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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
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
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In the first of a new series, Steve Mitchell and Mark Godfrey look back at English football in season 1990/91. Episode 1 picks up in
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BY DAVID COWLISHAW England’s recent World Cup run may have a lot to answer for. As Southgate’s men progressed through the tournament, scenes of people
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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
ALEX BROTHERTON looks at MLS and whether 2018 represented a turning point for the league’s image and profile on a worldwide stage. Part 12 of
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
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
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
REVIEW BY PAUL McPARLAN – @paulmcparlan Many commentators acknowledge that Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby was the book that made writing about football socially fashionable
In the first of a new series, Steve Mitchell and Mark Godfrey look back at English football in season 1990/91. Episode 1 picks up in
Steve and Mark are joined by Peter Hooton – lead singer of The Farm and editor of the legendary fanzine The End – to look
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
Steve and Mark are back, this time looking at the month when it all kicked off big time in the English First Division. In what
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,
WRITTEN BY JEFF MARTIN, EDITED BY PETE MARTIN I was born in Old Swan, Liverpool in 1943. My father was a Sergeant Major in the
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 DAVID COWLISHAW England’s recent World Cup run may have a lot to answer for. As Southgate’s men progressed through the tournament, scenes of people
BY CRAIG CAMPBELL By the time I got to see Billy Whitehurst in the flesh his reputation was diminishing. Like all players with a physical
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