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🪻 Just over a week to go until we open the doors to the next London Football Book Market, showcasing independent authors...
21/05/2026

🪻 Just over a week to go until we open the doors to the next London Football Book Market, showcasing independent authors, magazines, publishers, illustrators, photographers and other creatives selling their football-related wares.

This edition takes place at Library ( ) on Saturday 30 May, 11.30-16:30 and, as ever, it’s free to attend and all ages are welcome.

The legends at are also hosting a pub quiz the night before at the brilliant football pub in Old Street. Tickets are just £3.50 and there’s a hundred quid bar tab for the winners and a Stanchion voucher for the runners-up. Check their pinned post for more details.

The updated stallholders confirmed for the book market are:

AFTA Studios -
Among Good People -
Collosive Press -
Dinkit -
Dotted.mag -
GIRLFANS -
Glory -
Golazo -
The Goalhanger -
Herne Books -
Matt Tiller from
Lower Block -
Passing Pattern -
Pitch Publishing -
Rematch -
Seen Enough
SHUKYU -
The Signal -
Soi Books -
Tifograd -
Tiro -
TOPSAFE - /
TREKuartista95 -

Alex Amorós -
Alexander Stone -
Chris Lepkowski -
Sebastian Frej -
Will Dalton - .san.lorenzo

Football shirts from

Unfortunately and can no longer make it.

We will also have signing copies of the brand new paperback of his fantastic book ‘WHATEVER WILL BE, WILL BE: A MATTER OF LIFE AND FOOTBALL’ ()

Don’t forget to register on Eventbrite (it helps a lot! Link in bio) and tell anyone you think would be interested - word of mouth goes a long way!

We’ve got a couple of tables left so if you want to sell at this year’s Market, send us an email, DM, or tag us below, we would love to hear from you.

Poster by .

There is perhaps a place for glossy magazines with beautiful photography, impeccable visuals and slightly dull, soulles...
19/05/2026

There is perhaps a place for glossy magazines with beautiful photography, impeccable visuals and slightly dull, soulless articles written to a brief. Bland but beautiful.

But what is so much more exciting are fanzines from the DIY, punk underground, far from the sponcon, photoshoot, creative studio world trying to infect and take hold of any thriving subculture.

is one of those shining beacons of the UK fanzine world, documenting the colourful, gritty intersections of life, punk and politics. This issue covers football and, in particular, .

The format is incredible - a sheet of newsprint ripped down the middle and forced through a printer, and then folded into A5. And just £2. This is self-publishing as it should be.

Football and politics will always be entwined, whatever some melts would believe, and here are five titles where footbal...
16/05/2026

Football and politics will always be entwined, whatever some melts would believe, and here are five titles where football is used as a vehicle of change, all the important with the world turning rightwards.

1) by Stewart McGill and Vince Raison ()
From the bigger clubs like St Pauli to relative minnows like Bohemians Praha and Cosenza, this is a decent overview of some of the clubs with a significant left-wing or left-leaning fanbase.

2) A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF FOOTBALL by .correia ()
A staggering achievement - a truly accessible history of football from below that also covers histories and struggles outside of the West, such as Algeria and P*lestine

3) KICKS, SPITS AND HEADERS by Paolo Sollier ()
A unique and brilliant footballing autobiography documenting two years of an avowedly Marxist footballer plying his trade in Italy’s top two divisions amid the backdrop of the ‘Hot Autumn’ of student and workers revolt.

4) FREEDOM THROUGH FOOTBALL by Will Simpson, Malcolm McMahon ()
are a truly great grassroots club, A community-minded team from Bristol with a punk way of doing things. This is their wild history documenting their formation in 1992, the year the Premier League began, and their tours to South Central LA, P*lestine, Zapatista territory in Mexico and many others

5) RED STAR PARIS: MORE THAN JUST A FOOTBALL CLUB by
A very good personal journey of finding your club. Red Star are a storied name in French football and this book charts that history and their proudly antifascist ultras and fans trying to save the club from the dreaded 888 consortium who own and (mis)manage this priceless asset

Big thanks to all those who came to the live show and book launch for ’s brilliant new book AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 CLUB...
15/05/2026

Big thanks to all those who came to the live show and book launch for ’s brilliant new book AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 CLUBS, published by . A top night with one of the best football podcasts out there, and our first event at - won’t be our last.

