Rab B Nesbit Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 At the beginning of this year popular Manchester United fanzine Red Issue ceased publication and many more toil to stay afloat these days. You can get 'United We Stand' in the WH Smith in Edinburgh and it's a very good read. At Liverpool 'Boss Magazine' and the the 'Kop' were very good but their final issues coincided with the end of last season. 'Red All Over The Land', 'The Liverpool Way' and 'We Are Liverpool' are all still alive and well. Hearts have a very good one called 'Unknown Pleasures' that was set up by a mate of mine and there has now been 9 very good issues. Are there any more up here or that people have seen on their travels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Fanzines.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 The Red Final is still on the go. I still buy it when I see the guy outside the Merkland and I've got quite a few lying around the flat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atfccfc Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Still buy Not The View outside CP on matchday, a good read and very funny and objective. That and the Alternative View are available in a few city centre newsagents but I dont buy the latter, a pretty poor fanzine which massages the ego of editor and former boardroom brown nosing tosspot Matt McGlone. One or two others have occasionaly appeared for a few issues then dissapeared but they were a bit 'meh' to be honest. The internet and forums like this were the beginning of the end for print fanzines accross the country IMO Still get Not the view but don't bother with The Alternative view. There's also More than 90 minutes which has been going for 90 issues. Also a very good read. I was at Manchester city couple of weeks ago and got a copy of King of the Kippax. Think it was on about 240 issues for something. A good read also. I'm also sure Newcastle United have 2 or 3 on the go still? True faith is one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 I used to love Fanzines and had a pretty decent collection at one time, many of them purchased from Groucho's in Dundee. The Absolute Game was the daddy of 'em all. I wish they'd continued making it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenconner Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 It wasn't just football supporters that had fanzines. A mate of mine that worked on the railways showed me a fanzine type thingy written by malcontent railway workers called "Last train from Glasgow Central". Basically a humourous dig at the then British Rail management in the Glasgow area and oh the public and elf and safety. Seems there was quite a few work related fanzines all aimed at the "machine". Think most of them lasted about two issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennysmassiveego Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 The Killie Hippo is still on the go , but of a moan magazine aimed at our board , but that's the ethics of these mags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottmcleanscontacts Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 It's a real shame that Fanzines seemed to die off. Used to love Wendy Who and the other Saints fanzines of the time. Think there's probably still a place for them to an extent even if far less people would buy them now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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