Relive the greatest moments of Blackpool Football Club through the newspaper reports of the time, captured in these
unique, beautiful, hand made books, which includes:
- The inside cover full personalised with the recipients name and a message.
- The recipients name gold embossed on the front cover (optional)
This commerative book makes an ideal and unique football gift for any Blackpool fan. Starting with coverage of Blackpool’s 3-2 win over Chelsea in 1929, and continuing right up to the end of the 2008/09 season, this book charts a glorious history of great games in the league and the cup through the decades of the 20th century.
Top early stories include gaining promotion to Division 1 in 1930 as champions, the 6-2 thrashing of Aston Villa in 1933, and reaching the FA Cup finals against Man Utd in 1948. The 50s saw some epic games, not least beating Spurs 4-1 away, reaching the FA Cup final again in 1951, this time against Newcastle and finally lifting the trophy beating Bolton 4-3 in the 1953 Final. Read about the all time legend of English football Stanley Matthews, the return to top flight football in 1970, European matches, including beating Bologna in the Anglo-Italian Cup final in 1971 and of course their amazing promotion to the Premiership and the ups and downs of the 2010/11 season.
A unique and wonderful gift and must have for all Blackpool fans.
To view the contents, click on this link (PDF file)
How the Books are Made
The papers are reproduced from scans of original Mirror newspapers going
back over a 100 years that are stored in our extensive archive.They are individually
printed to order onto a high quality thicker paper to provide greater durability.
The books are 38 x 30 cm in size. Total number of pages: 134.
