Football Fanzine Culture

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  • What’s The Name Of The Game?

    The second of our blogs about the amazing stories behind just a few of the vast array of football fanzine names on the first comprehensive list of all fanzines that existed over the past 60 or so years, a very…

    What’s The Name Of The Game?

  • FANZINES AND CARTOONS, AN ART FORM.

    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…

    FANZINES AND CARTOONS, AN ART FORM.

  • Foul; I fought the law and the law won.

    In other blogs we have talked about fanzines and the media personalities that grew from them. In this blog we’ll look at the case of a much bigger fanzine, acknowledged as the first general football fanzine and how they were…

    Foul; I fought the law and the law won.

  • When Will I, Will I Be Famous? A Side.

    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…

    When Will I, Will I Be Famous? A Side.

  • You may remember me from such fanzines as..

    We’ve mentioned before (https://footballfanzineculture.blog/2025/05/22/football-fanzines-and-the-media-today/ ) some of the many famous people who started out in fanzines, Danny Baker and Steve Lamacq to name two but there more who were involved specifically with football fanzines during the boom period of the…

    You may remember me from such fanzines as..

  • The List Playlist; Side 4

    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…

    The List Playlist; Side 4

  • Fanzines and Subbuteo, the perfect match.

    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.…

    Fanzines and Subbuteo, the perfect match.

  • The List Playlist; Side 3

    The one where we add a few songs linked to terrace culture and found a link between one of the best-known artists of the past 25 years and a fanzine. Now 102 songs and 6 hours 29 minutes long the…

    The List Playlist; Side 3

  • The List; Statto Edition

    We’ve discussed how we created “The List”, what is we think the first and most comprehensive catalogue of all the football fanzines that have existed for sale on the British Isles. The List was created as part of the preparation…

    The List; Statto Edition

  • The List Playlist (Side 2)

    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…

    The List Playlist (Side 2)