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Raich Carter's Soccer Star "The National Soccer Weekly "
Britains oldest Football Weekly Magazine is Raich Carter's Soccer Star.
Ran from 20 September 1952 until 19 June 1970: 936 weekly issues in total.
Published by Echo Publications 150 Cheapside, London EC2 Every Saturday price 6d
Printed Wood, Rozelaar and Wilkes Ltd, Chase House,North Acton, London NW10
Editor Raich Carter
Associate Editor Eric Linden
"Raich Carter's Soccer Star" started on the 20th September 1952 but this was more a newspaper with single spot colour rather than a magazine. They experimented with hand tinting the black and white photographs on the front cover at the same time as Charles Buchan's Football Monthly, but they never appeared inside, sticking to the newspaper look. By the late 1960's they managed to include colour photographs on the front and back cover.
The "Sporting Mirror- Soccer Edition" had been running since after the second world war in a similar format but had stopped by 1952 and was not eclusively about football.
From the begining of the 1958/59 season every match played in England and Scotland was recorded with full team sheets,half time scores and full time scores and attendances.This is the first time these statistical details were consistantly kept making it a boon for football historians. Horatio Stratton Carter better known as Raich Carter was born on 21st December 1913, in Hendon, Sunderland, Tyne & wear. Raich Carter was a legend at Sunderland Football Club. He was an obvious winner from the start being awarded four England caps at schoolboy level in the 1926-28 period. By the age of 24 he had won all of the then top honours available in the English game, International caps, Inter-League, League Championship and FA Cup winner's medals. He married a few days before the FA Cup Final, and when the Queen presented him with the Cup she was reported to have said "That will make a fine wedding present".He shone at cricket, too and was awarded his county cap by Durham county cricket club in 1932 when he made three appearances for Derbyshire. Raich was a legend of the game either side of the 2nd World War, with Sunderland, England, Derby County and as player manager of Hull City.
In the summer of 1955 the Raich Carter logo was dropped and it ran as "Soccer Star" until 19th June 1970.
From 1955 (ish)
Printed by Ludgate Circus Building, London EC4
Editor Jack Rollin
It managed to remain independent for 18 years competing with Charles Buchan's Football Monthly and probably only started to struggle when Jimmy Hill's Football weekly started in 1967.
Soccer Star launched "World Soccer" in October 1960 and the two ran side by side until 19th June 1970 when "Soccer Star" was incorporated into "World Soccer" and became part of the IPC group.
The "Soccer Star" format was by season with each season being a numbered volume-with 52 weekly issues.
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