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Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 10:18 am

For all the UK folk here, Shoot! magazine, the football weekly that Im sure many of us bought in our younger years has gone under, and next week is the last ever issue!

Granted, I havent bought it in about 12 years, but alas, it will be missed.

RIP "Shoot!" Crying or Very sad

Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 10:45 am

A sad day indeed, but not surprising. Heard it on the news yesterday.

I think I have Issue No. 1 somewhere, but I can't lay my hands on it amongst all my junk. I have another one dated 1 May 1971.

In his column ; 'Bobby Moore writes for you' : "Hull are a progressive club with enthusiastic support from the fans and, I think, wonderful facilities. If they take full advantage of their assets, they could in time become a real football force."

Fast forward thirty seven years. A new stadium and Premiership football next season. Bobby's prediction proved right. Shocked

And I can die a happy man, even if they don't win a single match.

Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 11:17 am

Didn't they use to issue carboard push out tabs that you could slot into a ladder that represented the teams' places on the league table. Listening to the soccer scores was a hypnotic ritual, and match of the day with old big chin (what's his name?) also a saturday night event. In black and white, too. Go Georgie Best.

Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 11:26 am

^^^ yes I think so. But I do wonder whether anyone ever kept it up for more than about three weeks.

AFAIR they also had a different team picture in the centre spread each week, which I pulled out and stuck up all around my bed. Randomly, West Ham was immediately above my headboard so I got to know their team best (Moore, Hurst, Peters etc). I'm still a Hammer to this day. (sometimes I wish it had been Arsenal though Laughing

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Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 12:06 pm

When I was a kid in Bristol (1970) I went round all the City players, gave them sheets of paper (yellow for some reason) and told them to sign their names 200 hundred times. Then I cut them all out and sold them as team lots. Didn't make much money though Crying or Very sad

Chivers, Hutchinson, Moore, Law, Charlton, Ball, Kidd, Banks ah the old days.

Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 12:14 pm

Yikes! Is Beano still is business? You might say I have a vested interest...

Baiting Guru Joined: 07 Jan 2007 Posts: 2788

They still sell it here in USAville though i guess that's gonna stop too. RIP.

Slightly OT-early to mid eighties there was a magazine based on something like Action Force/ Special Forces (kinda like Action Men-but Star Wars size and collectible) toys. One episode had two guys fighting off the baddies up a mountain in scotland-only for one to die and the other to get rescued by helicopter at the last minute. I'm guessing that is not available anymore-but does anyone have any further info?

edit to add-the internet is my friend. Very Happy

and the rest can be found here

Master of Master Baiters Joined: 06 Feb 2008 Posts: 720

I used to like the Victor comic

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