Talk:Nationwide Football Annual

Two-in-One Football Annual
"Until 1980 the volumes included short Rugby Union and Rugby League sections, which during the 1950s-60s gave them their fuller title of the Empire News and Sunday Chronicle Two-in-One Football Annual (later the News of the World and Empire News Two-in-One Football Annual)."

WHAT? Sorry, but including Rugby Union and Rugby League in the Annual was NOT the reason why it was called 'The Two-In-One Annual'. Along with Association Football, this made it three codes in one Annual and besides Rugby had been included from the very first Annual (1887-88). The Two-In-One sub-title first appeared in 1956-57 when the Empire News Football Annual and the Sunday Chronicle Football Annual emerged together, hence the 'The Two-In-One Annual'. The sub-title was retained when it become the News of the World and Empire News Football Annual in 1961-62 but dropped from the 1963-64 and 1964-65 Annuals, the last two editions of News of the World and Empire News Football Annual. From 1965-66 it became simply the News of the World Football Annual.Footballworldworldfootball2 (talk) 05:32, 18 April 2011 (UTC)