Evans Brothers published the first mass-market soccer annuals. The Boys Book of Soccer, first published by Evans Brothers in 1945, was printed on war economy standard paper. Other popular annuals that followed were The FA Book for Boys 1947, Sampson Low Marston Series 1949, The Big Book of Football Champions 1950, Charles Buchan’s Soccer Gift Book 1953, and The Topical Times Football Book 1959. In the mid-1960s, publishing houses launched Player's Annual, Billy Wright, Denis Law, and many more. With hundreds of collectors of early annuals, we do hope we can help some of you with your collections by supplying missing editions to upgrade them. We have several editions, all in excellent condition.
Charles Buchan's Football Monthly
The first issue came out over 50 years ago, in September 1951. Charles Buchan, a seasoned journalist for the News Chronicle and the BBC, identified a market gap: the circulation began at 60,000, a level modern magazines would envy; by 1959, it had reached 120,000; by 1961, it had reached 130,000; and at its peak in 1967, it reached an astounding 250,000 per month. In 1968, the "Boys Club" had 100,000 registered members. Charles Buchan continued his column from launch until his death in the south of France in June 1960. It must have been a sudden death, as his previous column had appeared in August as usual. The September 1960 issue has 2 pages of tributes from the world of football. We buy in and sell issues between 1951 and 1966.
Retired Players Signed Photos
Football books and magazines published in the late 1940s progressing to the early 1960's, used a unique photographic process, the photograph was taken on a large format camera the negative (the plate) created an extremely high quality finished print. The print was then hand coloured/tinted, giving an innovative effect. In many cases, features were added crowded in the background, sometimes even the ball.The best known Publisher to use this process was L.T.A Robinson in their Publication The Big Book of Football Champions; Charles Buchan also used the same agency 'Topical Colour Process Syndicate Ltd (London) in the Football Monthly Magazine and the Soccer Gift Book. We have in stock all original pages and many more, a good number are signed.
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90 Days EACH WAY on Soccer Books
90 Days EACH WAY on Soccer Books
Welcome to our curated collection of premier soccer and football literature, featuring both the latest releases and upcoming titles spanning the next 180 days. Every aspect of the beautiful game is covered by our carefully selected titles. Browse through an extensive range of publications, including club histories, player autobiographies, coaching manuals, and financial analyses. We offer books covering women's soccer and statistics, historical perspectives, World Cup chronicles, and profiles of legendary players. Our seasonal selection includes popular annuals, perfect for holiday gifting.
Each listing provides comprehensive content descriptions, drawing on our deep expertise in soccer literature. For collectors, we take special care of books with dust jackets, protecting them with our professional-grade Archival Dust Jacket System at no additional cost.
As part of our commitment to supporting the broader publishing community, we uniquely link each title to its publisher's homepage. This link allows our customers to explore other works from these publishers, whether they're interested in fiction or non-fiction titles beyond the realm of soccer.
Each listing provides comprehensive content descriptions, drawing on our deep expertise in soccer literature. For collectors, we take special care of books with dust jackets, protecting them with our professional-grade Archival Dust Jacket System at no additional cost.
As part of our commitment to supporting the broader publishing community, we uniquely link each title to its publisher's homepage. This link allows our customers to explore other works from these publishers, whether they're interested in fiction or non-fiction titles beyond the realm of soccer.