Nationwide Football Annual


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 is the current title of a publication that first appeared in 1887. The 2016–17 edition was the 130th to be produced and was edited by Stuart Barnes.
The titles of this publication have been:-
Two long-serving previous editors were 'Tityrus' and Ivan Sharpe. Other editors or joint-editors appearing on the front covers or title pages include
David Jack ; Malcolm Gunn ; Frank Butler ; Patrick Collins ; Harold Mayes ; Charles Sampson ; Albert Sewell ; Bill Bateson and Eric Brown.
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 for selected former players and officials dying within the previous twelve months.
Following the withdrawal of News of the World as sponsors, the Nationwide Building Society emerged to provide new sponsorship in 2008. 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.

Details

Editions produced since 1946:-
YearEditionTitleEditorPricePages
1946-4760thSunday Chronicle Football AnnualIvan Sharpe1s320
1947-4861stSunday Chronicle Football AnnualIvan Sharpe1s320
1948-4962ndSunday Chronicle Football AnnualIvan Sharpe1s 6d352
1949-5063rdSunday Chronicle Football AnnualIvan Sharpe1s 6d352
1950-5164thSunday Chronicle Football AnnualIvan Sharpe1s 6d352
1951-5265thSunday Chronicle Football AnnualIvan Sharpe1s 6d352
1952-5366thSunday Chronicle Football AnnualIvan Sharpe1s 6d352
1953-5467thSunday Chronicle Football AnnualIvan Sharpe1s 6d352
1954-5568thSunday Chronicle Football AnnualIvan Sharpe1s 6d384
1955-5669thSunday Chronicle Football AnnualIvan Sharpe1s 6d352
1956-5770thEmpire News & Sunday Chronicle Football AnnualIvan Sharpe & David Jack1s 6d352
1957-5871stEmpire News & Sunday Chronicle Football AnnualDavid Jack2s384
1958-5972ndEmpire News & Sunday Chronicle Football AnnualDavid Jack2s 6d384
1959-6073rdEmpire News & Sunday Chronicle Football AnnualDavid Jack & Malcolm Gunn2s 6d384
1960-6174thEmpire News & Sunday Chronicle Football AnnualDavid Jack & Malcolm Gunn2s 6d384
1961-6275thNews of the World & Empire News Football AnnualFrank Butler & Malcolm Gunn3s 6d384
1962-6376thNews of the World & Empire News Football AnnualFrank Butler & Malcolm Gunn3s 6d384
1963-6477thNews of the World & Empire News Football AnnualFrank Butler & Malcolm Gunn3s 6d384
1964-6578thNews of the World & Empire News Football AnnualFrank Butler & Malcolm Gunn3s 6d384
1965-6679thNews of the World Football AnnualFrank Butler & Malcolm Gunn4s 6d384
1966-6780thNews of the World Football AnnualFrank Butler & Malcolm Gunn4s 6d384
1967-6881stNews of the World Football AnnualFrank Butler & Patrick Collins4s 6d384
1968-6982ndNews of the World Football AnnualFrank Butler & Patrick Collins4s 6d384
1969-7083rdNews of the World Football AnnualFrank Butler & Patrick Collins5s384
1970-7184thNews of the World Football AnnualFrank Butler & Patrick Collins5s400
1971-7285thNews of the World Football AnnualFrank Butler & Patrick Collins25p384
1972-7386thNews of the World Football AnnualFrank Butler & Patrick Collins25p384
1973-7487thNews of the World Football AnnualFrank Butler & Patrick Collins30p384
1974-7588thNews of the World Football AnnualFrank Butler & Patrick Collins35p384
1975-7689thNews of the World Football AnnualFrank Butler & Patrick Collins40p384
1976-7790thNews of the World Football AnnualFrank Butler & Patrick Collins50p384
1977-7891stNews of the World Football AnnualFrank Butler & Patrick Collins60p384
1978-7992ndNews of the World Football AnnualFrank Butler & Harold Mayes75p384
1979-8093rdNews of the World Football AnnualFrank Butler80p384
1980-8194thNews of the World Football AnnualFrank Butler85p383
1981-8295thNews of the World Football AnnualFrank Butler95p384
1982-8396thNews of the World Football AnnualFrank Butler95p384
1983-8497thNews of the World Football AnnualCharles Sampson & Albert Sewell£1.25384
1984-8598thNews of the World Football AnnualCharles Sampson & Albert Sewell£1.50384
1985-8699thNews of the World Football AnnualBill Bateson & Albert Sewell£1.75382
1986-87100thNews of the World Football AnnualBill Bateson & Albert Sewell£1.95384
1987-88101stNews of the World Football AnnualBill Bateson & Albert Sewell£2.50384
1988-89102ndNews of the World Football AnnualBill Bateson & Albert Sewell£2.75384
1989-90103rdNews of the World Football AnnualBill Bateson & Albert Sewell£2.99384
1990-91104thNews of the World Football AnnualBill Bateson & Albert Sewell£3.50432
1991-92105thNews of the World Football AnnualBill Bateson & Albert Sewell£3.75432
1992-93106thNews of the World Football AnnualBill Bateson & Albert Sewell£3.75432
1993-94107thNews of the World Football AnnualBill Bateson & Albert Sewell£3.99432
1994-95108thNews of the World Football AnnualBill Bateson & Albert Sewell£3.99432
1995-96109thNews of the World Football AnnualAlbert Sewell£4.25432
1996-97110thNews of the World Football AnnualAlbert Sewell£4.99480
1997-98111thNews of the World Football AnnualAlbert Sewell£4.99480
1998-99112thNews of the World Football AnnualEric Brown£5.99480
1999-00113thNews of the World Football AnnualEric Brown£5.99480
2000-01114thNews of the World Football AnnualStuart Barnes£5.99480
2001-02115thNews of the World Football AnnualStuart Barnes£5.99480
2002-03116thNews of the World Football AnnualStuart Barnes£5.99512
2003-04117thNews of the World Football AnnualStuart Barnes£6.99512
2004-05118thNews of the World Football AnnualStuart Barnes£6.99528
2005-06119thNews of the World Football AnnualStuart Barnes£6.99528
2006-07120thNews of the World Football AnnualStuart Barnes£6.99528
2007-08121stNews of the World Football AnnualStuart Barnes£6.99528
2008-09122ndNationwide Football AnnualStuart Barnes£6.99544
2009-10123rdNationwide Football AnnualStuart Barnes£6.99544
2010-11124thNationwide Football AnnualStuart Barnes£6.99544
2011-12125thNationwide Football AnnualStuart Barnes£7.99544
2012-13126thNationwide Football AnnualStuart Barnes£7.99544
2013-14127thNationwide Football AnnualStuart Barnes£7.99544
2014-15128thNationwide Football AnnualStuart Barnes£7.99544
2015-16129thNationwide Football AnnualStuart Barnes£7.99544
2016-17130thNationwide Football AnnualStuart Barnes£8.99544
2017-18131stNationwide Football AnnualStuart Barnes£8.99544
2018-19132ndNationwide Football AnnualStuart Barnes£8.99544
2019-20133rdNationwide Football AnnualStuart Barnes£8.99544