The Nationwide Football Annual is a compact British football reference book which is produced at the start of each football season. It contains information from the previous football season, and also contains updated records going back to the beginnings of organised football in the 1800s.
This publication first appeared in 1887, produced by the Athletic News as a rival to the Football Annual . Like the older publication, it initially aimed to provided coverage of all football codes popular in England, including rugby football (both rugby union and rugby league after the codes split) in addition to association football. The final edition to date was published in the summer of 2022 for the 2022-23 season, as no deal could be agreed between the authors and prospective publishers for the 2023-24 edition.
The titles of this publication have been:-
Two long-serving previous editors were 'Tityrus' (otherwise J A H Catton, editor of the Athletic News 1900–1924) [1] and Ivan Sharpe (c. 1928–1956). Other editors or joint-editors appearing on the front covers or title pages include David Jack (1956–1958 – he also made later contributions, not to be confused with the England footballer of the same name); Malcolm Gunn (1958–1966); Frank Butler [2] (1961–1982); Patrick Collins (1967–1977); Harold Mayes (1978); Charles Sampson (1983–1984); Albert Sewell (1983–1997); Bill Bateson (1985–1994) and Eric Brown (1998–1999). [3]
The book has incorporated a number of illustrations for many years, and since 1948 these have regularly included team photos of a few of the previous season's most successful sides. Since 1985 the annual has also included very brief obituaries ('The Final Whistle') for selected former players and officials dying within the previous twelve months. [3]
Following the withdrawal of News of the World as sponsors, the Nationwide Building Society emerged to provide new sponsorship in 2008. [4] This sponsorship lasted for two years, with the title Nationwide Football Annual being retained after the end of the sponsorship.
Facsimile copies of the Athletic News Football Annuals for 1887-88 to 1900-01 and 1915-16 to 1918-19, were produced by the Association of Football Statisticians during the 1980s. [5]
Editions produced since 1946:-
Year | Edition | Title | Editor | Price | Pages |
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1946-47 | 60th | Sunday Chronicle Football Annual | Ivan Sharpe | 1s | 320 |
1947-48 | 61st | Sunday Chronicle Football Annual | Ivan Sharpe | 1s | 320 |
1948-49 | 62nd | Sunday Chronicle Football Annual | Ivan Sharpe | 1s 6d | 352 |
1949-50 | 63rd | Sunday Chronicle Football Annual | Ivan Sharpe | 1s 6d | 352 |
1950-51 | 64th | Sunday Chronicle Football Annual | Ivan Sharpe | 1s 6d | 352 |
1951-52 | 65th | Sunday Chronicle Football Annual | Ivan Sharpe | 1s 6d | 352 |
1952-53 | 66th | Sunday Chronicle Football Annual | Ivan Sharpe | 1s 6d | 352 |
1953-54 | 67th | Sunday Chronicle Football Annual | Ivan Sharpe | 1s 6d | 352 |
1954-55 | 68th | Sunday Chronicle Football Annual | Ivan Sharpe | 1s 6d | 384 |
1955-56 | 69th | Sunday Chronicle Football Annual | Ivan Sharpe | 1s 6d | 352 |
1956-57 | 70th | Empire News & Sunday Chronicle Football Annual | Ivan Sharpe & David Jack | 1s 6d | 352 |
1957-58 | 71st | Empire News & Sunday Chronicle Football Annual | David Jack | 2s | 384 |
1958-59 | 72nd | Empire News & Sunday Chronicle Football Annual | David Jack | 2s 6d | 384 |
1959-60 | 73rd | Empire News & Sunday Chronicle Football Annual | David Jack & Malcolm Gunn | 2s 6d | 384 |
1960-61 | 74th | Empire News & Sunday Chronicle Football Annual | David Jack & Malcolm Gunn | 2s 6d | 384 |
1961-62 | 75th | News of the World & Empire News Football Annual | Frank Butler & Malcolm Gunn | 3s 6d | 384 |
1962-63 | 76th | News of the World & Empire News Football Annual | Frank Butler & Malcolm Gunn | 3s 6d | 384 |
1963-64 | 77th | News of the World & Empire News Football Annual | Frank Butler & Malcolm Gunn | 3s 6d | 384 |
1964-65 | 78th | News of the World & Empire News Football Annual | Frank Butler & Malcolm Gunn | 3s 6d | 384 |
1965-66 | 79th | News of the World Football Annual | Frank Butler & Malcolm Gunn | 4s 6d | 384 |
1966-67 | 80th | News of the World Football Annual | Frank Butler & Malcolm Gunn | 4s 6d | 384 |
1967-68 | 81st | News of the World Football Annual | Frank Butler & Patrick Collins | 4s 6d | 384 |
1968-69 | 82nd | News of the World Football Annual | Frank Butler & Patrick Collins | 4s 6d | 384 |
1969-70 | 83rd | News of the World Football Annual | Frank Butler & Patrick Collins | 5s | 384 |
