Sunday 30 January 2022

Recent Additions to the Archives (January 2022)

Australian & British Soccer Weekly Archives

1986 - September 30 October 7, 14, 21 & 28 November 4

1986 is now complete

1991 - January 7 & 14. The previously incomplete January 21 has been replaced with a complete version

October 22 & 29, November 5 & 12

Thanks to Greg Stock

Australian & British Soccer Weekly Compilations

NYL 1986

NYL 1989-90

National Indoor League 1986

Articles

Il Globo - Juventus Australian Tour - 1984

Magazines

FFV Fun Football Schools 2005 Issue 2 June-July

Club Newsletters 

The Shark's Net (Beaumaris SC) - 3 issues

Mornington SC Newsletter - 12 issues

The Willy Journal (Williamstown SC) - 1 issue

Yearbooks & Annuals 

Football Association News Vol.1 No.1 1959

Memorabilia

Williamstown District SC Membership Card 1928 

Thanks to Graeme McGinty

Programmes

South Australia v Hong Kong Chinese XI 1953 (also appears under National Team Programmes for Australia v Hong Kong Chinese XI)

Croatian Tournament - Melbourne Knights - 1993

Ballarat Red Devils v Sunshine George Cross 2015

Il Globo Compilations

1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1991 all added

Junior Roo Archive

1991 - 31 issues added

1995 - September 25, October 2

1996 - August 12, October 7

1997 - July 28, August 25, September 1, 8 & 22, October 6 & 13 

1998 - August 3 & 24, September 14, 21 & 28, October 12 & November 23

This mainly follows the visit to the MCC Library, and ongoing trips to SLV to complete the Il Globo Compilations and Junior Roo Archives. This will soon be finished and I will then be scaling back to just adding Greg Stock's ASW scans.






Wednesday 12 January 2022

Soccer News Archive Update

There have been 111 new issues of Soccer News added to the Soccer News Archive. They have been sourced and compiled by taking photos of the collection housed at the MCC Library which was put together by Roy Hay. This takes the total of editions contained in the archive to 486.

The newly added issues are as follows:

1948 - July 10

1949 - May 7, May 21, May 28, June 4, June 11, June 18, June 25, July 2, July 16

1950 - April 22, May 13, June 17, July 1, July 8, July 15, July 22, September 16, September 23

1951 - April 7, April 14, July 7, August 4, September 8

1952 - June 7, June 9, June 21, July 26, August 16, September 6, September 20

1953 - April 4, April 11, May 2, May 9, May 23, June 27, July 4, July 11, July 18, August 22, August 29, September 2, September 5, September 19

1954 - April 3, April 10, April 17, May 1, May 22, May 26, June 5, June 12, June 19, July 24, August 7, August 14, August 28, September 4

1955 - May 7, May 28, June 25, July 23, August 20

1956 - March 31, April 7, April 14, April 21, May 5, May 19, May 26, June 2, June 9, June 16, June 23, June 30, July 7, July 21, August 4, August 11, August 18, Annual Review

1957 - July 13, July 27, August 10, August 17, August 31

1958 - April 5, April 12, May 10, May 17, June 7, June 21, July 5, July 12

1959 - April 4, April 11, May 9, June 13, July 25, August 8, September 19, September 26, October 10, October 17

1960 - April 23, May 7, June 25, August 13, September 24, October 1

As usual, any information on borrowing any Soccer News issues not found in this archive would be greatly appreaciated.