Fully Programmed by Derek Hammond

Fully Programmed by Derek Hammond

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Summary

There's far more to vintage football programmes than optimistic manager's notes and unreliable teamsheets. Before the era of the glossy corporate brochure, every club's programme had a unique personality, and played its part in the precious ritual of going to the match. Fully Programmed offers an irresistible window back into more innocent times.

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Fully Programmed by Derek Hammond

There's far more to vintage football programmes than optimistic manager's notes, unreliable teamsheets and grudging opposition 'pen pictures'. Before the era of the standardised corporate brochure, every club's programme had a different, unique personality, and played its part in the precious ritual of going to the match. Last weekend's action shots provided a foretaste of the excitement; the A-Z scoresheet provided a live lookout on the rest of the League, while 'At Home With - ' provided a peephole into a star's domestic life. Remember the allure of the Souvenir Shop ads? Football League Review centrespreads? 'Girl of the Match'? From the 'ground picture' cover era through the 'groovy' and 'colour action' phases to the dawn of clipart, programmes from our nostalgic 60s-90s Golden Age amount to a (slightly crumpled) pocket history of graphic design. Packed with pictures and memories, Fully Programmed offers an irresistible window back into more innocent times.
Derek Hammond has written about football and music for FourFourTwo, club programmes, mirror.co.uk and the NME. Gary Silke is editor of The Fox, one of the original and oldest football fanzines still in existence. The pair have provided football cards for The Onion Bag, BBC1's Match of the Seventies/Eighties and the National Football Museum.
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ISBN 13 9781785310768
ISBN 10 1785310763
Title Fully Programmed
Author Derek Hammond
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Pitch Publishing Ltd
Year published 2015-09-16
Number of pages 160
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.