The Nationwide Football Annual is a compact football annual which primarily covers football in England and Scotland, but also includes some details for football in Wales, Ireland and the rest of Europe. Since the first issue it has had several different publishers and different titles, appearing originally from 1887-1946 as the Athletic News Football Annual (initially called the Athletic News Football Supplement and Club Directory, and containing just sixteen pages). This title was subsequently incorporated into the Sunday Chronicle Football Annual from 1946-1956.