Thank you for following whatever link brought you here. This blog is where I intend to post scans of all the fanzines I posses(ed), along with pithy reviews. All of the ‘zines were mostly bought between 1985 to 1990. There are a number from the 90’s and even one from 2000 (the last one I bought in the UK). I have around 20 first issues to highlight along with a number of second issues (‘cos I missed out on their issue # 1). I also invite anyone reading this, who owns a fanzine(s) and is considering recycling it/them, if you are able to, scan it to a PDF and send it to me, before sending it on its way to be pulped. I will then upload it here at some point so we can all see it in its Letraset glory. Info on how to is provided below.
All Fanzines seen here, were de-stapled, pages separated, scanned and then ultimately recycled. Before taking the pulp plunge, I did look at donating them to a library (I knew I didn’t have nearly enough for a serious collection albeit I had a lot of first issues). I looked at the prices (at the zoo) on Ebay that issues of similar ‘zines were fetching and as you likely already can guess / know, there is not much demand, nor not much in the way of bonus retirement funding to be made from selling these. But I did want to keep a record of them, before sending them on their way. So here we have this small repository in the cloud. I intend to reach out to social media accounts of those that bless us with scans of programmes and other football memorabilia to push this site out there I know of a few academic institutions who have collections of ‘zines and there are likely a few British local libraries with small caches of fanzines. However, I hazard a guess that the British Library does not house that large a collection of fanzines. So it’s up to those who collect(ed) to help make sure they are kept alive somewhere. This is my small contribution.
Some of you may well not have been around when fanzines started appearing outside grounds around the country or sold at Sportspages in London or Manchester or local outlets willing to stock them. Inspired by their cousins from the Punk movement around 1976-80 when fanzines started (re)appearing in their hundreds across the country, football fanzines were the weekly football fan’s public voice of discontent (on the whole) with what was happening to football in the UK in the mid-80’s. Of course, for most the focus was on their club but there were a number of generalist fanzines, of which one, survives today. You can google all you need to know on the the rise and popularity of fanzines as there are plenty of articles written on the subject. But here’s an academic paper that for those of you who aren’t familiar with football fanzines, which serves as a very good primer on the subject.
So if you have scanned PDF copies of fanzines you would like to see archived here, send them to me at afootballfanzinearchive@gmail.com
For clubs with more than one fanzine available to look at, click a link here
- Arsenal FC
- Charlton Athletic
- Crystal Palace
- European
- Everton FC
- Generalist
- Liverpool FC
- Man City
- QPR
- Scotland
- Sunderland
- Uncategorized
- USA
If are looking for particular ‘zine, that I might have up, scroll below.
- The City Gent – Issues 19, 62 and Classic City Gents The Best Of 1-6First off, this Bradford City ‘zine is still going strong… Continue Reading →
- The Best of The Football Fanzines – A 1990 CompilationSo this is 52 pages taking the best articles from… Continue Reading →
- A Kick In The Ass (USA) – Issue 6Before MLS got underway, MLS Supporters were issuing fanzines. Here… Continue Reading →
- Another Vintage Liverpool Performance – Issue 8Another Vintage Liverpool Fanzine.
- A Love Supreme – Issue 62Yes, you guessed it, it’s a Sunderland fanzine. Again.
- Bookable Offense (USA) – 3 Issues 1996/97And now for something completely different, a fanzine from the… Continue Reading →
- Speke From The Harbour – Issue 17And here we go with another Everton fanzine..
- Charlton Athletic Supporters Club – Nov & Dec 87The fanzine for the Independent Supporters Club
- In The Loft – Issue 1An IndependAnt QPR fanzine.
- When Skies Are Grey – Issue 49Another Everton fanzine.
- An Imperfect Match (AIM) – Issues 1 & 2And I am not a fan of Arsenal, but here… Continue Reading →
- Wise Men Say – Issues 1, 2 & 3I am not and never was a fan of Sunderland… Continue Reading →
- Palace Echo – Issue 19I sense a theme here… Crystal Palace fans clearly had… Continue Reading →
- The Best of The Tea Party – Issues 1 to 454-4-2 Fanzine of The Year 1995. For fans of Stockport… Continue Reading →
- The Web – Issue 42Another Scottish ‘zine, this one for Queens Park.
- Und Nun Voll Dampf – Issue 1So here’s an odd one. For the modern hipsters. A… Continue Reading →
- SDL – The Alex Fanzine – Issue 30Crewe Alexandra representing.
- One-Nil Down Two-One Up – Issue 1Bloody Arsenal fanzines, they clearly had a lot to moan… Continue Reading →
- The Sunderland Fanatic – Issue 3Yet another Sunderland fanzine. Fanatical fanbase.
