The Topical Times Football Book 1959-60 covers the 1961/62 season
A second index listing all images in the annual is quite beneficial if you're looking for a relative who was a professional football player during that era. (see photos)
The players on the front cover of the dust wrapper are not identified but on the back cover, Fulham and England’s Johnny Haynes was shown leading out his national team against Portugal at Wembley;
Team photos (all b/w) were;
Burnley – 1st Division runners-up and FA Cup Finalists
Leyton Orient – 2nd Division runners-up
Liverpool – 2nd Division champions
Millwall – 4th Division Champions
Portsmouth – 3rd Division champions
Rangers – Scottish Cup Winners
Tottenham Hotspur – FA Cup winners
Also includes: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Burnley, Celtic, Crystal Palace, Fulham, Ipswich Town, Liverpool, Manchester City, Sheffield Wednesday, Third Lanark, Tottenham Hotspur, Wales, West Ham United, Wolves and World Cup ‘66 interest / content.
The 1962-1963 Edition in good condition the dustjacket has a chip bottom front and has been price clipped.
The edition now protected with Archival Dust Jacket Sleeving
We trade in football books and annuals from the 1940’s to the 1960’s,The Charles Buchan Football Monthly Magazine and retired players signed photos. Books signed by the author are also a speciality mainly from the quality Publishing houses of the day, Stanley Paul, Museum and Pelham to name just a few. Trading on the internet since 1994 we do sometimes sell on ebay under the name 'FOOTBALLBOOKS'
Please Note we only sell and buy in editions that would enhance collections.
Football Annuals
Mass market soccer annuals, were first published just after the war, The Boys Book of Soccer being the first published by Evans Brothers in 1945 was printed on war economy standard paper other popular annuals that followed 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, The Topical Times Football Book 1959, in mid 1960's Publishing Houses launched Players Annuals, Billy Wright, Denis Law and many more.
With 100's of collectors of the early annuals we do hope we can help some of you with your collections by supplying missing editions to upgrading your collection. We have several editions all in very good condition.
