Sky Sports Football Yearbook
Encyclopedia
Sky Sports Football Yearbook (formerly Rothmans Football Yearbook) is a British football reference book published annually by Headline (a division of Hodder Headline
). It was first published in 1970 for the 1970–71 season, and has released its 41st edition. The current editors are father and daughter Jack and Glenda Rollin.
The book contains statistical information on the previous season in English football, including all results, appearances, goalscorers and transfers for the Premier League, Football League, Conference National
, Scottish Premier League
and Scottish Football League
, as well as selected historical records for each club and all major competitions. It also contains less detailed information on football in Wales
and Northern Ireland
, non-League football
and women's football in England
, European nations' national league tables, and international competitions. The current edition runs to 1056 pages.
It was sponsored by the tobacco company Rothmans from its inception until the 2002–03 edition, after which they withdrew due to pending United Kingdom legislation restricting tobacco sponsorship
in sport. Sky Sports
took over as the new sponsors from the 2003–04 edition onwards.
Hodder Headline
Headline Publishing Group is a British publishing company. It was founded in 1986 by Tim Hely Hutchinson, and acquired Hodder & Stoughton in 1992 to form Hodder Headline. It was acquired by Hachette Livre, from the WHSmith Group PLC, in 2005....
). It was first published in 1970 for the 1970–71 season, and has released its 41st edition. The current editors are father and daughter Jack and Glenda Rollin.
The book contains statistical information on the previous season in English football, including all results, appearances, goalscorers and transfers for the Premier League, Football League, Conference National
Conference National
Conference National is the top division of the Football Conference in England. It is the highest level of the National League System and fifth highest of the overall English football league system...
, Scottish Premier League
Scottish Premier League
The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...
and Scottish Football League
Scottish Football League
The Scottish Football League is a league of football teams in Scotland, comprising theScottish First Division, Scottish Second Division and Scottish Third Division. From the league's foundation in 1890 until the breakaway Scottish Premier League was formed in 1998, the Scottish Football League...
, as well as selected historical records for each club and all major competitions. It also contains less detailed information on football in Wales
Football in Wales
Association football in Wales is governed by the Football Association of Wales , which was established in 1876. The FAW oversees the Wales national football team and the Welsh football league system....
and Northern Ireland
Association football in Northern Ireland
Association football in Northern Ireland, widely known as football or sometimes as soccer , is one of the most popular sports in Northern Ireland...
, non-League football
Non-league football
Non-League football is football in England played at a level below that of the Premier League and The Football League. The term non-League was commonly used well before 1992 when the top football clubs in England all belonged to The Football League; all clubs who were not a part of The Football...
and women's football in England
Women's football in England
While women's football has been played in England for over a century, it has only been in the 1990s that the game has seen a large increase in female players, as well as in female spectators, culminating in England hosting the Women's European Championships in 2005....
, European nations' national league tables, and international competitions. The current edition runs to 1056 pages.
It was sponsored by the tobacco company Rothmans from its inception until the 2002–03 edition, after which they withdrew due to pending United Kingdom legislation restricting tobacco sponsorship
Tobacco advertising
Tobacco advertising is the advertising of tobacco products or use by the tobacco industry through a variety of media including sponsorship, particularly of sporting events. It is now one of the most highly regulated forms of marketing...
in sport. Sky Sports
Sky Sports
Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of sports-oriented television channels operated by the UK and Ireland's main satellite pay-TV company, British Sky Broadcasting. Sky Sports is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland...
took over as the new sponsors from the 2003–04 edition onwards.