Tag: books
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25 September 1976 was a VERY important day. The 1st edition of Roy of the Rovers as a standalone comic was published with an exclusive article by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh in which he exclusively revealed exclusively that in…
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We’ve mentioned the rich history of people starting out in fanzines before moving on to “bigger” things. The A side of this 7” blog covers a largely unknown fanzine that was followed by an extraordinary roller coaster of a ride…
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Side 4 of our gatefold magnum opus. More puns, ‘taches and mullets, the list has grown to. 104 songs and is now 6 hours 34 minutes long but I’ve left “Freed from Desire Out” because I hate it with a…
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On the face of it, a bit of a niche fanzine blog this time; Subbuteo and fanzines. However, as we will see, the two have been strongly linked since the start of the golden (goalden? – Ed) era of fanzines.…
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Side 2 of our 4-sided gatefold sleeved LP, this blog documents more links between football fanzines and music from the complete list of fanzines created during research for the Voice of the Fans exhibition on fanzine culture at Leeds Central…
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As part of the discussions about the Leeds Central Library exhibition on football fanzines and culture I started thinking about how many fanzines there had been. I assumed that this would be an easy task and was sure a list…
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During the research for the Voice of The Fans exhibition at Leeds Central Library about football fanzine culture we’ve created a list documenting all the football fanzines that ever existed (1,704 and counting). The list contains an extraordinary amount of…
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Throughout spring and summer 2025 the Leeds central library will host an exhibition called Voice of the Fans, a celebration of football fanzine culture. This article looks back at fanzine development and what that means today Fanzines in print form…
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The Voice of the Fans exhibition that has spawned this blog starts tomorrow, 9th May. So it’s only right that we celebrate a remarkable fanzine event that happened recently, and went totally unremarked at the time! At the championship game…
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