Tag: history
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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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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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A tale about either non league fandom or the perils of “tired and emotional” late night forays onto eBay, you decide….When I opened the latest late night eBay bounty package yesterday, 20 old football fanzines spilled out and I had…
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Another story from the microfilm archives at Leeds central library, researching the story of professional football and football supporting in the Leeds as background for the 2025 exhibition on Fanzine culture at the library, Voice of the Fans. One of…
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In the 80s there wasn’t much in a rural Derbyshire village beyond riding over hill and dale, sci fi from the library and the music of the John Peel show. Oh yeah, there was football obviously, playing and watching it.…
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Let’s look at another kit related mystery that has revealed itself during our research for the Voice of the Fans exhibition in the incredible newspaper archives at Leeds central library. There are of course direct links from Leeds United to…
Football Fanzine Culture 