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 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,

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

REVIEW BY PAUL McPARLAN – @paulmcparlan Many commentators acknowledge that Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby was the book that made writing about football socially fashionable

Belgium’s current crop of elite players has been saddled with the dreaded ‘Golden Generation’ tag, so in part 3 of our 18 for 18 series,

BY DAVE BLACK Newcastle United fell to a 1-0 loss at home to Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday on a day that seemed to

Part 2 of our 18 for 18 series looking back at football in 2018 sees CHARLIE MORGAN take a swipe at the men who have continually lined

BY JOE CARROLL – @Joe3Carroll Ashwood City might be a fictional football club, but try telling their fans they’re not real. They’re the club that

BY MATTHEW CRIST Much has been made of the rivalry between Manchester United and Arsenal over the past twenty years or so; spats involving the

In the first part of our 18 articles looking back at football in 2018, GARY THACKER examines the rekindled love affair between England fans and the national

BY TOM EVANS I started watching football the year the game changed forever: 1992 – the birth of the Premier League. The Hillsborough disaster and

It seems only right that when we were approached to review a book with our name in its title (nothing to do with us, obviously,

BY CIAN MANNING The League of Ireland had been dominated by Dublin clubs; from its establishment in 1921 to the 1940s. Dundalk became the first

A photo essay by David Shaw On a blustery afternoon in February, over 40,000 Eintracht Frankfurt fans entered the Commerzbank-Arena to see their team play

BY CRAIG STEPHEN One spring Monday morning, Lokomotiv Plovdiv president, Alexander Tasev, like most football bosses around Europe, sat in his expensive car about to

BY COLIN WESTON There are many short-lived competitions throughout the history of the English leagues. The Watney Cup, the Simod (later Zenith Data Systems) Cup,

BY DAVE LONG Literally in the middle of nowhere, in the grounds of a renovated 17th century castle in the Parisian countryside lies a site

BY MARK KOHN-HEATON Malta is a small island nation in the Mediterranean with a rich culture and a turbulent colonial past. Located just 60 miles

By Antun Katalenić Having recorded their first European away win in a decade, Rangers must be feeling pretty good about themselves as they prepare to

This article originally featured in Issue 19 of The Football Pink In a run-down corner of South London ‘exists’ a very real, very punk, very