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THE UPS AND DOWN OF LEAGUE LADDERS

SIMON SHELDON RECALLS WHEN SIMPLE TEAM TABS PROVIDED PLENTY OF AMUSEMENT.

Early days: Ladders from the 1974-75 season

History: The first issue of Shoot!

BACK in the time before the internet dominated the world and young people’s heads were looking down at their phones, me and thousands of schoolchildren were obsessed with updating each week our league ladders presented as a free gift with Shoot magazine.
The magazine launched on August 16, 1969, with a set of league ladders and also with the legendary Bobby Moore on the front cover – he became Shoot’s first star colu...

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