New In: Power to the People

Power to the People is a "home-made, cut & paste, Old Skool arty-farty free poetry fanzine" by Mishi Morath, a Dulwich Hamlet supporter. Apparently Mishi saw a link to the All To Nah post on this blog and was inspired to produce his first poetry zine. Nice one!

The zine contains loads of poems about football, the police, war and everything between. 

New In: Sing When We're Fishing

The first zine I ever bought, or in fact had ever heard of, was the Grimsby Town fanzine "Sing When We're Fishing". I probably bought my first copy somewhere between 1996 and 1997 and would always pick one up whenever I spotted anyone selling them outside the ground before matches. I don't know where all of the issues I bought are now, but I recently found this one from 2003 in a box at my Nan's house.

The zine isn't a thing anymore, sadly. You can get all of your unofficial Grimsby Town news from the excellent Cod Almighty website now, though.

New In: Scotland Epistles, Bullshit and Thistles #1

The first issue of brand new Scottish football zine "Scotland Epistles, Bullshit and Thistles" describes itself as a "therapeutic souvenir" to help Scotland supporters cope during the wilderness years - they've had eight unsuccessful qualifying campaigns in a row. There's loads of interesting articles from different contributors on the ups and downs of supporting Scotland around the world.

Copies of the zine will be available to buy at the Georgia, Republic of Ireland and England matches in October and November. Alternatively you can send a message via their Facebook page and sort something out that way if you're interested in grabbing a copy of your own. Failing that, just pop in to the library and have a look.

New In: The Moral Victory - A Dulwich Hamlet FC Fanzine

The first issue of the new Dulwich Hamlet FC fanzine "The Moral Victory". Includes a roundup of the 2013/2014 season and looks ahead to the new season with articles, illustrations and poetry. A really excellent read. Pop in and have a look!

New In: All to Nah Fanzine

All to Nah is the long running fanzine of German non-league football club Altona 93. It's inspired by the concept of Die Weltbühne and is read by supporters and non-supporters from around the world. 

While the majority of articles are written in German, the zine occasionally receives submissions from English speaking fans of the club. It collated these English language articles to create a special English version, and they've been kind enough to send us a copy of this, plus the latest issue in German.

New In: Lovely Little Nutmegs #3

"The third issue of Lovely Little Nutmegs, a zine which takes snippets of football commentary and turns them into verse. Illustrated with vintage football stamps unearthed from Rotherham Market."

Just in time for the new football season, Lovely Little Nutmegs are back with their third issue! 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/194726985/lovely-little-nutmegs-issue-3-full

New In: Derek, I'm Gutted!!! #71

71st issue of the long-running Port Vale fanzine 'Derek, I'm Gutted!!!'. Includes comics, match reports and other bits and bobs.

State of the 'Zine

What are you doing on October 13th? Cancel it. The people behind the brilliant Spiel Magazine and the super talented OWT Creative people have joined forces to organise a football zine fair and zine making workshop at the National Football Museum as part of the Manchester Weekender. Here's some blurb:

"Irreverent, insightful, crass and crude – during the 70’s and 80’s the Zine emerged as a key part of grassroots football culture and became a match day staple. To celebrate the unique footballing insight provided by lo-fi fan-publishers we are opening up the museum collections to the unique brand of analysis and polemic which characterised the football fanzine.

Football 'zines have always been DIY and using the tools of the zine-maker - typewriters, photocopiers & cut-out text - we are inviting visitors to produce their own football Zine engaging with the culture of fanzines and with insight from the museum archive.

A selection of contributions produced on the day will later be assembled into a limited edition print, for sale in the Museum shop."

You can find out more about the event by clicking here.

We're hoping to have some of the zine library's collection on display at the event, providing inspiration for budding zinesters taking part in the workshop. We've been getting lots of really cool football zines recently (Keep checking this blog/the shelves for new stuff!) and it'll be good for them to stretch their legs for an afternoon.

Red All Over The Land - A Liverpool Fanzine: Issue 189

Red All Over The Land is a Liverpool FC fanzine that's been going for over fifteen years. The 189th issue features reports from pre-season friendlies, previews of the forthcoming Premier League season, comics and articles about the club.

Subscriptions for the fanzine are available online and copies are available to buy from around Anfield and away matches before kick off.


http://redallovertheland.com/

https://twitter.com/TheFanzine1

New in: Good Feet For A Big Man Issue 2

Good Feet For A Big Man is a "new collaborative DIY football fanzine, featuring a variety of articles about issues concerning the sport". The second issue features articles on football and television, the Championship, goal music, Derry City, cult footballers, goal-line technology and Paolo Di Canio. And Mark Viduka is on the front cover! Incredible.

https://www.facebook.com/GoodFeetForABigManFanzine

http://www.goodfeetforabigmanfanzine.bigcartel.com/

New in: Popular Stand Issue 65

Popular Stand: a football fanzine for the likes of Doncaster, was launched in 1998 as a "collective mouthpiece against those seemingly intent on driving the club out of existence". This pre-season issue features previews for the 2013-2014 season, opinion pieces, stats and humorous articles. And Jedward on the front cover.

http://popularstand.wordpress.com/about/

@vivarovers

New in: Red All Over The Land - A Liverpool Fanzine: Issue 188

A couple of weeks ago we Tweeted asking specifically for more football fanzine submissions, which the excellent football website Stand Against Modern Football helped us with. Here's what we said!

We want your football zines! Thanks to @standamf for putting our call out on their website: http://t.co/7xFspWIa3e
— Salford Zine Library (@SalfordZineLib) August 1, 2013

We were really pleased, then, when 'Red All Over The Land' dropped on our doormat. Keep your football, rugby league (and any other subject for that matter) zines coming!

Red All Over The Land is a Liverpool FC fanzine that's been going for over fifteen years, if my research is correct. The 188th issue - a pre-season special - includes articles previewing the forthcoming season, pre-season friendly match reports and opinion pieces.

Subscriptions for the fanzine are available online and copies are available to buy from around Anfield and away matches before kick off. 

http://redallovertheland.com/