Tag: news

  • Today’s #FanzineoftheDay is from the Peak District, issue 17 of Matlock’s “Keep Off The Fence” from winter 1995. Excellent cover, news from the social club, lots of info about what is inside, the issue number date and price clearly visible.…

    FOTD; Keep Off The Fence, Matlock Town
  • In honour of their cup win earlier today, Todays’ #FOTD is The Vale Park Beano issue 4 from 1998. Beano was a late entrant to the fanzine landscape, and trying to replace the massive void left when Seth Bottomley disappeared…

    FOTD; The Vale Park Beano, Port Vale
  • This week’s #FloodlightFriday comes to you from issue 15 of Charlton fanzine The Valiants Viewpoint from September 1989 with a superb cover photo sharing the sad news that the now deserted Valley has had it’s floodlights removed after just 28…

    #FloodlightFriday; Valiants Viewpoint, Charlton
  • Following on from yesterday’s “Fanzines sort of named after a film” we travel to September 1994 to look at Issue 8 of Walsall’s Blazing Saddlers for today’s #FanzineoftheDay (If anyone has a copy of Glentoran fanzine A Nightmare on Dee…

    FOTD; Blazing Saddlers, Walsall
  • Todays #FanzineoftheDay is issue 9 of From Behind Your Fences (FBYF) coming in at the pocket busting size of 44 pages but the penny pinching price of 60p. Promising no more than 3 pages on the world cup, away day…

    FOTD; From Behind Your Fences, Boston United
  • Jim Ratcliffe, a tax dodger living in Monaco who doesn’t speak the language, is the latest in a long line of people in high profile roles who have outed themselves in the most horrific manner with their utter, hateful bile.…

    Kick It Out
  • Today’s fanzine of the day is South Riding issue 12 all the way from Barnsley in September 1991 with our heroes contemplating their 11th successive unsuccessful season in Division 2 (championship). I looked it up and to give you an…

    FOTD; Barnsley, South Riding
  • Todays fanzine of the day is issue 20 of Heart’s fanzine Always The Bridesmaid from September 1996. The name of course refers to Hearts long run of Hampden heartbreaks which has continued up to the current day with a 2025…

    FOTD; Heart’s Always The Bridesmaid
  • I’ve wondered a few times if I could get a magazine sized piece (about 2000 words) from researching and writing about a “randomly” chosen fanzine so let’s find out, shall we? For an added bonus there will be Chesterfield FC…

    10 Bob Worth
  • The second of our blogs about the amazing stories behind just a few of the vast array of football fanzine names on the first comprehensive list of all fanzines that existed over the past 60 or so years, a very…

    What’s The Name Of The Game?