The successor to Charles Buchan's original publication first appeared in 1974, and also incorporated the Football Digest and Football Pictorial publications. It was a particularly first class magazine throughout the 1980's, but the quality of layout and writing became narrow and dipped in the 1990's, with publication ending with the final issue in October 1996. There were also a few industrial disputes which prevented publication - the magazine was not produced between June & October 1983, March, April & May 1984 or from January to May 1992
This popular publication remains a strong seller whenever we have stock available, particularly for 1980's issues. We are pleased to advise that we have obtained a fresh run of copies, mainly from 1976 through to 1984. Details of the front cover and the centre spread 'colour album' are listed against the date of each issue. (The back cover varied from advertisements to player pictures, so for the purposes of this page, those details are not listed).
UNLESS STATED, ALL COPIES OF 'NEW' FOOTBALL MONTHLY ARE PRICED AT £3 EACH.
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1974 September - Bill Shankly/Liverpool
1975 February - Jim Platt/Middlesbrough
1976
March - Peter Lorimer/Leeds. April - Crystal Palace match action/Crystal Palace
June - Kevin Keegan/England. August - Bryan Drysdale/Bristol City
September - Johnny Giles/West Brom. December - David Hay/Chelsea.
1977
January - Kenny Burns/Birmingham. February - Neil Whatmore/Bolton
March - England v. Holland/Nott'm F. April - League Cup Final/Southampton
June - Emlyn Hughes/Aston V. (LC winners). July - England v. Scotland/Liverpool
August - Gordon Hill/Wolves. September - Argentina v. Scotland/Scotland.
October - Duncan MacKenzie/Wales. November - Trevor Francis/England.
December - Kevin Keegan/Pele.
1978
January - Rivelino/Scotland's Contenders, George Wood & Alan Rough
February - Bob Latchford/Danny McGrain & Willie Donachie.
March - Joe Jordan/Tom Forysth & Gordon McQueen.
April - John Trewick & John McGovern/Bruce Rioch & Don Masson.
July - Mario Kempes/Holland's Hot Shots. September - Martin Dobson/Everton. October - Liam Brady/Rangers November - Alan Kennedy/Coventry.
December - Trevor Brooking/Brighton
1979
January - Alan Hansen/Nott'm F. February - Mick Channon/Man City.
March - Trevor Francis/Crystal P. April - Laurie Cunningham/West Brom.
May - Kenny Dalglish/Aston V.
July - Kevin Keegan/England. August - Liverpool v. Southampton/Liverpool
September - Osvaldo Ardiles/Tottenham.
November - Andy Gray/Sunderland. December - John Hollins/Newcastle.
1980
January - Steve Lynex/Birmingham. February - Gary Shaw/West Ham
March - Kevin Keegan/England's Euro Contenders (Clemence, Neal, Anderson, Sansom, Mills, Shilton).
April - Graham Rix/England's Euro Contenders (Thompson, Watson, Brooking, Wilkins, Kennedy, Hoddle).
May - Andy Gray/England's Contenders. (Keegan, Cunningham, Francis, Woodcock, Coppell, Barnes, Johnson)
June - Trevor Brooking & Brian Talbot/West Ham (FAC winners).
July - Ray Wilkins/England. September - Mark Wallington/Leicester.
October - Steve Archibald/Tottenham. November - Peter Withe/Aston V.
December - Asa Hartford/Everton.
1981
January - Kevin Keegan/Chelsea. February - Phil Neal/Liverpool
March - Phil Parkes/Middlesbrough. April - Trevor Francis/Coventry.
May - Bryan Robson/England. June - Ricky Villa/Tottenham (FAC winners)
July - Gary Shaw/Aston V. August - Ian Walsh/Swansea.
September - Eddie Gray/Leeds December - Lee Chapman/Stoke.
1982.
January - Justin Fahsanu/Nott'm F. February - Simon Stainrod/Sunderland.
March - Ivan Golac/Southampton. April - Martin O'Neill/Northern Ireland.
May - Kenny Dalglish/Scotland June - Bryan Robson/England.
July - Paul Mariner/England's Ecstacy. October - Cyrille Regis/West Brom.
November - Gerry Armstrong/Watford. December - Ray Ranson/Man City.
1983
January - Ronnie Whelan/Liverpool. February - Francios van der Elst/West Ham
March - Mark Hateley/Coventry. April - Andy King/Everton.
May - Bob Paisley/Liverpool (LC winners).
December - Glenn Hoddle/Tottenham
1984
January - Gary Shaw/Aston V. June - Kevin Ratcliffe/Everton.
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