Monday 17 April 2017

Big Match magazine - Big Match Soccer Super Album Superstar Stickpix


1976-77
Big Match Soccer Super Album Superstar Stickpix
Big Match magazine
180+ cut-outs

Gerard Scully has provided all the scans shown here relating to a collection I've never come across before. To be honest I didn't even know of the existence of the magazine.
Big Match was published monthly (except July) by Hadrian Publications Ltd., 3 New Burlington Street, London W1, and distributed by Angus Distribution Ltd., Paul Street, London EC2. Gerard thinks the magazine started out as a poster magazine, probably in 1975 before becoming a proper magazine at some point. 
The July 1976 issue of Big Match magazine (Vol. 2/ No. 20) announced the forthcoming Big Match Soccer Super Album collection. Gerard has provided scans of all the relevant pages that he has in his collection and thinks the magazine ceased publication before the collection was completed. I've had a look at the British Library website and I can't find any reference to this publication.
The number of photos per club varies quite considerably, this list includes 13 Leeds United players  but only 4 from Bristol City and Sunderland, while some of the Scottish teams only have 1 player.

Big Match magazine - No. 21 - September 1976 - Colour
32 photos

Mick Doyle (Manchester City)
Mick Mills (Ipswich Town)
George Burley (Ipswich Town)
Kevin Beattie (Ipswich Town)
Stewart Houston (Manchester United)
Asa Hartford (Manchester City)
Alan Gowling (Newcastle United)
Stan Bowles (Queens Park Rangers)
Kevin Keegan (Liverpool)
Martin Buchan (Manchester United)
Joe Royle (Manchester City)
Mike Mahoney (Newcastle United)
Tommy Hutchison (Coventry City)
Bryan King (Coventry City)
Alex Stepney (Manchester United)
Denis Tueart (Manchester City)
Tommy Craig (Newcastle United)
Ray Graydon (Aston Villa)
Gerry Francis (Queens Park Rangers)
Alex Forsyth (Manchester United)
Pat Jennings (Tottenham Hotspur)
Phil Boyer (Norwich City)
Bruce Rioch (Derby County)
Alan Hudson (Stoke City)
Alan Ball (Arsenal)
Willie Maddren (Middlesbrough)
Alex Cropley (Arsenal)
Tommy Taylor (West Ham United)
Trevor Brooking (West Ham United)
Colin Todd (Derby County)
Ray Clemence (Liverpool)
Keith Weller (Leicester City)

Big Match magazine - No. 22 - October 1976 - Colour
32 photos

Mike Buckley (Everton)
Alan Dugdale (Coventry City)
Kevin Keelan (Norwich City)
Kenny Dalglish (Celtic)
Tony Currie (Leeds United)
Dai Davies (Everton)
Larry Lloyd (Coventry City)
Colin Suggett (Norwich City)
Peter Latchford (Celtic)
Billy Bremner (Leeds United)
Mike Bernard (Everton)
David Cross (Coventry City)
Ted MacDougall (Norwich City)
Danny McGrain (Celtic)
Gordon McQueen (Leeds United)
Terry Hibbitt (Birmingham City)
Dave Latchford (Birmingham City)
Peter Withe (Birmingham City)
Gary Jones (Birmingham City)
Norman Hunter (Leeds United)
Sammy McIlroy (Manchester United)
Steve Coppell (Manchester United)
Eric Schadler (Hibernian)
Tommy Booth (Manchester City)
Brian Kidd (Manchester City)
John Blackley (Hibernian)
Sandy Jardine (Rangers)
Alex MacDonald (Rangers)
Clive Woods (Ipswich Town)
Geoff Nulty (Newcastle United)
Alan Kennedy (Newcastle United)
Mick Lambert (Ipswich Town)

