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Issue 13 of what some say was the benchmark St Johnstone fanzine, Wendy Who? appeared in all its 50p glory in February of 1992. The cover joke a reference to a subject that would take up quite a few pages…
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Before we get to the #FloodlightFriday bit I need to clear up the obvious confusion here. This fanzine was “better” known as ‘The Keeper Looks Like Elvis‘ but by issue 12 in December 1996 they changed the name (temporarily I…
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Far be it for me to suggest that fanzine editors/contributors were “economical with the truth” or not particularly serious sometimes but there is evidence of such traits if you look back at the letter section of, well, almost every fanzine…
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The lads at Red Issue weren’t afraid to speak their minds as we’ll see from Volume 2 issue 9 from April 1990. The cover pokes fun at city manager Howard Kendall and is quite prescient as Howard would jump the…
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Last week we enjoyed this tremendous photo of Leeds Road from issue 9 of Shrewsbury’s A Large Scotch. This, from May 1991, accompanied a grudging 2 word match report after a 4-0 reversal vs Fulham. (There was a report of…
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It wasn’t a “special” anniversary but last Friday I noticed a lot of posts on social media about the English Football League being officially formed 138 years ago on 17th April 1888 at the Royal Hotel in Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester…
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Issue 9 of the rather splendid long running Shrewsbury fanzine A Large Scotch came out around April time in 1991. It was a “relegation special” issue but we’re using it for #FloodlightFriday purposes today. At the time it looked like…
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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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Today’s #FanzineoftheDay is issue 48 of Sheffield United’s long running Flashing Blade. 40 pages and only 50p this beautiful thing is from May 1996 with Howard Kendall just arrived to save United from relegation after Blade legend Dave Bassett finally…
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Today’s #FanzineoftheDay comes from the footballing outpost that was Scarborough FC, issue 5 of The Scarborough Warning appeared in May 1991 (we think, there is no date anywhere). The mighty fine cover mimics the club crest with a much better…
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