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  • When Ceefax Let You Vote for Movie of the Year

     From Titanic and Saving Private Ryan to Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, the poll captured the excitement of interactive television before the internet era took over. Though the results of the poll are unknown, box‑office figures...

    When Ceefax Let You Vote for Movie of the Year

     From Titanic and Saving Private Ryan to Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, the poll captured the excitement of interactive television before the internet era took over. Though the results of the poll are unknown, box‑office figures...

  • ClubCall & TeamTalk:  Football’s Premium‑Rate H...

    Football news travelled very differently in the mid‑1990s. Before websites and social media, fans relied on Teletext pages and premium‑rate phone lines like ClubCall and TeamTalk for breaking updates on...

    ClubCall & TeamTalk:  Football’s Premium‑Rate H...

    Football news travelled very differently in the mid‑1990s. Before websites and social media, fans relied on Teletext pages and premium‑rate phone lines like ClubCall and TeamTalk for breaking updates on...

  • BBC Sports Report: Dee-Dum, Dee-Dum, Dee-Dum, D...

    Retro Ronnie looks back at BBC Radio 2’s Sports Report - the iconic Saturday teatime ritual that delivered football results to the nation. From Hubert Bath’s famous theme tune to...

    BBC Sports Report: Dee-Dum, Dee-Dum, Dee-Dum, D...

    Retro Ronnie looks back at BBC Radio 2’s Sports Report - the iconic Saturday teatime ritual that delivered football results to the nation. From Hubert Bath’s famous theme tune to...

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New Books

  • When Football Came Home

    Featuring two World Cups, Italia 90 and France 98, plus the Euro 92 and Euro 96 campaigns, as well as the return to Europe for English clubs after the Heysel ban.

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  • Decade Of Triumph & Tragedy

    Featuring all the domestic successes for English clubs in the 1980s, plus the ones in Europe in the first half of the decade, Home Internationals, World Cups and Euros.

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  • If You Know Your History

    From 1984 to 1987, Evertonians enjoyed one of the most successful periods in the club’s illustrious history and The 80s Team charts that glorious era game-by-game.

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