World Soccer

First published in October 1960, WORLD SOCCER still appears on newsagents' bookshelves sixty years later.

For much of it's early life the magazine was devoid of colour other than on the front cover. The subject of the front cover, and the black & white (later colour) back cover photo on later issues are listed against each date.

Colour coverage increased for a few months during 1987, and the magazine inevitably moved towards a full colour publication in the 1990's.

We have a selection of classic 1960's issues available in excellent condition priced at £5, while later issues are priced at £3 each.

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1960's ISSUES - £5 each

1961 September - Celtic v. Dunfermline

1964 June - Walter Schmidt & Uwe Seeler. November - Johnny Fanthom & Ron Yeats

1966 August - Alex Stepney. September - Gento & Rattin

1967 May - Coleraine v. Ards.

1968

May - Ronnie McKinnon & Geoff Hurst. July - Fleury di Nallo.

August - Colin Bell & Bobby Charlton. December - Mario Coluna.

1969 June - Dave Webb

LATER ISSUES - £3 each

1978 December - PSV Eindhoven/AC Milan.

1979

January - Don McAllister & Gary Emmanuel/Zico. February - Gordon McQueen/Sammy Nelson March - Austria v. Brazil/Deportivo Cali. May - John Robertson/Barcelona.

July - USA/Beveren Waas. August - Trevor Francis/Real Madrid.

October - Bayern Munich/John Wark. November - Valencia/River Plate v. Boca Juniors. December - China/Henning Jensen & Allan Simonsen.

1980 January - Ajax/Barcelona. February - Fenerbache/Kevin Keegan

1981 May - Brazil/Paul Jacobsen. December - Lakhdar Belloumi/Terry Yorath

1982

January - Tony Woodcock/Paul Mariner. February - Nunes & Phil Thompson/Mario Kempes. April - Diego Maradona/Ricky Villa. May - Ken McNaught/Zbigniew Boniek.

June - Kevin Keegan/Martin O'Neill. July - Cameroon v. Poland/Argentina v. Belgium. August - Dino Zoff/Bruno Conti & Hans-Peter Briegel. September - Terry Butcher & Stanislav Semen/Zico. October - Diego Maradona/Jose Camacho. November - Brian Talbot & Ronnie Whelan/Sampdoria. December - Paulo Rossi/Brazil

1983 October - Luther Blissett/Chile. November - Charlie Nicholas/Glenn Hoddle

1984

January - Michel Platini/Norman Whiteside. February - Hugo de Leon/Luther Blissett & Trevor Francis. March - Ian Rush/Hallvar Thoresen. August - Michel Platini/Rodolfo Rodriguez

December - Platini, Rush & Zico/Didier Six

1986 June - Mexico '86 preview/England. July - Brazil v. Spain/Anyo Sadkov

1987

February - Gary Lineker/Oscar Ruggeri. May - Socrates & Junior/(British Caldedonian ad)

September - Chris Waddle/Gary Lineker & Diego Maradona.

October - Mirandinha/Mark Wright. November - Zlatko & Zoran Vujovic/Hugo Sanchez.

December - Paulo Futre/Mark Hughes.

1988 February - Enzo Scifo/Porto action August - Spain v. Denmark/Poland.

1989 September - Diego Maradona/Costa Rica. October - Andreas Moller/Benfica.

1990

January - Ronald Koeman & Gary Lineker. February - Gianluca Vialli.

April - Enzo Francescoli. May - Marco van Basten. June - Italia '90 preview.

July - Andreas Brehme. August - Toto Scillacii

1994 February - Sao Paulo. March - Terry Venables. 1995 August - "Yellow Fever".

1999 October - Jari Litmanen. 2000 May - Patrick Kluivert June - Andriy Shevchenko

2009

January - 2008 Awards Special. February - Future of Football.

April - 25 Stars of the Future. May - Fernando Torres. June - Football's Most Wanted.

July - End of Season Special. August - The Big Kick Off.

September - Champions League Special. October - Kaka.

December - Meet The Mavericks

2010 January - Lionel Messi.

2012 Summer - Euro 2012 Special. June - Ronaldo v. Messi. November - Who Follows Messi ?

2014 - World Cup Special. 2016 - Euro 2016 Special

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