We’ve got a handful of signed copies available on our website now so grab them while you can! Tap the image to checkout or visit stanchionbooks dot com.

We’re really looking forward to the joint book launch for AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 CLUBS and the first ever live show! T...
12/05/2026

We’re really looking forward to the joint book launch for AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 CLUBS and the first ever live show! Tickets are sold out but join the waiting list and you may be lucky!

The next best thing is you can preorder your signed copy of Paul’s book, which is an intrepid guide through the weird, wacky and wonderful world of football. ‘Around the World in 80 Clubs’ takes the reader on a global tour of the beautiful game, from the squirrel-costume wearing fans of Andorra’s UE Santa Coloma to the Buddhist monk ultras of Bhutan’s Thimphu City, via Greenland’s one-week season, through to priestly punch-ups in the Vatican City.

Just tap the image above to buy or visit stanchionbooks dot com.

‘Well researched, emotive and hugely entertaining’ -
‘Wonderful. Perfect for anyone who loves football but has forgotten why’ - .durso
‘This book is a joy to read’ -
‘A treasure trove of new and untouched stories’ -

Just ONE WEEK to go until the launch of KILLING MARADONA by , published by .Drugs, cartels, media, addiction, the FBI, a...
11/05/2026

Just ONE WEEK to go until the launch of KILLING MARADONA by , published by .

Drugs, cartels, media, addiction, the FBI, and coercion - this is the untold story behind the tragic decline of football’s most gifted and controversial legend.

The launch takes places next Monday (18 May) at The Blue Monk and will be chaired by . Please note the change of venue!

Tickets are FREE but register beforehand pls!

Can’t wait to welcome .durso to our 3m x 3m pop up shop at !He will signing copies of the new paperback of MORE THAN A S...
10/05/2026

Can’t wait to welcome .durso to our 3m x 3m pop up shop at !

He will signing copies of the new paperback of MORE THAN A SHIRT, his critically acclaimed book looking at 22 football shirts and how they explain the world.

He will be with us next Saturday (16 May) from about 1pm - no need to register or anything, just come through and maybe take yourself to the Dove after for a pint after.

If you can’t make it but would like a signed copy, just tap the image above and preorder one on our website - we ship worldwide!

We’ve been blessed to have met some brilliant authors since the shop has been open and lots of them have been kind enoug...
09/05/2026

We’ve been blessed to have met some brilliant authors since the shop has been open and lots of them have been kind enough to sign some copies for our stock. Here is a selection of what signed books we’ve got:

1) THE MBAPPÉ PROJECT by Philippe Auclair ()
The inside story of the machinations behind the rise of Kylian Mbappé. Philippe was kind enough to sign some leftover copies after the launch we hosted earlier this year.

2) LONG LIVE THE BOLEYN by Freddie Bonfanti
A beautiful photographic elegy of West Ham’s last season at the old Boleyn Ground. All copies signed by Freddie.

3) HH by Richard Fitzpatrick ()
The incredible biography of one of football’s most successful and yet most controversial characters. Another one where we’re proud to organise a launch for and take some leftover signed copies.

4) STATES OF PLAY by ()
From Abu Dhabi onto Newcastle, and onto London, Paris, Moscow and New York, this is a blistering critique of the rampant capitalist forces that have corrupted modern football irrevocably. Hosted the launch of the hardback when it came out in November 2024

5) ABOUT TO FALL APART by ()
We hosted the launch for this cracking little novel a few weeks back and what an absolute pleasure it was. I think we’ve got just 2 signed copies left so grab them while you can.

