Front Cover Colour: Terry Neil dressed as Santa

Back Cover Colour: Keith Weller Millwall

Other Full Colour photos of players:
Ian Callaghan Liverpool
Bobby Ferguson West Ham

Other full-page black and white photos of players:
Bent Martin Dunfermline
Shay Brennan Manchester United

Double page spread, colour photo:
Bolton Wanders

Articles:
Bobby Charlton's Diary "Soccer is not too violent"
Bobby Gould boosts the Gunners by Clifford Webb
Flashes from Matches - a review of the results from the previous week
Preview of Sunderland v West Ham
" Bob Stokoe's sacking from Charlton" by Ken Jones star writer who is a friend of the stars
Kenny Cameron (Dundee United) the bargain of the year
Here and there -the GOAL team take you behind the scenes
How to judge legal and illegal studs
Terry Cooper (Leeds) ready for England
Its all happening for Alan Campbell Charlton
Roger Hunt equals the Liverpool goal scoring record
What George Cohen and Alan Ball want for Christmas?
The girl behind the man- Anne Gemmell (Mrs Tommy Gemmell)
Torquay v Plymouth Argyle
Worldwide GOAL -the international news scene with Leslie Vernon-Milan to beat Celtic
Alan Skirton home at Bristol City
On the Ball -Whats happening inside soccer
Jim Barron has his best season at Oxford United
Stop this farce on ice
Valiant Barry Kitchener Millwall
Des O Connor loves playing football
Attendance Statistics (Forest have lost 123,000 fans)
Jack Potts -Britain's Best Pools Guide
Classified Adverts
GOAL Club
Spot the difference
Fotoball Competition
Booter Comic Strip
GOAL LINES -Reader's letters