Tag: sport
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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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Today’s news is obviously going to be awash with stories about financial misreporting or cheating as it’s more commonly known so I realise that we will have to pull out all the stops with a blockbuster edition of #FloodlightFriday this…
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This week’s blog starts with some pissed up mates in the pub making a list of all the things they’re fed up about. This sounds like a great idea for a sitcom, the start of Men Behaving Badly perhaps? Maybe,…
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Unfettered by the truth we travel back to March 1992 for issue 34 of the always superb Chesterfield fanzine, The Crooked Spireite. The cover is a classic fanzine appeal/protest of sorts asking fans to do a bit of colouring in…
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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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The 92nd Club issue 5 appeared in October 1990 with a great cover, a well drawn logo, all the information you could ever need and a cover cartoon highlighting an issue that would cost Terry Dolan the support of the…
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This week’s #FloodlightFriday bonanza takes us back to Bournemouth and initially to Dean’s Court. One of the floodlights “sort of” appears on the cover or at least the glare from it does supporting a very weak joke about something all…
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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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This weeks #FloodlightFriday comes to you from Ireland with issue 2 of a general Irish League fanzine Head The Ball dated February 1989. To say it has such a niche subject it’s a pretty good effort, very enthusiastic and strident…
