Relive the greatest moments of Wimbledon FC Football Club from 1962-2002 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 Wimbledon fan. The book starts with with coverage of the FA cup 1st round 2-1 win over Colchester, and continues right up to the move to Milton Keynes in 2003 ending with coverage of the 1-0 win over Wigan in April 2004
Top early stories include beating Chelsea in the 1935 FA Cup 3rd round; the 3-6 away win over Southampton in 1937; and the 8-2 defeat of Sunderland in 1955 . Relive the nail biting moments of the 1959 FA Cup Final against Nottingham Forest, and the traumatic background to fans hero Sid Owen's resignation as Manager in 1960. Read about the climb back to top flight football through the late 60s and 70s to achieve promotion to the 1st Division in 1974, and again in 1982. Read also about the big encounters against Arsenal including the 3-1 win in 1985 and then 3-0 in the FA Cup 5th Round, a year later, and not least beating them yet again in 1988 and this time to lift the League Cup. Luton's 2nd successive League Cup Final in 1989 against Nottingham Forest is also covered, as are more recent games including the 1991 3-1 defeat of Liverpooland the 2009 Football League Trophy Final.
A unique and wonderful gift and must have for all Wimbledon 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: 136.
