{"product_id":"charles-buchan-s-football-monthly-october-1954","title":"Charles Buchan’s Football Monthly October 1953","description":"\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(218, 32, 42);\"\u003e Just £9.99 covers everything including secure Royal Mail Tracked 48 delivery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatures Vic Metcalfe of Hudderfield on the cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv align=\"justify\"\u003eThe magazine is lavishly packed with photographs from cover to cover and features an article, 'With the Amateurs,' about Wimbledon F.C., complete with a team photo. There are spotlight pages on Swansea Town, and wonderful hand-coloured photos of Jack Rowley and Jimmy Jones. If you’re looking for photos of family members in team line-ups from that era, the magazine has a selection of team photographs as follows: Swansea Town, Aston Villa, and Wolverhampton Wanderers. \n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn the early 1950s, color photography was rare and expensive for publications. To add visual appeal, many photos—especially on covers and center spreads—were black-and-white prints that artists then hand-coloured. This gave the images a distinctive, sometimes slightly surreal look, with bright, flat colors and bold contrasts.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThese hand-coloured photos were created by artists who painted directly onto black-and-white images, using watercolors, dyes, or tinted oils to bring them to life with vivid, often slightly surreal colours. The colouring was sometimes slightly inaccurate—kits or backgrounds could vary, and even the ball was sometimes inserted—but that was part of the charm.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe artists at Soccerbooks have taken these classic 1950s A4 hand-coloured images and elevated them with the latest art technology, producing stunning A4 prints that are perfect for framing—all for as little as £9.99. You can explore the collection here: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.soccerbooks.co.uk\/collections\/hand-coloured-prints\" title=\"Hand Coloured Prints\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cu\u003eHand Coloured Prints\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 128, 0);\"\u003e The front and back covers are both intact. Naturally, the magazine shows its age after more than seventy years, but we consider this copy a collector’s piece. We’ve carefully cleaned away surface marks using \u003ca class=\"css-xb37zd e178251s3\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.soccerbooks.co.uk\/collections\/book-protectors-protection-for-hardback-books\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cu\u003eAbsorene\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, leaving the covers looking as fresh as possible. All pages are present, with no signs of previous owners’ names or any newsagent markings. The staples—though a little dull are not rusted and still hold the binding firmly. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nA manuscript from the forthcoming book (2026\/27), \u003cem\u003eFinding Its Voice: The Identity Quest of Charles Buchan’s Football Monthly\u003c\/em\u003e, is being shared \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"here\" href=\"https:\/\/www.soccerbooks.co.uk\/blogs\/all-blogs\/finding-its-voice-the-identity-quest-of-charles-buchan-s-football-monthly\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e. If you have any memories or information about the magazine, please feel free to leave a comment— We’d love to hear from you—and maybe even have a chat!\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(218, 32, 42);\"\u003eWe’ve got the biggest collection of vintage football books, annuals, magazines, and a variety of cigarette and bubble gum cards that were popular back in the day. If you think you, a family member, or even an ancestor might appear in one of the thousands of photos in our publications, just email us your details to \u003ca class=\"css-xb37zd e178251s3\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"mailto:archives@soccerbooks.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cu\u003earchives@soccerbooks.co.uk\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and we’ll help you find out;  just allow 2 to 3 weeks for a reply. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e","brand":"PUBLISHED OCTOBER 1953","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55837968007548,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1060\/2756\/files\/CB1953_0005.png?v=1759835744","url":"https:\/\/www.soccerbooks.co.uk\/tr\/products\/charles-buchan-s-football-monthly-october-1954","provider":"SOCCER BOOKS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}