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Step into a time machine with us and let's set the dial for this very day in 1994. The Premier League was still in its infancy, football kits were gloriously baggy, and for many young fans, the highlight of the week was a trip to the newsagent to pick up the latest...

Football magazines don't make covers like they used to. Back in 1989, SHOOT magazine captured something magical—a snapshot of English football when personalities were larger than life and players spoke their minds without media training getting in the way. The...

The 1998 Formula 1 season reached fever pitch as August drew to a close. With the championship battle intensifying between Mika Häkkinen and Michael Schumacher, the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps promised to deliver one of the most crucial weekends of the...

August 26th 1978. Football fans across Britain eagerly anticipated the weekend fixtures, but one publication captured the essence of the beautiful game like no other. SHOOT Magazine's latest issue hit the shelves featuring two of football's brightest talents locked in...

On August 13, 1994, football fans across Britain opened their copies of Shoot Magazine to find a familiar face beaming back at them. Alan Shearer, then 24 years old and already establishing himself as one of England's most prolific strikers, featured on the cover...

August 16, 1969, marked a pivotal moment in football journalism. The very first issue of Shoot! Magazine hit the newsstands across Britain, forever changing how fans consumed football content. This wasn't just another sports publication—it was a revolution that would...

Few football magazines have captured the hearts and minds of British football fans quite like Shoot. And few footballers have embodied the beautiful game's artistry and controversy quite like George Best. When these two legends crossed paths in 1972, with Best...

August 1969 and Shoot! has just hit the newsstands for the first time, with England captain Bobby Moore as a star columnist.   One of the great staples of Shoot! through the years was the ‘Focus’ feature, as players up and down the country had to tell us about...

Johan Cruyff featured on the cover of Shoot! in June 1973 as the magazine previewed the European Cup final showdown between Ajax and Juventus here.   Shoot! fancied the ‘attack minded aces to beat the kings of defence’, although author Chris Davies was not...

January 1977 and it was Watford chairman and sometime piano player Elton John that was on the front cover of Shoot!, doing his bit to promote Graham Taylor and his team.   Meanwhile, columnist Kevin Keegan was bemoaning the Christmas schedule. “This time of year,...

Ten years in and in August 1979, Shoot! was celebrating its anniversary in time honoured style, England star Ray Wilkins pictured here with obligatory cake in front of a montage of Shoot! columnists.   Turn the pages and you’ll find this feature with Dave Watson,...

For their Christmas 1983 special, Shoot! went down the conventional route and dressed a famous footballer as Father Christmas – if you can’t take our hint, you can find out who he is here.   In a special festive double issue, star columnist Willie Miller, of...

Shoot! was never afraid to take on the big issues, such as here in August 1985 when, in the wake of the Heysel disaster and a ban on English clubs in Europe.   Star columnist Bryan Robson led from the front, saying, “I shall be doing my utmost to persuade the...

The front cover of any magazine is the most important piece of real estate it has. Get it right and people will buy it in droves. Get it wrong and you might as well nail it to the shelves because nobody is picking it up.   October 1998 and Guitar World delivered...

Putting one of the biggest movie stars in the world on your front cover is always a smart move, and this striking shot of Jane Fonda, which you can find here, worked wonders for TV Times in July 1973.   Fonda was a divisive figure at the time, and was the subject...

An early bit of product placement here on the November 1984 issue of Rugby World as Tony Ward of the British Lions tucks into a refreshing can of the short-lived Tab.   This is the bit where we are obliged to say other drinks are available. Which is more than we...

December 2008 and there’s little of the coming Christmas spirit on the cover of Horse & Hound as you can see here.   Robert Whittaker and his horse Finbarr V look more than a little alarmed at being asked to jump over a giant wall as part of the Puissance...

Motor racing is not without its dangers or its accidents as this cover from a November 1975 edition of Autosport shows.   The caption informs us that, “Typical of the excitement and action in Formula Ford racing at the moment is this shot taken at Silverstone...