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Blogs from www.Footballfanzineculture.blog looking at the history & culture of football fanzines with occasional pieces about individuals and teams related to that.
Hanging Sheep 12 (Oct 90) is on the archive. As always it’s a superb read. After hundreds (thousands?) of us had infiltrated fortress Kenilworth Road, there’s a review. Plus Memories of Albert Pit, Terrible City and Away Daze. #lufc #mot #alaw www.flickr.com/gp/202272334...
A trip to Edinburgh this week for #FloodlightFriday and we get straight to it on the cover for a change. Terrific photo, small but perfectly formed. footballfanzineculture.blog/2026/10/09/f...
#FloodlightFriday; Hibees There Hibees There; Hibernian
A trip to Edinburgh this week for #FloodlightFriday and we get straight to it on the cover for a change. The magnificent picture is enhanced by the caption “Sunset on Leith; Easter Road from …
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It's Thursday and that can mean only one thing; a new blog is up. This week we we delve into the myriad ways fanzines “North of the border” got themselves in a pickle with…well, just about everyone really. footballfanzineculture.blog/2026/10/08/t...
The Trouble with Fanzines, Scottish edition.
One of the best things about researching football fanzines is that you discover very niche but tremendous connections. How about one between a Nutmeg contributor and award-winning Scottish author a…
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Today's #FOTD is a bit of a masterpiece as it includes rising bile, sarcasm, incredible creativity, copyright infringement, social history, chocolates plus a free gift. #FanzineofthDay footballfanzineculture.blog/2026/10/07/f...
FOTD; Scunthorpe United, Son of a Ref
I’m sure I’ve said this before but more often than not when you pick up a lower league team’s fanzine you find fanzine gold. Such is the case with Son of a Ref issue 2 plus a gold…
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Tuesday October the 6th, 6pm at Leeds central library. Listen to me banging on about fanzines again (and some other print stuff) IT'S FREE!! leedsinspired.co.uk/events/play-...
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This week's #FloodlightFriday caper returns to Leamington FC, or rather some of it's groundhopping fans encountering ukele trios, pale hot dogs, and an executive parking pass. They just about mentions floodlights as well. footballfanzineculture.blog/2026/10/02/f...
#FloodlightFriday; Windmill Wonderland, Leamington FC
A second #FloodlightFriday trip to Leamington, the Brakes and the excellent Windmill Wonderland fanzine. I think I’ve explained this before, the club was established in 1933 as the works team…
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It's Thursday and that can mean only one thing; a new blog is up. This week we are back down the smoke, this time to celebrate a new arrival to the fanzine family, one that weights in at 272 pages in the first edition, bet they don't keep that up! footballfanzineculture.blog/2026/10/01/f...
Fanzine; The Book, Daniel Gray.
This week I was down the smoke again to listen to an excellent Seb White1 interview with author and Nutmeg editor Daniel Gray about his brilliant book, Fanzine. As I’ve said before I can̵…
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Today's #FOTD comes to you from the blue side of Merseyside with music, speedway, The FA Cup, antiques roadshow and legend art all featuring #FanzineoftheDay footballfanzineculture.blog/2026/09/29/f...
FOTD; Gwladys Sings The Blues, Everton
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 strin…
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I’ve written a second piece about ‘Things You No Longer See At Elland Road’. It’s about the longevity of Half Time Scoreboard. With thanks to Nick. 💙🤍💛 #lufc #mot #alaw leedsunitednostalgia.substack.com/p/things-you...
This week's #FloodlightFriday includes the most incredible reason that a set of floodlights ever came to be installed. Honestly. footballfanzineculture.blog/2026/09/25/f...
#FloodlightFriday; The Pit Pony Express, Ashington
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 wi…
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Archie The Pub Bore used to say "30 years man and boy" 30? Bloody hell Archie, try 40 because that is how long the never boring (Leyton) Orientear has been going. Read all about it here. footballfanzineculture.blog/2026/09/24/4...
40 Years of the Leyton Orientear.
This weeks 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…
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@stuartbasson.bsky.social thought you might enjoy this.. bsky.app/profile/fanz...
Today's #FOTD is from 1992 with yet another dreadful Matchwinner kit on the horizon, Eric Cantona and a forward who made his record look pathetic. Plus stats from the 1925-26 season #FanzineofthDay footballfanzineculture.blog/2026/09/22/f...
FOTD; The Crooked Spireite, Chesterfield
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…
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I mean that’s important but not as important as their fanzine history and status.
Things got a bit out of hand with last week's #FloodlightFriday post having 4 "sets" so this week we've come right back down to earth and there are no pictures of floodlights at all, just a vaguely inaccurate article about floodlights. footballfanzineculture.blog/2026/09/18/f...
