Product Description

Match magazine is far and away the biggest selling football magazine for boys; but the success story began all the way back in 1979 -- when the 300,000 parents who buy the Match Annual every year for their children, were football-mad children themselves...

Match: Best of the '80s is a funny, fond look back through the Match archives at a decade of big football stories, and even bigger mullets... From the great British triumphs in Europe (Liverpool and Aston Villa), to the classic world cups in Spain and Mexico, to regular columns from Kevin Keegan and Glenn Hoddle, this is the perfect accompaniment to the bestselling children's Annual: the chance to tick several generations of your family off the Christmas list at the same time!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #153694 in Books
• Published on: 2008-10-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 144 pages

About the Author

MATCH is the biggest-selling football magazine in the UK, selling over 80,000 copies every week. It's the mag the top players love to be interviewed by and lists every result and goal from the week in its brilliant MATCHFACTS section.

Customer Reviews

Mullets and Memories
My son reads the current incarnation of 'Match' magazine avidly, and I thought it would be nice to show him how the magazine started. I didn't expect to be pulled so deeply into my own past, or how entertaining it was and how 'Match' itself has changed. Today it (and it's main rival 'Shoot') are aimed squarely at the 7-12 year old age bracket, whilst back then the demographic would be older. Looking back, it amazing how the hairstyles back then were considered fashionable ! There are a wealth of facts here on cup competitions, leauges and bios on players (many of whom are now managers). A great trip down memory lane for dads and fun galore for the kids.

Recommended.