Front Cover Colour: Colin Bell Manchester City

Back Cover Colour: Ray Kennedy and George Graham Arsenal

Other Full Colour photos of players:
Michael Docherty Burnley
David Sloan Oxford United
Peter Allen Orient

Other full-page black and white photos of players:
Ian Collard Ipswich Town
Len Badger Sheffield United

Other part-page black and white photos:
Tony Hateley Notts County
Meet the ref - Jim Finney
Alan Bloor Stoke
Tony Book and Joe Corrigan (Manchester City)
Derek Dooley - new manager talks to Sheffield Wednesday team

Double page spread, colour photo:
Star Parade Special - Ron Davies Southampton, Alan Ball Everton, Bob Moncur Newcastle and Bobby Charlton Manchester United

Articles:
Footballs controversial figures -The Case against Peter Osgood (Chelsea)
Bobby Charlton's Diary "This great Everton can make it a cup double"
Derek Jeffries (Manchester City) the cool kid of soccer
Frank Lane (Tranmere) ready to move up
Euroclash - Preview of Liverpool vs. Bayern Munich
Goal Editor Alan Hughes says……
On the ball with Jimmy Hill - "No wonder Colin Bell is called Nijinsky"
Jimmy Rimmer begs to be allowed to play himself back into form at Manchester United
Soccer's brilliant bosses - Bill Shankly (Liverpool) and Harry Catterick (Everton)
Eric Martin must be close to his first cap for Scotland says Southampton manager Ted Bates
Warwick Jordan argues footballers are underpaid
High Kickers - Pictorial tribute to some of soccer's highest kickers
Star parade special - tributes to Ron Davies Southampton, Alan Ball Everton, Bob Moncur Newcastle and Bobby Charlton Manchester United
"The first division is a different world" by Ken Jones star writer
Dave Bowen manages both Northampton and the Wales national side!
Preview of Leeds vs. Liverpool
Flashes from Matches - a review of the results from the previous week


Meet the girl behind the man - Sally Houseman (Mrs Houseman)
Here and there -the GOAL team take you behind the scenes
Worldwide GOAL -the international news scene with Leslie Vernon
On the Ball -Whats happening inside soccer
Jack Potts -Britain's Best Pools Guide
Classified Adverts
GOAL Club
Spot the difference
Booter Comic Strip
GOAL LINES -Reader's letters