Tag: england

  • I’m dedicating this blog to all the fantastic people at Leeds central library without whom none of this madness would have started and to Antony Ramm in particular who has been asking me to write a blog about fanzine poetry…

    The spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings; Poetry in fanzines
  • Issue 3 of Missing Sid comes to you from September 1993 with Villa fans in a dudgeon about Man United fluking the PL by finishing 10 points ahead of Villa the previous season. To make matters worse after just 3…

    FOTD; Missing Sid, Aston Villa
  • 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…

    #FloodlightFriday; The Oatcake, Stoke City
  • When people ask me what my favourite fanzine is it’s impossible to answer, there are just so many to choose from BUT I always recommend people look at lower league fanzines in general because they were often the best in…

    The Way We Were; Social History in Fanzines