6) ORIGIN STORIES by Chris Lee ()
Chris has been kind to ask us to sell copies of his books at a couple of his book launches enough and this is the last copy we have of his magisterial country-by-country story of association football’s spread around the globe, from playing field to factory floor, from dockyard to neighbourhood.

7) THE FRYING PAN OF SPAIN by
The first book to detail the footballing history of one of Spain’s most beautiful cities and really drill down into the unique rivalry of two historic clubs.

8) WHERE’S THE MONEY GONE? by Adrian Goldberg ()
Our first event of 2026 was the launch of this great book, which is a personal journey of how English football transformed from community asset to a billion-pound global industry.

*Cont. in comments*

Big thanks to Rob from for the proof of TILL I DIE: WHY FOOTBALL MEANS EVERYTHING (EVEN WHEN IT SHOULDN’T) by Damien Pe...
06/05/2026

Big thanks to Rob from for the proof of TILL I DIE: WHY FOOTBALL MEANS EVERYTHING (EVEN WHEN IT SHOULDN’T) by Damien Pearse - can’t wait to get stuck in!

Publishers - we love to read football books and recommend the good ones to customers so if you’re publishing something good, send us a DM!

💅 One of our favourite books published in 2025 has had a glow up for 2026! ↪️ Turn your phone 90 degrees to get that ful...
05/05/2026

💅 One of our favourite books published in 2025 has had a glow up for 2026!

↪️ Turn your phone 90 degrees to get that full hit.

founders Suridh Hassan and Ryo Sanada spent more than two years tracking down thousands of football stickers and the tales behind them: the unlikely bond between Boavista and Aberdeen, St Pauli’s anti-fascist iconography, Sevilla’s surprising love affair with Karl Marx, and how Parma became entangled in Europe’s biggest bankruptcy scandal. Equal parts visual archive and behind-the-scenes anecdote, this is the ultimate gift for groundhoppers, quiz-night champions and anyone who clocks a football sticker on a lamppost and spends more time than is healthy thinking about the club it represents and the circumstances in which it was placed there.

Printed on premium matte-art stock and bound in linen-wrapped hardback with foil stamping. Also contains accompanying essays from and Eleanor Watson.

Tap the photo above to buy on our website or visit stanchionbooks dot com. As ever, we ship worldwide!

To mark the release of the fantastic book (which was published this week), here are a small selection of titles we’ve g...
02/05/2026

To mark the release of the fantastic book (which was published this week), here are a small selection of titles we’ve got celebrating the culture of kits.

1) THE CLASSIC FOOTBALL SHIRTS BOOK ()
A beautiful trip around the hallowed vaults of CFS, with accompanying essays from

2) THE FOOTBALL SHIRTS BOOK by
From the obscure to the ubiquitous, this book is packed with over 150 original and super rare shirts from the greatest game on earth.

3) A CULTURE OF KITS by ()
A fascinating exploration of the booming business behind the growing culture and community surrounding vintage shirts.

4) GET SHIRTY by ()
The definitive history of , revealing the true stories behind Coventry City’s infamous chocolate-brown strip and England’s disastrous kit fiasco at the 1982 World Cup finals.

5) by
A fantastic series of illustrated zines showcasing the kits from the 1980s in some of the world’s less-heralded leagues.

6) KITSCENE #4
A magazine celebration celebrating the beauty of football shirts, the past, present and future of design plus all things creative in the beautiful game. One for design enthusiasts as well as kit nerds.

7) NAME ON THE BACK by
A decade-plus-long photography project of the weird and wonderful names and numbers on the back of football shirts spotted in the wild. Fair play to the Antonio Bochetti fan, that’s a deep cut.

8) UNCULTURED CULTURE 2020-23
A cool little zine from Ukraine celebrating shirts, fashion and graffiti

9) THE WORST FOOTBALL KITS OF ALL TIME by Dave Moor
Pretty much every shirt selected in here will illicit howls of rage from kitsters as that USA 1994 away shirt,Ajax 1989-90 away shirt and Coventry City 1974-75 away shirt are all bangers

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