Big Match magazine - No. 23 - November 1976
32 photos

Andy Gray (Aston Villa)
Bryan Hamilton (Everton)
John Connolly (Everton)
Mick Lyons (Everton)
George Telfer (Everton)
Allan Clarke (Leeds United)
Eddie Gray (Leeds United)
Joe Jordan (Leeds United)
Trevor Cherry (Leeds United)
David Harvey (Leeds United)
Peter Lorimer (Leeds United)
David Mills (Middlesbrough)
Dave Armstrong (Middlesbrough)
Terry Cooper (Middlesbrough)
Stuart Boam (Middlesbrough)
Gordon Smith (Kilmarnock)
Jim Stewart (Kilmarnock)
Paul Clarke (Kilmarnock)
Dave Provan (Kilmarnock)
Ian Fallis (Kilmarnock)
Trevor Whymark (Ipswich Town)
Rab Prentice (Heart of Midlothian)
Willie Pettigrew (Heart of Midlothian)
Colin Viljoen (Ipswich Town)
John Brownlie (Hibernian)
Bobby McKean (Rangers)
Laurie Sivell (Ipswich Town)
Arthur Duncan (Hibernian)
Alan Hansen (Partick Thistle)
Graeme Payne (Dundee United)
Des Bremner (Hibernian)
Dave Wells (Ayr United)

Big Match magazine - No. 24 - December 1976
32 photos

John Radford (Arsenal)
Sammy Nelson (Arsenal)
Jimmy Rimmer (Arsenal)
Malcolm MacDonald (Arsenal)
David O'Leary (Arsenal)
Keith Osgood (Tottenham Hotspur)
Terry Naylor (Tottenham Hotspur)
John Duncan (Tottenham Hotspur)
John Pratt (Tottenham Hotspur)
Neil McNabb (Tottenham Hotspur)
Ian Gillard (Queens Park Rangers)
Mick Leach (Queens Park Rangers)
Don Masson (Queens Park Rangers)
Phil Parkes (Queens Park Rangers)
Don Givens (Queens Park Rangers)
Mervyn Day (West Ham United)
Keith Robson (West Ham United)
Billy Jennings (West Ham United)
Frank Lampard (West Ham United)
Billy Bonds (West Ham United)
Roy Greenwood (Sunderland)
Paddy Mulligan (West Bromwich Albion)
Martin Peters (Norwich City)
Bob Lee (Sunderland)
Johnny Giles (West Bromwich Albion)
Peter McCloy (Rangers)
Alan Foggon (Sunderland)
Willie Johnston (West Bromwich Albion)
Derek Parlane (Rangers)
Ray Train (Sunderland)
Viv Busby (Norwich City)
Jim Denny (Rangers)

Big Match magazine - No. 25 - January 1977
32 photos

Roy McFarland (Derby County)
Rod Thomas (Derby County)
Steve Earle (Leicester City)
Jeff Blockley (Leicester City)
Jimmy Holmes (Coventry City)
Leighton James (Derby County)
Graham Moseley (Derby County)
Mark Wallington (Leicester City)
Frank Worthington (Leicester City)
Barry Powell (Coventry City)
Archie Gemmill (Derby County)
Brian Alderson (Leicester City)
Jon Sammels (Leicester City)
Peter Shilton (Stoke City)
Mike Ferguson (Coventry City)
David Nish (Derby County)
Dennis Rofe (Leicester City)
Alan Woollett (Leicester City)
Martin Dobson (Everton)
Alan Green (Coventry City)
Tony Brown (West Bromwich Albion)
John Wile (West Bromwich Albion)
Frank Gray (Leeds United)
Joe Mayo (West Bromwich Albion)
Alistair Brown (West Bromwich Albion)
Paul Reaney (Leeds United)
Ray Wilson (West Bromwich Albion)
Alistair Robertson (West Bromwich Albion)
Paul Madeley (Leeds United)
Gordon Nisbet (West Bromwich Albion)
Jimmy Case (Liverpool)
David Johnson (Liverpool)

Big Match magazine - No. 26 - February 1977
20 photos

John Toshack (Liverpool)
Colin Bell (Manchester City)
Mike Pejic (Stoke City)
Gordon Smith (Aston Villa)
Peter Cormack (Bristol City)
Steve Heighway (Liverpool)
Peter Barnes (Manchester City)
Terry Conroy (Stoke City)
John Gidman (Aston Villa)
Norman Hunter (Bristol City)
Ray Kennedy (Liverpool)
Willie Donachie (Manchester City)
John Tudor (Stoke City)
Brian Little (Aston Villa)
Geoff Merrick (Bristol City)
Joey Jones (Liverpool)
Joe Corrigan (Manchester City)
Geoff Salmons (Stoke City)
Dennis Mortimer (Aston Villa)
Keith Fear (Bristol City)

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