Nationwide Football Annual 2022-2023: Soccer's Pocket Encyclopedia

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It reported on the various codes of football played in England, and also provided some coverage of the other home nations, supplemented on occasion by reports from around the world. Since 1985 the annual has also included very brief obituaries ('The Final Whistle') for selected former players and officials dying within the previous twelve months.

One publication appearing for the first time that year eventually established an unrivalled reputation for in-depth factual information and football trivia of the Sherwin variety. Unless successors can be found, it could be farewell to one of football’s most familiar publications after 136 editions. We are now half way through our four year ‘Time For Change’ strategy and plan, and we will continue to focus on serving the game and using our influence to inspire positive change in English football and wider society. All lots are offered subject to Graham Budd Auctions Ltd's Conditions of Business which you can view here. FA Chief Executive Officer, Mark Bullingham, said: "This has been an important year of growth and progress, both on and off the pitch – and I’m proud of how we have performed against our strategic objectives, which included winning a major tournament, with the Lionesses’ historic victory at Wembley in the Women’s Euros last summer.Queen Victoria occupied the throne and the Marquess of Salisbury was having a second go at being Prime Minister though it is not recorded whether either of them celebrated Sherwin’s and England’s triumph. Two long-serving previous editors were 'Tityrus' (otherwise J A H Catton, editor of the Athletic News 1900–1924) [1] and Ivan Sharpe (c. The organisation also faces new cashflow challenges including higher rates of inflation which are impacting the cost of living, as well as rising utilities and event day operational costs. The majority of lots in the auction are offered under the Auctioneer’s Margin Scheme (AMS) and as such BP is subject to VAT (currently set at a rate of 20% in the UK). The FA is on track to deliver 5,000 quality pitches across the country by 2024, with a total of 2,607 delivered since 2022.

com you authorise Graham Budd Auctions Ltd, if they so wish, to charge the credit card given in part or full payment, including all fees, for items successfully purchased online at the auction.The book has incorporated a number of illustrations for many years, and since 1948 these have regularly included team photos of a few of the previous season's most successful sides. Like the older publication, it initially aimed to provided coverage of all football codes popular in England, including rugby football (both rugby union and rugby league after the codes split) in addition to association football. The year 1887 will be remembered, among many other things, as the year a number 11 batsman finished top of the batting averages as England won The Ashes in Australia.

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When BBC Television stats supremo Albert decided to take a back seat, a string of Hayter’s employees, who later graduated to Fleet Street, took stints in the editorial chair. Thereafter, all purchase lots will be transferred to Graham Budd Auctions' storage facility in Enfield, north London. It morphed into the Sunday Chronicle Annual in 1946, the Empire News Annual in 1956, The News of the World and Empire News Annual in 1961 and the News of the World Annual in 1965. In partnership with Barclays, the FA helped to deliver the inaugural Biggest Ever Football Session with over 90,000 schoolgirls playing football as part of the Let Girls Play campaign. million new players, while the Matchday app, which supports grassroots football administration, has seen the number of users increase by over 50%.

David Jack (1956–1958 – he also made later contributions, not to be confused with the England footballer of the same name); Malcolm Gunn (1958–1966); Frank Butler [2] (1961–1982); Patrick Collins (1967–1977); Harold Mayes (1978); Charles Sampson (1983–1984); Albert Sewell (1983–1997); Bill Bateson (1985–1994) and Eric Brown (1998–1999). As part of the ambition to serve over two million people through transformed digital platforms, the Player Registration System registered over 1. This major tournament success has provided a strong platform for unprecedented growth and a legacy programme that has seen over 7,000 more women and girls playing football throughout the host cities.