- One More Point – Issue 23A(nother) Crystal Place fanzine.
- The Square Ball – Issue 6A Leeds United fanzine.
- The Gooner – Issue 2 & 3A(nother) Arsenal fanzine. Catch ’em all.
- Raising The Coffin (RTC) – Sept 2000The last club fanzine I ever bought. Purchased outside the… Continue Reading →
- The Fox – Issue 66For fans of Leicester City.
- On The Terraces – Issue 81The original West Ham fanzine.
- It’s The Hope I Can’t Stand – Issue 2A(nother) Sunderland fanzine. Those Mackems were / are prolific.
- The Northern Light – Issue 2Another Scottish ‘zine, this one for Aberdeen enthusiasts.
- When Sunday Comes – Issues 2, 3, 4 & 5A(nother) Liverpool fanzine. Issue 2 is really issue 1 and… Continue Reading →
- Floodlight – Issues 2 & 3Colchester United giantkillers.
- Flashing Blade – Issue 53Get sharp, taking a look at Sheffield Utd
- Tired and Weary Issue 2 & 3A second City fanzine, this one for Birmingham City
- World Shut Your Mouth (WSYM) – Issue 1Glasgow Rangers in the house
- Voice of The Valley – Issues 1, 2 & 68When Charlton FC were homeless (i.e. ground sharing with south… Continue Reading →
- The Lion Roars – Issue 2Everyone hates us, we are Millwall.
- The Almighty Brian – Issue 1In worship of Brian Clough, a Nottingham Forest fanzine, Scousebusters… Continue Reading →
- Terrace Talk – Issues 50 & 51A York City fanzine that was early on the scene,… Continue Reading →
- Hibees Glasgow Gossip – Issues 5, 6 & 7Unusual one this, a fanzine produced by Hibs fans who… Continue Reading →
- King Of The Kippax – Issue 58 & 79A(nother) Manchester City fanzine. When there was still a Kippax… Continue Reading →
- The Falkirk Unofficial Fanzine – Issues 1 & 2Not sure if there was an official fanzine….
- The Chelsea Independent – Issues 2, 3, 4, & 5As it says on the tin. Have to say, this… Continue Reading →
- Not The View – Issues 2, 3, & 4A Celtic fanzine.
- Leyton Orientear – Issues 13 through 18For fans of Leyton Orient, the other East London football… Continue Reading →
- Gwladys Sings The Blues – Issues 6, 8, 10 & 15Four issues of the Everton FC fanzine, Gwladys Sings The… Continue Reading →
- Fingerpost – Issues 48 – 52 & 57The West Bromwich Albion Independent Supporters Club publication. By Oct… Continue Reading →
- A Kick In The R’s – Issues 1 through 4Here’s the first 4 issues of Queens Park Rangers fanzine,… Continue Reading →
- The Absolute Game – Issues 6, 10 & Final issue 55The generalist Scottish Football fanzine. here we have 3 Issues… Continue Reading →
- Bring The Noise – Issue 1 – March 88A (the) Swindon Town fanzine. Small format, 12 pages for… Continue Reading →
- Blue Print – Issues 1 & 2A(nother) Manchester City fanzine, blue front and back cover. Large… Continue Reading →
- Balls – A Magazine For Football Obsessives – Issues 1 & 2Another generalist magazine, alongside, Off The Ball and WSC. These… Continue Reading →
- Off The Ball – Issues 5, 7 ,9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 & 16You luck people here are 10 Issues of the best… Continue Reading →
- Out Of Court – Issues 1 & 2Here we go with the first 2 issues of Out… Continue Reading →
- The Spur – Issue 1Another small format fanzine, The Spur, a Tottenham Hotspur ‘zine… Continue Reading →
- The Pie – Issues 6, 7, 8 & 12Here’s another small format fanzine, The Pie, a fanzine for… Continue Reading →
- The Crooked Spireite – Issues 1, 2, 3 & 4The great thing about fanzines was that because anyone could… Continue Reading →
- Arsenal Echo Echo – Issues 1, 2, 3 & 4Arsenal had a couple of very good fanzines and here… Continue Reading →
- Through The Wind And Rain – Issues 1, 28, 39, 40, 41 & 42The first Liverpool fanzine to be featured is Through The… Continue Reading →
- Hit The Bar – Issues 1, 19, 21 & 29And now for 4 issues of a general (North West… Continue Reading →
- Eagle Eye – Issue # 1So here is the first fanzine for your viewing pleasure…. Continue Reading →