The Green 'Un is a Saturday sports paper

Saturday sports paper

The Saturday sports paper is a generic name for a series of local newspapers published in the UK on a Saturday evening containing information about sports matches played on that day. Throughout most of the twentieth century they were very popular, representing one of the few up to date sources of...

 published, on Saturday evenings, in Sheffield

Sheffield

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, England

England

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, its name deriving from the light green newsprint

Newsprint

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 on which it has traditionally been printed.

The Green 'Un was first published as the Saturday Sports Edition of the Yorkshire Telegraph and Star on 14 September 1907 and continued under this name until 3 June 1911. From 10 June 1911 to 28 February 1914 it was known as the Week and Sports Special Green 'Un, then as Sports Special The Green 'Un from 7 March 1914 to 24 December. 1937.

The title became Green 'Un, after the war, on 31 August 1946 and continued so until 23 November 1946, after which it formally assumed Star Green 'Un (30 November 1946), still its current title (2007).

Along with its sister publications The Star

Sheffield Star

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and Sheffield Telegraph

Sheffield Telegraph

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, the Green 'Un is published by Johnston Press PLC

Johnston Press

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The Sheffield Star Green 'Un is to launch its own website soon to cover all levels of local football.