Football on Great Britain Postage Stamps 1966 - 2018  
  Almost every country in the world has issued postage stamps featuring football at some time or another. Indeed, a quite substantial thematic collection   
  could be built-up simply concentrating on stamps dedicated to football, as they are one of the most popular and sought-after collecting topics.  
  This section concentrates on the stamps and other Philatelic material issued by Great Britain's Royal Mail since their first set of football related stamps   
  were issued to commemorate the 1966 World Cup in England and the subsequent victory by (Sir) Alf Ramsey's wingless wonders.  
     
  World Cup Football Championship  
  Issued 1st June 1966 set of three stamps   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
                                            Presentation Pack                                                           Players with ball (4d)                      Goalmouth Melee (6d)                       Goalkeeper saving goal (1s3d)  
     
     
  England's World Cup Victory  
  Issued 18th August 1966 single stamp  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
                                              First Day Cover                                                                                                                      England Winners (4d)  
     
     
  Sporting Commemoratives  
  Issued 22nd March 1988 single football stamp in a set of four  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
  Centenary of the Football League 1888-1988 (34p)  
     
     
  Football Legends  
  Issued 14th May 1996 set of five stamps  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
                    Dixie Dean (19p)                             Bobby Moore (25p)                            Duncan Edwards (35p)                           Billy Wright (41p)                          Danny Blanchflower (60p)  
                         Everton                                      West Ham United                               Manchester United                        Wolverhampton Wanderers                        Tottenham Hotspur  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
                                                              Presentation Pack                                                                             £6.48 Prestige Stamp Book (European Championships 1996)  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     George Best label                         Pane of 4x 19p (Dixie Dean)                                                                 Pane of 4x 25p (Bobby Moore)                       Pane of 2x 35p (Duncan Edwards), 2x 41p (Billy Wright) & 2x 60p (Danny Blanchflower)  
     
     
  Entertainer's Tale  
  Issued 1st June 1999 single football stamp in a set of four  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
  World Cup Winners - Bobby Moore (26p)  
     
     
  Body and Bone  
  Issued 3rd October 2000 single football stamp in a set of four  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
  Football Players, Hampden Park, Glasgow (1st Class)  
     
     
  World Cup 2002  
  Issued 21st May 2002 Miniature Sheet containg five stamps  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
                                          Presentation Pack (1st Class x 5)                                                                                                    
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
                                                                                                                                                         'Smilers' Sheet - World Cup 2002 Korea / Japan (1st Class x 20 with labels)   
     
     
                                            Miniature Sheet (1st Class x 5)  
     
     
  World Cup Winners  
  Issued 6th June 2006 set of six stamps  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
                 England (1st Class)                      Italy (42p)                            Argentina (44p)                      Germany (50p)                          France (64p)                             Brazil (72p)  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
                                                                Presentation Pack                                                                                                      First Day of Issue Cover  
     
     
  The New Wembley Stadium  
  Issued 17th May 2007 Miniature Sheet and 'Smilers' Sheet  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
                         Minature Sheet (1st Class, 2nd Class x 2, 78p x 2 with label)                                                'Smilers' Sheet - Memories of Wembley Stadium (1st Class x 20 with labels)  
                        1st Class Lion & Shield design as World Cup 2002 issue but without the inscription                                                                 1st Class Lion & Shield design as World Cup 2002 issue but without the inscription  
     
     
  Eminent Britons  
  Issued 8th October 2009 single football stamp in a set of ten stamps  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
  Sir Matt Busby (1909-1994) footballer & football manager with Manchester United's 'Busby Babes' in the background (1st class 39p)  
     
     
  Olympic Games, London 2012  
  Issued 27th July 2010 single football stamp in a set of ten Olympic sports - Second in a set of three  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
  Football (1st class 41p) with London 2012 logo  
     
     
  The Age of the Windsors and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha   
  Issued 2nd February 2012 single football stamp in a miniature sheet featuring four stamps  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
  Football Champions - 1966 England Wins (76p)  
     
     
  The World of Comics  
  Issued 20th March 2012 single football stamp in a set of ten stamps  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
  The Tiger with Roy of the Rovers (1st class 46p)  
     
     
  150th Anniversary of Notts County Football Club  
  Issued 8th November 2012 commemorative sheet with 10 1st class fireworks Smilers definitives  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
  Notts County Anniversary limited edition of 10,000 (.95)  
     
     
  Eminent Britons  
  Issued 16th April 2013 single football stamp in a set of ten stamps  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
  Bill Shankly (born 1913) Scottish footballer and manager shown with Liverpool FC (1st Class 60p)  
     
     
  150th Anniversary of the Football Association 1863-2013  
  Issued 9th May 2013 Set of 11 1st class (60p) stamps, Miniature Sheet of 11 (1st Class £6.60) stamps, Booklet of 6 (1st Class £3.60) stamps & Prestige Stamp Book (£11.11)  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
  Jimmy Greaves (England), John Charles (Wales), Gordon Banks (England), George Best (Northern Ireland), John Barnes (England)  
  Kevin Keegan (England), Denis Law (Scotland), Bobby Moore (England), Bryan Robson (England), Dave Mackay (Scotland), Bobby Charlton (England)  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
      1st Booklet of 6 (1st Class £3.60) stamps featuring George Best & Bobby Moore                             Prestige Stamp Book                                                   Presentation Pack  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
  Prestige Stamp Book Pane 1                              Prestige Stamp Book Pane 2                              Prestige Stamp Book Pane 3                             Prestige Stamp Book Pane 4  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
  1st Booklet of 6 (1st Class £3.60) stamps featuring John Charles & Dave Mackay (Issued 20th February 2014)  
     
     
  Remarkable Lives  
  Issued 25th March 2014 single football stamp in a set of ten stamps  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
  Joe Mercer (born 1914) English footballer and manager, shown as an Everton FC player (1st Class 60p)  
     
     
  Great British Films  
  Issued 13th May 2014 single football stamp in a set of six stamps  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
  "Bend It Like Beckham" (2002) starring starring Parminder Nagra & Keira Knightley (£1.28)  
     
     
  World War One 1915  
  Issued 14th May 2015 single football stamp in a set of six stamps  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
  London Irish Rifles' Football from Loos (£1.52)                                                                               Prestige Stamp Book Pane  
     
     
  West Ham United Farewell Boleyn 1904-2016  
  Issued 18th May 2016 commemorative sheet & folder with 10 1st class Union flag Smilers definitives  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
  Farewell Boleyn limited edition of 10,000 (£14.99)  
     
     
  Lisbon Lions Commemorative Sheet - Celtic 2-1 Inter Milan, 25th May 1967  
  Issued 25th May 2017 commemorative sheet & folder with 10 1st class Scottish flag Smilers definitives  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
  Lisbon Lions Commemorative Sheet limited edition of 5,000 (£19.95)  
     
     
  World War One 1918  
  Issued 13th September 2018 single football stamp in a set of six stamps (1st Class, 67p)  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
  Walter Tull former Tottenham Hotspur footballer and the first black to become an officer in the British Army