Football League Review was a magazine produced by the Football League and issued between 1965 and 1975.
It was included as a separate insert in the match programmes of the time.
Football League Review was included in the Norwich City home programmes for 4 seasons from 1968/69 to 1971/72.
Over time, the Football League Review magazine often became separated from the programme.
This was the case for many of the programmes I’ve collected from this period making it hard to know which magazine went with which programme.
I’ve tried to work out which issue of the magazine was included with each Norwich City home programme when it was originally sold using various websites including this excellent site dedicated to the magazine.
Based on this work, I’ve prepared the following summary. I would welcome comments and corrections from any other collectors for any errors listed.
1968/69 – Volume 3 of Football League Review
There were 38 separate issues within volume 3, numbered 1 – 38.
The list below shows the issue number for the Football League Review magazine and the Norwich City home programme it was included within. The date of the programme is shown in brackets.
1 Middlesbrough (14/8/68)
2 Cardiff City (17/8/68)
4 Bury (31/8/68)
6 Sheffield United (7/9/68)
7 Portsmouth (21/9/68)
9 Hull City (5/10/68)
10 Crystal Palace (9/10/68)
11 Southampton (16/10/68) League Cup
12 Aston Villa (19/10/68)
13 Millwall (2/11/68)
15 Oxford United (16/11/68)
17 Blackpool (30/11/68)
19 Fulham (14/12/68)
25 Bolton Wanderers (18/1/69)
26 Nottingham Forest (25/1/69) Friendly
28 Birmingham City (1/3/69)
32 Charlton Athletic (15/3/69)
33 Bristol City (26/3/69)
34 Preston North End (5/4/69)
35 Huddersfield Town (7/4/69)
36 Derby County (16/4/69)
37 Carlisle United (19/4/69)
38 Blackburn Rovers (23/4/69)
You can see a full set of Football League Reviews for this season here.
1969/70 – Volume 4 of Football League Review
There were 39 separate issues within volume 4, numbered 40A, 40B, 40C, 40D and 401 – 435.
The list below shows the issue number for the Football League Review magazine and the Norwich City home programme it was included within. The date of the programme is shown in brackets.
40A Blackpool (16/8/69)
40B Hull City (20/8/69)
40C Leicester City (26/12/69)
40D Millwall (28/3/69)
3 Portsmouth (27/8/69)
5 Carlisle United (30/8/69)
6 Charlton Athletic (13/9/69)
8 Oxford United (27/9/69)
10 Queens Park Rangers (11/10/69)
12 Preston North End (25/10/69)
14 Huddersfield Town (8/11/69)
16 Bolton Wanderers (22/11/69)
18 Sheffield Utd (20/12/69)
22 Wrexham (3/1/70)
23 Bristol City (10/1/70)
26 Blackburn Rovers (31/1/70)
28 Aston Villa (14/2/70)
30 Cardiff Cuty(28/2/70)
31 Middlesbrough (11/3/70)
32 Stoke City (14/3/70) Friendly
33 Swindon Town (30/3/70)
34 Birmingham City (15/4/70)
35 Watford (18/4/70)
You can see a full set of Football League Reviews for this season here.
1970/71 – Volume 5 of Football League Review
There were 40 separate issues within volume 5, numbered 50A, 50B and 501 – 538.
The list below shows the issue number for the Football League Review magazine and the Norwich City home programme it was included within. The date of the programme is shown in brackets.
50A Portsmouth (15/8/70)
1 Sheffield United (29/9/70)
3 Millwall (2/9/70)
5 Chester City (9/9/70)
6 Bristol Rovers (7/10/70)
7 Hull City (26/9/70)
9 Carlisle United (10/10/70)
10 Swindon Town (21/10/70)
12 Orient (31/10/70)
14 Sheffield Wednesday (14/11/70)
15 Leicester City (21/11/70)
17 Middlesbrough (5/12/70)
19 Luton Town (19/12/70)
22 Watford (9/1/70)
26 Birmingham City(30/1/70)
27 Bristol City (13/2/70)
29 Blackburn Rovers (6/3/70)
32 Bolton Wanderers (20/3/70)
33 Sunderland (27/3/70)
35 Queens Park Rangers (10/4/70)
36 Oxford United (12/4/70)
37 Cardiff City (24/4/70)
You can see a full set of Football League Reviews for this season here.
1971/72 – Volume 6 of Football League Review
There were 40 separate issues within volume 5, numbered 60A, 60B and 601 – 638.
The list below shows the issue number for the Football League Review magazine and the Norwich City home programme it was included within. The date of the programme is shown in brackets.
60A Portsmouth (21/8/71)
3 Carlisle United (4/9/71)
4 Orient (1/9/71)
5 Brighton & Hove Albion (8/9/71) League Cup
6 Oxford United (18/9/71)
7 Queens Park Rangers (2/10/71)
8 Carlisle United (6/10/71) League Cup
9 Burnley (16/10/71)
10 Luton Town (16/10/71)
12 Cardiff City (30/10/71)
13 Grimsby Town (3/11/71) League Cup
14 Birmingham City (13/11/71)
15 Chelsea (17/11/71) League Cup
16 Middlesbrough (27/11/71)
18 Watford (11/12/71)
20 Charlton Athletic (27/12/71)
22 Fulham (8/1/72)
23 Hull City (15/1/72)
24 Preston North End (22/1/72)
26 Millwall (12/2/72)
31 Sunderland (11/3/72)
32 Hull City (15/3/72)
33 Blackpool (25/3/72)
34 Bristol City (4/4/72)
35 Sheffield Wednesday (8/4/72)
37 Swindon Town (22/4/72)
You can see a full set of Football League Reviews for this season here.