Historic Newspapers Blog

A Year In History: 1935 Timeline

February 23, 2022

1935 was a great year for enterprise, bringing in the first can of beer, the first pair of briefs and the first parking metre, as...

Rangers Rise Again: As Told Through the Papers

June 2, 2021

2021 saw Rangers football club crowned champions of the Scottish Premiership after a particularly dazzling, dominant campaign. Beside the team’s impressive 102-point haul, and their...

Historic Games: England Argentina ‘86

May 18, 2021

It is quite simply impossible to discuss the 1986 World Cup without talking about Diego Maradona. Across the decades of football covered in our personalised...

A Year in History: 1923 Timeline

March 4, 2021

1923 was a year to remember in many ways, from the rapid destabilisation of Germany, to the Flying Scotsman’s first journey. A great way to...

Historic Games: Celtic Barcelona 2012

December 2, 2020

Scan through the pages of our personalised Celtic book and, in between the fifty plus league championships, one indelible idea rings true: big European nights...

“Catch Us If You Can” - Liverpool’s Title Win, Through the Papers

August 13, 2020

Open almost any of our personalised football books, and somewhere, at one point or another, you’ll find evidence of one undeniable truth: Liverpool football club...

Historic Games: Newcastle Chelsea ‘12

August 10, 2020

Newcastle United is a football club with a lot of stories to tell, and not all of them have a happy ending. Luckily, our Newcastle...

A Year in History: Timeline of 1996 Events

July 21, 2020

From the first images of Pluto, the introduction of a new computer language to the 26th Olympic Games, 1996 was an eventful year. To learn...

Historic Games: Liverpool Arsenal ‘08

July 16, 2020

For all intents and purposes, 2008 was the year that English football ruled Europe, with all four English sides making the Champions League quarter-finals, three...

"The Battle of Britain": Leeds Rangers ‘92

July 7, 2020

England versus Scotland. The oldest football rivalry of them all. The beautiful game would see almost a hundred battles between the two national teams before...

Historic Games: The Miracle in Istanbul

June 16, 2020

Prior to the 2005 Champions League final, there was little debate to be had regarding the identity of the favourites. AC Milan had qualified for...

Historic Games: Liverpool Alaves ‘01

June 16, 2020

After dominating British and often European football throughout the 1970’s and 80’s, the end of the 20th century was comparably barren for Liverpool Football Club,...

Historic Games: Liverpool Arsenal ‘89

June 5, 2020

As the football history books show, over the years numerous British clubs have played out some of the most dramatic climaxes in the history of...

Historic Games: Rangers Become Kings of Europe in ‘72

May 29, 2020

Question most football fans on the identity of the most successful European club in history, and few would likely provide the correct answer. In terms...

Historic Games: Man United Bayern Munich ‘99

May 18, 2020

Part of our new “Historic Games” series, we look back on some of the greatest football games ever played, re-evaluating their significance and impact often...