Tag: history
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Before we get to the #FloodlightFriday bit I need to clear up the obvious confusion here. This fanzine was “better” known as ‘The Keeper Looks Like Elvis‘ but by issue 12 in December 1996 they changed the name (temporarily I…
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Far be it for me to suggest that fanzine editors/contributors were “economical with the truth” or not particularly serious sometimes but there is evidence of such traits if you look back at the letter section of, well, almost every fanzine…
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The lads at Red Issue weren’t afraid to speak their minds as we’ll see from Volume 2 issue 9 from April 1990. The cover pokes fun at city manager Howard Kendall and is quite prescient as Howard would jump the…
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This week’s #FloodlightFriday disaster comes from issue 13 of Norwich fanzine The Citizen right outta Spring 1991. 50p would buy you a fanzine with a fully acceptable garish colour but far too much text on the cover. This was quite…
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Though it is true that fanzines were almost always critical and satirical in nature and a ground ban was never far away, clubs generally used to get along with both zines and the local rag, their existence a mutual benefit…
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It wasn’t a “special” anniversary but last Friday I noticed a lot of posts on social media about the English Football League being officially formed 138 years ago on 17th April 1888 at the Royal Hotel in Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester…
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Today’s #FanzineoftheDay is issue 6 of Bedford Town’s Eyrie Go. Yes, you heard that right, even Bedford town had a fanzine back in October of 1996, 50p for 28 pages of news and views from Division Three of the Isthmian…
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Issue 9 of the rather splendid long running Shrewsbury fanzine A Large Scotch came out around April time in 1991. It was a “relegation special” issue but we’re using it for #FloodlightFriday purposes today. At the time it looked like…
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This week’s #FloodlightFriday story is quite an escapade. Issue 22 from 1996 had 60 pages for the bargain price of £1 and included some quite stunning photos of none other than Red Star Belgrade’s ground and (just about) floodlights. It…
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Food is a very important part of going to the match, the timing of the game critical to choices such as eat/drink before /on the way to/ at the ground or all three. Food was therefore at the front of…
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