Football Fanzine Culture

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  • Great Fanzine Features of our Time.

    This week I opened the Cardiff fanzine Thin Blue Line issue 67 from 2008 which covers a story I though must have been a spoof about Hamburg SV opening a cemetery for fans, a cemetery shaped like the ground with…

    Great Fanzine Features of our Time.

  • I’d Like To Make A Complaint

    In a previous blog to we looked at protest and protest culture on a national level in football fanzines; anti-racism, anti-Thatcher, the appalling state of grounds, police behaviour, anti ID cards, anti-discrimination and much more. Fanzines also focussed on local…

    I’d Like To Make A Complaint

  • Meet the Editor; Allez Les Blues!, St Johnstone.

    We have many historic Meet the Editor interviews lined up but I recently came across an almost new print fanzine in Scotland when editor David Martin got in touch and started to tell me the fantastic story of Allez Les…

    Meet the Editor; Allez Les Blues!, St Johnstone.

  • The Way We Were; Social History in Fanzines

    When people ask me what my favourite fanzine is it’s impossible to answer, there are just so many to choose from BUT I always recommend people look at lower league fanzines in general because they were often the best in…

    The Way We Were; Social History in Fanzines

  • What’s The Name Of The Game?

    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?

  • FANZINES AND CARTOONS, AN ART FORM.

    25 September 1976 was a VERY important day. The 1st edition of Roy of the Rovers as a standalone comic was published with an exclusive article by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh in which he exclusively revealed exclusively that in…

    FANZINES AND CARTOONS, AN ART FORM.

  • When Will I, Will I Be Famous? A Side.

    We’ve mentioned the rich history of people starting out in fanzines before moving on to “bigger” things. The A side of this 7” blog covers a largely unknown fanzine that was followed by an extraordinary roller coaster of a ride…

    When Will I, Will I Be Famous? A Side.

  • The List; Statto Edition

    We’ve discussed how we created “The List”, what is we think the first and most comprehensive catalogue of all the football fanzines that have existed for sale on the British Isles. The List was created as part of the preparation…

    The List; Statto Edition

  • The List Playlist (Side 2)

    Side 2 of our 4-sided gatefold sleeved LP, this blog documents more links between football fanzines and music from the complete list of fanzines created during research for the Voice of the Fans exhibition on fanzine culture at Leeds Central…

    The List Playlist (Side 2)

  • Football Fanzines; Creating “The List”

    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…

    Football Fanzines; Creating “The List”