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For #FloodlightFriday today we travel back to August 1991 and issue 50 of the Stoke City classic The Oatcake. Our heroes fancy a bit of international football to round out the season. Having shunned Cameroon (minus Roger Milla who refused…
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Jim Ratcliffe, a tax dodger living in Monaco who doesn’t speak the language, is the latest in a long line of people in high profile roles who have outed themselves in the most horrific manner with their utter, hateful bile.…
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Today’s fanzine of the day is South Riding issue 12 all the way from Barnsley in September 1991 with our heroes contemplating their 11th successive unsuccessful season in Division 2 (championship). I looked it up and to give you an…
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Todays fanzine of the day is issue 20 of Heart’s fanzine Always The Bridesmaid from September 1996. The name of course refers to Hearts long run of Hampden heartbreaks which has continued up to the current day with a 2025…
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New Home Stadium is actually No Home Stadium rebadged as the K’s moved to Kingsmeadow. The fanzine would later become The Searcher, an obscure in joke that would get them banned from the ground. We join our heroes full of…
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I’ve been driving up and down motorways recently, something that is wearing to say the least. On my travels I thought about the many articles in fanzines about the “joy” of travel as a football supporter. So, this week we’ll…
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Today’s #FanzineoftheDay is issue 12 of On Cloud Seven a Hull fanzine from September 1991. Hull are newly relegated to the 3rd Division (League one) in their 88th season. The brilliant name stems from manager Colin Appleton’s idiomatic faux pas…
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If there are any members of the Office for National Statistics watching I apologise for what is to come, although based on the criticism politicians have been doling out, maybe you can pick up some tips here lads. In 2020…
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Mike Amos edited the fantastic fanzine Northern Ventures, Northern Gains for 27 years chronicling dog raffles, Kevin Keegan eating pie and peas, the death of a spongeman and 80p burgers the size of a tea plate in the Northern league.…
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There aren’t many football clubs in the UK that date back over 150 years, only around 17 in total I believe (someone will correct you- Ed). There are 8 in the top 4 leagues of English football – Notts County…
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