Tag: history
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“I didn’t get round to it.” Last week I revealed that in true fanzine style I hadn’t prepared my World Cup In Fanzines blog extravaganza. So, this week I got organised, resolved to ignore The Pit Pony Express ( https://footballfanzineculture.blog/2026/06/18/the-pit-pony-express-world-cup-special/)…
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I meant to do a blog about the world cup in fanzines last week but in true fanzine style just didn’t get round to it. This week I started to trawl the archives to look for the many and varied…
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This week we journey to the home of Dennis The Menace with Derry Rumba, a rambunctious fanzine in favour of Dundee FC (the dark blue ones). Issue 4 covers Sept-Oct 1989 and has Keith Wright on the cover bemoaning the…
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In honour of the start of the secondary of the two World Cups taking place over the next few weeks, this week’s #FloodlightFriday adventure takes us to the beating heart of the people’s republic of South Yorkshire, Doncaster. This via…
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Bury F.C now exist as an 8th tier pyramid club way down in the Northern Premier League Division One West, but there are signs of hope. They are back at Gigg with a fan ownership model, the dark days of…
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Featured in #FloodlightFriday last week we’ve decided to return to the Winter 1990 issue 4 of West Ham fanzine Never Mind The Boleyn for reasons. We should point out at this stage that in true fanzine style this winter 1990…
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This week’s crystal clear photo of a floodlight comes to you from the winter of 1990 and the fanzine for “groovy West Ham fans everywhere” Never Mind The Boleyn issue 4 A great little fanzine, promise of Gorby and Kinnock…
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This weeks fanzine is another that called itself a magazine but it’s content, being printed independently and focussing on Scottish Junior football it’s hard not to consider it a niche, devoted fanzine entity. We join The Game at issue 4…
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A Venn diagram of people who created fanzines and music lovers would be more or less a circle. Less likely to be a circle is the Venn diagram of music lovers and people who heard Brian Clough sing. Anyway, there…
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Today’s fanzine of the day is in honour of PL champions Arsenal and comes to you from late summer 1991 with Arsenal having won the Football League under George ‘1-0’ Graham. An Imperfect Match is also an imperfect fanzine as…
