Tag: Music
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We were in Edinburgh for Hibs last Friday so let’s stay in Edinburgh albeit via Manchester for issue 14 of Heartbeat, a ‘magazine’ from the Manchester Hearts Supporters Club and 1990/91 ish. Look, it was 70p AND A4 in size…
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Issue 4 appeared of Gwladys sings The Blues appeared in March 1995. The cover predicts the climax of the season as Everton would beat Manchester United 1-0 with a goal from Paul Rideout and a string of saves from Neville…
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Those of you of a certain vintage will immediately recognise this as the title of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark’s third studio album. Well done but did you also know that the title was suggested by Martha Ladly, her out…
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There was an explanation about the name of Sunderland Fanzine It’s An Easy One For Norman fanzine in Mike Amos’ always excellent blog this week. Always a brilliant read, you can read this one here https://mikeamosblog.wordpress.com/2026/09/09/september-8-2026-fantasia/ and we’ll return to…
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Issue 6 of Motherwell’s Waiting For The Great Leap Forward appeared in September 1990 as the ‘well started what would be a successful season with a first Scottish cup since 1952. Yet another fanzine named after a song, a Billy…
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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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Adverts popped up in fanzines as a way of promoting friends, cutting losses, supporting local businesses or just making a joke. So, this week we return to the wacky world of ads with a nod to the superb Victor Lewis…
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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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Yesterday of all days, the anniversary of Hillsborough news came through that Sheffield Wednesday are to be docked 15 points at the start of next season because the people buying the club aren’t offering to pay enough money to the…
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We’ve covered this before and we will again because fandom and fanzines cover and covered every little bit of minutiae, every corner of watching football with such aplomb and creativity that there are acres of this “stuff”. So, strap yourself…
