Tag: sport
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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…
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Crystal Palace have won the FA Cup! Obviously, it’s a welcome relief that football’s money bags haven’t snaffled up all the trophies again this year. Let’s not fool ourselves here though, the Palace squad has a value of £370m and…
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As I was creating the first comprehensive list of football fanzines that existed to support the Voice of the Fan exhibition, memories came flooding back of the sometimes-surreal nature of fanzine culture, names and the humour. Then, in a surreal…
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It was FA Cup Semi final weekend last weekend so here is my take on the games; I HATE VAR WITH A PASSION, despise it. The ridiculous decision to include it from the 5th round on, the gulf it creates…
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A tale about either non league fandom or the perils of “tired and emotional” late night forays onto eBay, you decide….When I opened the latest late night eBay bounty package yesterday, 20 old football fanzines spilled out and I had…
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Let’s look at another kit related mystery that has revealed itself during our research for the Voice of the Fans exhibition in the incredible newspaper archives at Leeds central library. There are of course direct links from Leeds United to…