1970-71 | 84th | News of the World Football Annual | Frank Butler & Patrick Collins | 5s | 400 |
1971-72 | 85th | News of the World Football Annual | Frank Butler & Patrick Collins | 25p | 384 |
1972-73 | 86th | News of the World Football Annual | Frank Butler & Patrick Collins | 25p | 384 |
1973-74 | 87th | News of the World Football Annual | Frank Butler & Patrick Collins | 30p | 384 |
1974-75 | 88th | News of the World Football Annual | Frank Butler & Patrick Collins | 35p | 384 |
1975-76 | 89th | News of the World Football Annual | Frank Butler & Patrick Collins | 40p | 384 |
1976-77 | 90th | News of the World Football Annual | Frank Butler & Patrick Collins | 50p | 384 |
1977-78 | 91st | News of the World Football Annual | Frank Butler & Patrick Collins | 60p | 384 |
1978-79 | 92nd | News of the World Football Annual | Frank Butler & Harold Mayes | 75p | 384 |
1979-80 | 93rd | News of the World Football Annual | Frank Butler | 80p | 384 |
1980-81 | 94th | News of the World Football Annual | Frank Butler | 85p | 383 |
1981-82 | 95th | News of the World Football Annual | Frank Butler | 95p | 384 |
1982-83 | 96th | News of the World Football Annual | Frank Butler | 95p | 384 |
1983-84 | 97th | News of the World Football Annual | Charles Sampson & Albert Sewell | £1.25 | 384 |
1984-85 | 98th | News of the World Football Annual | Charles Sampson & Albert Sewell | £1.50 | 384 |
1985-86 | 99th | News of the World Football Annual | Bill Bateson & Albert Sewell | £1.75 | 382 |
1986-87 | 100th | News of the World Football Annual | Bill Bateson & Albert Sewell | £1.95 | 384 |
1987-88 | 101st | News of the World Football Annual | Bill Bateson & Albert Sewell | £2.50 | 384 |
1988-89 | 102nd | News of the World Football Annual | Bill Bateson & Albert Sewell | £2.75 | 384 |
1989-90 | 103rd | News of the World Football Annual | Bill Bateson & Albert Sewell | £2.99 | 384 |
1990-91 | 104th | News of the World Football Annual | Bill Bateson & Albert Sewell | £3.50 | 432 |
1991-92 | 105th | News of the World Football Annual | Bill Bateson & Albert Sewell | £3.75 | 432 |
1992-93 | 106th | News of the World Football Annual | Bill Bateson & Albert Sewell | £3.75 | 432 |
1993-94 | 107th | News of the World Football Annual | Bill Bateson & Albert Sewell | £3.99 | 432 |
1994-95 | 108th | News of the World Football Annual | Bill Bateson & Albert Sewell | £3.99 | 432 |
1995-96 | 109th | News of the World Football Annual | Albert Sewell | £4.25 | 432 |
1996-97 | 110th | News of the World Football Annual | Albert Sewell | £4.99 | 480 |
1997-98 | 111th | News of the World Football Annual | Albert Sewell | £4.99 | 480 |
1998-99 | 112th | News of the World Football Annual | Eric Brown | £5.99 | 480 |
1999-00 | 113th | News of the World Football Annual | Eric Brown | £5.99 | 480 |
2000-01 | 114th | News of the World Football Annual | Stuart Barnes | £5.99 | 480 |
2001-02 | 115th | News of the World Football Annual | Stuart Barnes | £5.99 | 480 |
2002-03 | 116th | News of the World Football Annual | Stuart Barnes | £5.99 | 512 |
2003-04 | 117th | News of the World Football Annual | Stuart Barnes | £6.99 | 512 |
2004-05 | 118th | News of the World Football Annual | Stuart Barnes | £6.99 | 528 |
2005-06 | 119th | News of the World Football Annual | Stuart Barnes | £6.99 | 528 |
2006-07 | 120th | News of the World Football Annual | Stuart Barnes | £6.99 | 528 |
2007-08 | 121st | News of the World Football Annual | Stuart Barnes | £6.99 | 528 |
2008-09 | 122nd | Nationwide Football Annual | Stuart Barnes | £6.99 | 544 |
2009-10 | 123rd | Nationwide Football Annual | Stuart Barnes | £6.99 | 544 |
2010-11 | 124th | Nationwide Football Annual | Stuart Barnes | £6.99 | 544 |
2011-12 | 125th | Nationwide Football Annual | Stuart Barnes | £7.99 | 544 |
2012-13 | 126th | Nationwide Football Annual | Stuart Barnes | £7.99 | 544 |
2013-14 | 127th | Nationwide Football Annual | Stuart Barnes | £7.99 | 544 |
2014-15 | 128th | Nationwide Football Annual | Stuart Barnes | £7.99 | 544 |
2015-16 | 129th | Nationwide Football Annual | Stuart Barnes | £7.99 | 544 |
2016-17 | 130th | Nationwide Football Annual | Stuart Barnes | £8.99 | 544 |
2017-18 | 131st | Nationwide Football Annual | Stuart Barnes | £8.99 | 544 |
2018-19 | 132nd | Nationwide Football Annual | Stuart Barnes | £8.99 | 544 |
2019-20 | 133rd | Nationwide Football Annual | Stuart Barnes | £8.99 | 544 |
2020-21 | 134th | Nationwide Football Annual | Stuart Barnes | £8.99 | 544 |
2021-22 | 135th | Nationwide Football Annual | Stuart Barnes | £8.99 | 544 |
2022-23 | 136th | Nationwide Football Annual | Stuart Barnes | £9.99 | 544 |
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