Readly launches The Evening Standard World Cup Retro collection

Readly, the digital magazine and newspaper app, delights football fans this month with the launch of a World Cup Retro Series from The Evening Standard, covering reports from the last 75 years of World Cup history.

The collection showcases some of the greatest moments from the World Cup over the years and sits alongside Readly’s football and sport content portfolio, allowing Readly subscribers to read all the latest World Cup news as it is published on the app, as well as reminisce on the greatest World Cup moments and heroes throughout time.

From England winning the World Cup in a 1966 thriller to England’s World Cup run ending in penalties and Gazza’s tears in 1990. Also included is the famous David Beckham red card in 1998. The retro collection features some of the most powerful moments and reports for Readly subscribers to read on the app alongside all the latest World Cup news from the US, Mexico and Canada.

“We are delighted to collaborate with The Evening Standard to bring this nostalgic World Cup series to our subscribers. The World Cup is followed and loved globally, so working with our trusted publishers to deliver such iconic content to our global subscriber base is the perfect combination for Readly and Cafeyn Group. Together, with our publishers, we aim to broaden our content portfolio and make high-quality journalism more accessible to millions of consumers through a seamless and highly valued reading experience, says Laurent Kayser, CEO at Cafeyn Group.

The retro issues include*:

●        1950: England beaten in their first ever World Cup by United States

●        1954: England 3-1 win over Germans makes front page

●        1966: England beat Argentina, team walks off after captain red card

●        1966: England win World Cup in 4-2 thriller

●        1990: Page 62-63: England out in penalties, Gazza’s tears

●        1994: Maradona sent home due to doping

●        1994: Italy reaches final, party scenes in Soho

●        1998: England lose to Argentina, famous David Beckham red card

●        2006: Year of the England WAGs

●        2018: England finally wins a penalty shootout, advances to QF

●        2018: Page 58: France World Cup win

Readly’s football titles also include FourFour Two, World Soccer, The Football Paper, History of The World Cup and World Cup Legends. With a broad range of sporting titles available on the app, the nostalgic collection is now available to Readly subscribers alongside more than 5,200 titles as part of the all you can read digital magazine and newspaper subscription.

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For more details contact: k.tegelaars.ext@cafeyn.co or 07879 818 711

About Cafeyn Group

Cafeyn Group operates the Cafeyn and Readly apps - leading digital press aggregation platforms that provide unlimited access to national and international content across multiple formats and devices. The combined reach is over 2.5 million users in France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand. The Group has also established collaborations with more than 1,100 publishers and content providers worldwide, giving access to 6,000 newspapers, magazines, news feeds, and other pure player content brands. Since 2006, the company has experienced strong growth, both organically and through acquisitions of companies like miLibris (FR), Blendle (NL), Kidjo (US), Readly France/Toutabo (FR) and Readly non-Nordics. It has offices in Paris, London, Berlin, Tangier, Stockholm, Montreal, employing nearly 200 people. The Group is owned by Marion Assuied, and since 2020 the fund Bregal Milestone. For more information, visit cafeyn.co.

The full list of retro issues include:

●         1950: England beaten in their first ever World Cup by United States

●         1954: England 3-1 win over Germans makes front page

●         1954: Page 14: The Battle of Berne, Hungary v Brazil final

●         1961: Page 14: ‘England can win World Cup’, says Portugal

●         1962: Page 30: First day World Cup results in Chile

●         1966: Argentina v Netherlands, player sent off in dramatic game

●         1966: England beat Argentina, team walks off after captain red card

●         1966: England win World Cup in 4-2 thriller

●         1978: Page 47: ‘Whole world is laughing at British soccer’

●         1978: Page 46: Scotland v Netherlands, Archie Gemmell’s famous goal

●         1986: World Cup riot makes front page

●         1986: Page 3: Argentina beat England, Hand of God

●         1990: Page 62-63: England out in penalties, Gazza’s tears

●         1994: Maradona sent home due to doping

●         1994: Italy reaches final, party scenes in Soho

●         1998: England lose to Argentina, famous David Beckham red card

●         2002: London gears up for England v Argentina

●         2006: Aftermath of famous Zidane headbutt in World Cup final, Italy v France

●         2006: Year of the England WAGs

●         2010: England knockout, knives out for manager Capello

●         2014: Germany's historic 7-1 demolition of Brazil

●         2018: England finally wins a penalty shootout, advances to QF

●         2018: Page 72: England bow out to Croatia in SF

●         2022: Page 3: Argentina win epic World Cup final against France

●         1954: Page 14: Germany first World Cup win, 3-2 against Hungary

●         1998: Page 74 & 75: France World Cup win on home soil

●         2014: Page 3: Germany World Cup win

●         2018: Page 74: Germany crash out in group stage

●         2018: Page 58: France World Cup win