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Two iconic number 10s. PelΓ© alongside Sheffield United legend Tony Currie at Bramall Lane back in 2007.
PelΓ© would have been 86 today. Read TCβs story in *Imperfect 10: The Man Behind the Magic*. #SUFC
George Foreman once rang one of our authors to congratulate him.
Not a bad phone call to get.
Steve Ward became the world's oldest professional boxer after taking up boxing again at 54.
The Legend.
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On this day 33 years ago, Oasis signed their first record contract with Creation Records. Six albums. A Β£40,000 advance. And the beginning of something much bigger.
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ALT Excerpt from an Oasis Creation Songs contract showing Noel Gallagher and Creation Songs Limited.
Geoffrey Boycott turns 86 today. One of Yorkshire cricketβs defining figures, he belongs to the story of a county that later brought in 19-year-old Sachin Tendulkar as its first overseas player. That changing Yorkshire identity is explored in The Honorary Tyke.
George Foreman once rang Steve Ward to congratulate him on becoming the world's oldest professional boxer. Ward returned to the sport at 54. His remarkable story is told in The Legend, published by Vertical Editions.
ALT Steve Ward holding his championship belt and raising a fist
Fancy a piece of Oasis memorabilia? The toilet and sink from Noel Gallagher's former home, Supernova Heights, sold at auction for Β£720 in April 2025. Yes, really. Another unexpected slice of Oasis history. This Is History, out 30 October. #Oasis
Sheffield United beat Nottingham Forest 4-2 at Bramall Lane 35 years ago, with Whitehouse, Agana, Bryson and Hoyland scoring. This original programme captures the match, while Bassettβs Blades tells the story of that iconic era.
Before everything was streamed, music travelled on things like these.
These tapes are a little snapshot of the world around Oasis, and the sort of detail that makes the story so much more than the records themselves.
This Is History. 30 October.
ALT Oasis DAT and cassette tapes from the memorabilia archive
Oasisβs deal with Creation in October 1993 marked a turning point. This facsimile of Noel Gallagherβs separate publishing contract with Creation Songs, dated April 1994, features in *This Is History*, out 30 October. Alan McGeeβs copy sold for Β£230 at Omega Auctions in 2023.
ALT Facsimile cover page of Noel Gallagherβs publishing contract with Creation Songs Limited, dated 14 April 1994
Six years ago this week, we published *The Gloves Are Off*, Paddy Kennyβs autobiography with Danny Hall. From dressing-room scraps to the story of his eyebrow being bitten off in a curry house, this is football autobiography at its most candid.
ALT Paddy Kenny holding a football in goalkeeper gloves, for The Gloves Are Off
On this day in 1893, Sheffield United and Wednesday met in the first competitive Steel City derby. It ended 1-1, beginning a rivalry that has shaped football in the city ever since. The Blades' story is told in Winning Isn't Everything. #SUFC
ALT Winning Isn't Everything by Gary Armstrong and Matthew Bell, pictured on a wooden desk
This guitar was owned by Noel Gallagher and later signed by him.
Itβs one of the pieces from the archive featured in This Is History, out 30 October.
ALT Signed Noel Gallagher Epiphone guitar in its case
Thirty-six years ago this week, Sheffield Wednesday beat Plymouth Argyle 3-0 at Hillsborough. This original matchday programme captures a moment from the campaign at the heart of *'91: The Inside Story of Sheffield Wednesday's Historic 1990/91 Season*.
ALT Original Sheffield Wednesday matchday programme cover for the 3-0 win over Plymouth Argyle on 13 October 1990.
148 years ago this week, Bramall Lane hosted the first football match under floodlights. Winning Isn't Everything examines Sheffield United's century without a major trophy, exploring how a club that once won major honours reached this point. #SUFC
Not every football story is about winning trophies.
Our Lowest Ebb? looks back at one of Sheffield Wednesday's darkest periods. And somehow, people still look back on it with affection.
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This is what Sheffield United looked like back in 1892 and this photo, taken 134 years ago today, shows that things have moved on a bit. Explore the full story in Winning Isnβt Everything.
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ALT Black and white Sheffield United team photograph from 1892, showing players and staff posed outside a building.
This is the sort of stuff that makes This Is History.
The records are only part of the story. The clothes, tapes, cases, instruments and odd bits around them tell their own story too. We've packed as much of that world as we could into the book.
30 October.
ALT Oasis memorabilia jacket displayed in an archive setting
ALT Oasis DAT and cassette tapes from the memorabilia archive
ALT Oasis flight cases and memorabilia in an archive
ALT Signed Noel Gallagher Epiphone guitar in its case
Some football books tell you what happened. '91 lets you hear from the people who were there.
Ron Atkinson, Hirst, Palmer, Nilsson and Sheridan tell the story of Wednesday's 1990/91 season.
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