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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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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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This week’s #FloodlightFriday story is quite an escapade. Issue 22 from 1996 had 60 pages for the bargain price of £1 and included some quite stunning photos of none other than Red Star Belgrade’s ground and (just about) floodlights. It…
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We’ve covered this before and we will again because fandom and fanzines cover and covered every little bit of minutiae, every corner of watching football with such aplomb and creativity that there are acres of this “stuff”. So, strap yourself…
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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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Food is a very important part of going to the match, the timing of the game critical to choices such as eat/drink before /on the way to/ at the ground or all three. Food was therefore at the front of…
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As it is Non League day today we take another fanzine dip down the leagues with the 50p, 32 page issue 19 of Basingstoke’s amalgamated fanzines from October 1993, great detail on the cover lads. The cover also reveals a…
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Following on from my post earlier in the week we revisit Pollok for issue 10 of Fulton, One-nil from 1991, a #FloodlightFriday adventure and our 2nd Voyage of Discovery. These are the days well before drones were even a twinkle…
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August 1981, MTV went live for the first time. (Everyone knows the first track played but what about the second?) In his pre-Glasnost era President Reagan gave the go-ahead for U.S. production of the neutron bomb, and IBM introduced the first…
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Today’s #FanzineoftheDay is another belter from Scottish Junior football, issue 2 of Fulton, One-nil from Newlands / Glasgow giants Pollok FC. Produced in 1990 with the classic A5 photocopied format and 2 staples (They would revert to one for later…
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