#FloodlightFriday; Hibees Glasgow Gossip, Hibernian.
I’ve been a bit busy this week so after the highs of four “sets” of floodlights this week we’re down to zero actual pictures BUT we do have an extensive article..well, a pot…
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Tuesday October the 6th, 6pm at Leeds central library. Listen to me banging on about fanzines again (and some other print stuff) IT'S FREE!! leedsinspired.co.uk/events/play-...
Play, Publish, Progress: How Leeds Led the World | Leeds Inspired
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It's Thursday and that can mean only one thing; a new blog is up. This week we consider ground caricatures in zines visiting Sheffield, Huddersfield, Stockport, Sunderland, Doncaster, Scunthorpe, Arbroath and Stoke along the way. What more could you want? footballfanzineculture.blog/2026/09/17/a...
Architecture And Morality.
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 su…
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Today's #FOTD comes to you from Spotland and Rochdale's The 92nd Club. Nepotism, pop stars, dictators, cartoons, and letters, it has the lot. #FanzineoftheDay footballfanzineculture.blog/2026/09/14/f...
FOTD; Rochdale, The 92nd Club
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 t…
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Independent bookshops are just wonderful - my local one called me yesterday to let me know ‚Fanzine‘ by @danielgraywriter.bsky.social just arrived. So I already started reading it and might be the first person in Germany who was able to do so?
This week's #FloodlightFriday debacle brings you not one, not two.. look we've found FOUR "sets" of floodlights in one fanzine. A feat probably never to be repeated, enjoy. footballfanzineculture.blog/2026/09/11/f...
#FloodlightFriday; Not The 8502, AFC Bournemouth
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…
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It's Thursday and that can mean only one thing; a new blog is up. This week we include Clive Tyldesley, Peter Jones, Barry Davies, John Motson and Billy Bragg, just not in the way you'd expect. Warning, contains misquotes. footballfanzineculture.blog/2026/09/10/n...
Naming Right (s)
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 th…
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Today's #FOTD comes to you with protest, music, mirth and a great sense of community. It's Waiting For The Great Leap Forward from the 'Well. footballfanzineculture.blog/2026/09/09/f...
FOTD; Waiting For The Great Leap Forward, Motherwell.
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 an…
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A great day here at FFC towers as this modern classic from @danielgraywriter.bsky.social fell through the letterbox. BUY IT NOW!
This cover photograph perfectly captures the joy that football brings to all of us.
This week's #FloodlightFriday is from Head The Ball, Irish Soccer Fanzine. A single pylon edition, 38 years on things are about to change for the floodlight in question. footballfanzineculture.blog/2026/09/04/f...
#FloodlightFriday; Head The Ball, Irish Soccer Fanzine.
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 …
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It's Thursday and that can mean only one thing; a new blog is up. This week we include the ideas of Nietzsche, free underwear, suicide pills, singsongs and another stupid letter from a Tory MP. Yes, its invention and innovation in football fanzines. footballfanzineculture.blog/2026/09/03/i...
Invention and Innovation in Fanzines (The Creative Interpretation of the Truth)
The other week I mentioned an ad that appeared in the following post When I first saw it I just thought it was just a bit of fun to put out there but then Simon Wright, the legendary editor of Gror…
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Today's #FOTD comes to you from the relatively recent year of 1995 as we look at Winning Isn't Everything from Welling United. Rivalries, lottery wins, a meeting with the manager and a magic eye. What could possibly go wrong. footballfanzineculture.blog/2026/09/01/f...
FOTD; Winning Isn’t Everything, The Welling United Fanzine
Let’s travel back to January 1995 and visit Welling United to review issue 12 of Winning Isn’t Everything. The Wings have only been in existence since 1963 and only really moved into th…
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This week's #FloodlightFriday takes us North to Airdrie and a return to Only the Lonely but this week for a home fixture. Includes Drew Busby, Surfin Wombatz and another fanzine for the list plus a superb floodlight and a terrible photo. footballfanzineculture.blog/2026/08/28/f...
#FloodlightFriday; Only The Lonely, Airdrie
This week we venture north of the border and way back to 1989 for our #FloodlightFriday escapade. It is actually a return to Only the Lonely which was the biggest and best Airdrie fanzine (OK it is…
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It's Thursday and that can mean only one thing; a new blog is up. This week we return to the world of Yeats, Shakespeare, Byron, Owen and Sassoon. Yes, it's poetry. I mean it's poetry about quiche, pimples and body parts dropping off but it's all poetry. footballfanzineculture.blog/2026/08/27/p...
Poetry in Motion; not a blog about Johnny Tillotson
One of the joys of doing this blog is that there is always something to fall back on. Some weeks a thought just won’t drop into place and inspire me but when that happens I can fall back on m…
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