Essex Retro Football Show

[gregl2020]

Having attended a number of fairs to promote my various books, I have decided to add a new event to the schedule as Essex has been sadly lacking in this area. Hence the 'Essex Retro Football Show' will take place in Loughton on 10th September. Most of the stallholder spots are now filled but there's still room for one or two more (contact details on the flyer). Hope to see some of you there.

[BHA1]

What’s the difference between a “Fair” and a “Show” ?

[gregl2020]

It's a good question...and you aren't the first to query it! I've called it a show because there's already a 'Retro Football Fair' brand out there so wanted to differentiate myself. I also have ambitions for expansion to add a 'show' element at some point. But, in a nutshell, there's no difference!

[Laalaa]

Can you tell me what stallholders you have?

[gregl2020]

Confirmed stallholders (with a few more to follow):

Phil Sharrad – football stickers/cards
Lee Hermitage (NWM) – magazines/programmes/shirts/books
Tim Crane – his own authored West Ham books/West Ham memorabilia
Kelvin Barker - selling and signing his own authored Chelsea books
Steve Peace - selling and signing his new Tottenham book ('Fantastic Disappointment')
Dave Lane (owner of Legends Publishing) - wide variety of books
Lower Block – selling their own magazines on various clubs, dedicated to high-class photography
Trevor Jones – Spurs Collectables - does what it says on the tin!
Stanchion Books – wide variety of books by various publishers
Andy Gregory – Subbuteo
Les Easterbrook – badges/programmes/shirts

[gregl2020]

Two more stallholders added:

Retrotext – www.retrotext.uk (retro mugs, including Teletext pages)

Gooner fanzine (editor Layth Yousif)

[WHU2711]

Hi,

Where can we see exact location and start time, I cant open image if that is where it is

Thanks

[Pete’s Picture Palace]

WHU2711 wrote:

Hi, Where can we see exact location and start time, I cant open image if that is where it is Thanks

Right click on the icon and open it in a new tab.

[WHU2711]

Great thanks

[gregl2020]

If that still doesn't do the trick, the venue is as below:

The Loughton Club,
8 Station Road,
Loughton,
IG10 4NX

It's five minutes' walk from the Central Line station.

There's an 'Essex Retro Football Show' Facebook page if you have any questions (or email: [email protected]).

Thanks

[gregl2020]

Latest addition to the show:

Andy Trasler - Cobblers Collectibles (programmes, badges, shirts etc)

[gregl2020]

Just under two weeks to go until the inaugural 'Essex Retro Football Show' so here is the final list of dealers in attendance:

A Panini giveaway for the first 30 people through the door plus a special show price on the two most recent issues of ‘Backpass’ magazine

Phil Sharrad – football stickers/cards

Lee Hermitage (NWM) – magazines/programmes/shirts (https://www.nwmfootball.com/)

Tim Crane – author of several West Ham books plus various other West Ham items @EXHammersMag)

Steve Peace – author of new book on Tottenham’s 1986-87 season, ‘Fantastic Disappointment’ (https://chronospublishing.com/project/stephen-peace/)

Dave Lane of Legends Publishing – football book publisher (https://www.legendspublishing.net/)

Lower Block – football magazine publisher (https://lowerblock.com/)

Gooner fanzine editor Layth Yousif (https://www.onlinegooner.com/)

Trevor Jones – Spurs Collectables (http://spurscollectables.com)

Stanchion books – huge variety of the latest football book releases (https://stanchionbooks.com/)

Andy Gregory – Subbuteo (www.subbuteoandvinyl.co.uk)

Les Easterbrook – badges/shirts

Retrotext – retro football mugs, including Teletext pages (www.retrotext.uk)

Andy Trasler - Cobblers Collectibles (programmes, badges, shirts etc (@CobbsCollects)

Kevin Furness – mainly West Ham and Watford items

Greg Lansdowne – I’ll have my various football sticker-related books for sale plus other items (@panini_book)

[Pete’s Picture Palace]

Best of luck Greg, wish I could be there too.

[colchestersid]

Looking forward to this, might be taking my 9 year old boy along as well

[gregl2020]

Pete’s Picture Palace wrote:

Best of luck Greg, wish I could be there too.

Thanks Pete - much appreciated. Hopefully there will be further ones you can attend.

[gregl2020]

colchestersid wrote:

Looking forward to this, might be taking my 9 year old boy along as well

If you do end up bringing your 9-year-old I'm sure he'll be particularly interested in the Panini giveaway!

[gregl2020]

I'm delighted to say Mark Barnes, of Welling Collectables/West London Programme Fair fame, has confirmed his attendance for the Essex Retro Football Show. Mark will be concentrating on shirts this Sunday. That completes the list of stallholders.

[gregl2020]

One day to go until the inaugural Essex Retro Football Show. There's a wide range of stallholders to cater for all football memorabilia interests. Panini have kindly supplied giveaways for the first 30 people through the door and Backpass are providing heavily discounted recent issues. If it's supported well enough by visitors this won't be the first and last Essex Retro Football Show!

[gregl2020]

Many thanks to everyone who attended today's Essex Retro Football Show. An eclectic mix of stallholders brought 90 people through the doors - a hugely encouraging number for a first event. If there are any potential stallholders who are interested in getting on-board for future events please let me know. I'll be speaking with the current stallholder list over the coming weeks in terms of the best day for the next event.