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To celebrate our nomination for 2018 Fanzine of the Year at the Football Supporters Federation awards, we’re publishing an article from each of our three
To celebrate our nomination for 2018 Fanzine of the Year at the Football Supporters Federation awards, we’re publishing an article from each of our three
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In a previous issue of our quarterly fanzine, we featured the covers of just a handful of the thousands of old football programmes that sit in
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BY GARY THACKER Many pub landlords have stories to tell. They’ve heard thousands and retold them all in any number of different ways. Some are
I met Gordon in the Homo Ludens Bar, at the west end of George Street, on a bright and windy day in February. The Bar
GORDON P. McNEIL: A FOOTBALL MANIFESTO The time has come for football fans to stand up and defend the species Homo Passiens: Man the Footballer.
This article originally appeared in Issue 21 of the now defunct Football Pink fanzine. With England’s success at the World Cup a not-so-distant memory, BORA
This article originally appeared in Issue 21 of the now defunct Football Pink fanzine. The British are used to feeling hated by their European neighbours.
BY SAIKAT CHAKROBARTY Every once in a while, there comes a footballing fairytale which makes us believe in the impossible; like Leicester City’s Premier League
BY GAVIN BLACKWELL – PHYSIO AT HALESOWEN TOWN FC As the nation prepares to indulge in its annual festival of excess booze, food and presents,
We promise this won’t be a self indulgent farewell post, mainly because we aren’t quite ready to say goodbye completely just yet. However, we do have to announce that
In this Christmas episode Steve and Mark talk to actor, producer and writer Jonny Owen (I Believe in Miracles, Don’t Take Me Home) about his
In the final part of our look back at football in 2018, GERRY JOHNSTON remembers 10 of the game’s most well known names who we
CHRIS MARSHALL attempts to answer the question: “Is this the dawning of a new golden era for Scottish Professional Football League and for Scottish football
Part 16 of our 2018 recap comes courtesy of IAN CUSACK as he looks at the changes forced upon one of the last bastions of
BY MARTIN CLOAKE Tranmere Rovers or Southport, will play, Tottenham Hotspur. It’s the kind of draw that makes the FA Cup third round special. League
BY CONOR KETLEY In recent months, you’d be forgiven for putting the lack of fans in the stands at the Stade Louis II down to
JAMES JOHNSON runs through the runners and riders for the 2018 Ballon d’Or award to see if the Messi/Ronaldo era of dominance is at an
Even the most casual observer of the current football scene can hardly have failed to notice the impact that the ambitious Salford City are having
After winning the World Cup in 2014, Germany were not able to defend their title in Russia this year. Partly, this was the fault of
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WRITTEN BY JEFF MARTIN, EDITED BY PETE MARTIN The end of my playing and managing career did not mean my losing interest in football. I
After a string of poor results for Real Madrid, RYAN PLANT looks at how the European Champions have looked lost since the departures of coach
BY SAIKAT CHAKROBARTY On 1 December 1956, at Melbourne’s Olympic Park Stadium, an Indian team lined up against Australia for a place in the semi-finals
In the tenth part of our 18 for 18 compilation looking back at football in 2018, MATTHEW MATHER remembers the untimely passing of Fiorentina captain
In our monthly look back to season 1990/91, Steve and Mark are joined this time by photographer Stuart Roy Clarke who remembers November 1990 and
PAUL BREEN looks at Liverpool’s reasons to be cheerful after a year that’s seen them become serious and expected title contenders for the first time
BY PANOS KOSTOPOULOS The distance between Rosario, Argentina and Genoa, Italy is just a bit more than 11,000km. Back in 1925, it would take up
2018 has seen the possibility of a breakaway European Super League look increasingly likely. In part 8 of our 18 for 18 series, PAUL McPARLAN
On November 12th, two teams from Kolkata’s Durbar Sports Academy debuted in the I-League. Both teams are comprised largely of the children of sex workers
BY CRAIG STEPHEN Perhaps it was the Lincoln Red Imps’ surprise victory over Celtic in the first leg of a Champions League tie in 2016
In part 7 or our 18 for 18 series, GARY JORDAN looks at an issue that tugged at the hearts and minds of everyone with
We talk to David Squires – cartoonist and satirist at The Guardian – about his brilliant new book, Goalless Draws – Illuminating The Genius of
BY DAVE LONG Chelsea, Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain are the most famous high-profile clubs to have been taken over, heavily invested in and taken
Here’s MARTIN CLOAKE on the concept of what winning at football means in 2018 in the latest instalment of our 18 for 18 series. The
WRITTEN BY JEFF MARTIN, EDITED BY PETE MARTIN As I had got married and was planning a family, at the ripe old age of 25,
In part 5 of our 18 for 18 series looking at different aspects of the game in 2018, JIM KEOGHAN looks at how politics and
This article originally appeared in Issue 5 of The Football Pink fanzine which was released in August 2014 and was themed ‘War’ to coincide with
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REVIEW BY PAUL McPARLAN – @paulmcparlan Whilst the Mediterranean countries of France, Italy and Spain have been the subject of numerous football books over the
BY MARK GODFREY – EDITOR I remember the day we got our first video player very clearly. Note I said video player, not recorder; we
BY GARETH LLOYD Clutching tickets for Chesterfield vs Wrexham, we’re wandering somewhat aimlessly through the deep blue region of Derbyshire with time to kill before
BY PHIL WITHALL The Dutch contribution to the football landscape can’t be ignored. From the concept of ‘Total Football’ to players of incredible individual brilliance,
BY LUCAS GILLARD I was a late convert to the sport sometimes described as “The World Game” in Australia. I had grown up with Aussie
To celebrate our nomination for 2018 Fanzine of the Year at the Football Supporters Federation awards, we’re publishing an article from each of our three
To celebrate our nomination for 2018 Fanzine of the Year at the Football Supporters Federation awards, we’re publishing an article from each of our three
To celebrate our nomination for 2018 Fanzine of the Year at the Football Supporters Federation awards, we’re publishing an article from each of our three
In a previous issue of our quarterly fanzine, we featured the covers of just a handful of the thousands of old football programmes that sit in
WRITTEN BY JEFF MARTIN, EDITED BY PETE MARTIN Although I was only 15, by the end of my first full season at Highfield I was
BY KAUSTUBH PANDEY There always seems to be elements of magic and fascination that surround Brazilian football and culture. Not just because of how both
BY FERGUS DOWD Lisburn – which lies eight miles from Belfast – is the birthplace of the linen Industry in Ireland. There, Paul Ferris grew
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