Fanzines

Thomas/Brock/Jones said:
Remember buying the first one , waiting outside the London rd before the gates opened...might have even been from Martin Brodetsky !
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Yeah MB was usually there selling them. I had a couple of things published in there, can remember doing a pic of the half built KasStad and turning into a donkey Kong level which went on one of the covers.
 
Yes I miss the fanzines . Back in the day I remember being able to phone into radox and listen to the commentary have to admit the internet is a bit of an improvement!
 
Does any club still a good old fashioned fanzine or did they all die off?
 
Sarge said:
most , if not all , sucumbed to 'online' 'zines/ sites etc ...and also some replaced with individual online blogs n vlogs it seems
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Shame that, most of the good old football magazines also disappeared too.
 
Ox4Eva said:
Shame that, most of the good old football magazines also disappeared too.
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agreed .... my day job is generally for (old fashioned) printed monthly magazines, although there is an online webzine , for the time being, specialist subject (ooh eer) magazines are surviving well.... in ten years time that might change of course ( ill be long retired by then), core readers tend to be in the main over 30 years old, which generally equates to a preference for a publication that you can hold, keep and even collect - which 'online' equivilants tend not to allow
 
I have a monthly subscription for a magazine called 'Edge', have done for 20 years or so now. I don't know anyone else who still does that, why wait a month when you can get everything instantly with a click? Much prefer paper to a screen (he typed into his phone... ?)

Who has ever stumbled across a box of websites in their loft and spent an afternoon going back in time? No one.
 
May I?

SteMerritt said:
I have a monthly subscription for a magazine called 'Edge', have done for 20 years or so now. I don't know anyone else who still does that, why wait a month when you can get everything instantly with a click? Much prefer paper to a screen (he typed into his phone... ?)
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Well, f**k, almost nothing on a website has the detail and depth that paper 'journalism' has.

SteMerritt said:
Who has ever stumbled across a box of websites in their loft and spent an afternoon going back in time? No one.
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Back when I used to work I I used to spend afternoons in the weedy depths - one time I googled "Terry Scott Transporter Bridge" and ended up in a rapist (Middlesbrough FC) forum thread about the old days - fascinating. So I have one vote for doing that.
 
I remember once being at Abingdon Town v Aveley and an Aveley supporter turned up with a bunch of their fanzines, IIRC they were called "There's Only One Reggie Harris", whoever that was, but what sticks in my mind was the price was -1p as he gave them away and they had a 1p sellotaped to the cover of each!! I thought that was great!
 
I used to work in a newsagents and Martin Brodetsky walked in. I didn't know him but he had some U's badges on, so got chatting. Couldn't stop him :-), a big queue of customers soon formed.

I remember sitting on the bus back reading Raging Bull, a great read.
 
bert said:
I used to work in a newsagents and Martin Brodetsky walked in. I didn't know him but he had some U's badges on, so got chatting. Couldn't stop him :), a big queue of customers soon formed.

I remember sitting on the bus back reading Raging Bull, a great read.
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A terror at Right back for raging fever too :)
 
They were great. I always bought them and looked forward to it when I knew they were coming out.

A couple of years ago I bought a job lot of Rage On etc on Ebay, just wanted to fill a few gaps I had. Pretty much got the whole set now and do sometimes dip in to them and have a chuckle - I always liked the topical front covers. As someone else said it is nice thumbing through a fanzine as opposed to viewing online.

I do wonder if ever a 'souvenir' Rage On' could be published as a one off, maybe a mixture of previous articles and some current stuff. I think there would be quite a good take up if one was made. For the current stuff surely there would be plenty of posters on here who could contribute - some people seem to live their lives posting stuff on the forum
 
Upthecowboys said:
I do wonder if ever a 'souvenir' Rage On' could be published as a one off, maybe a mixture of previous articles and some current stuff. I think there would be quite a good take up if one was made.
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Well I'd buy one for sure. I'm sure Martin Brodetsky still either reads the forum or has minions who do, sort it out ?
 
I used to enjoy reading Raging bull/Rage on, I remember Yellow Fever being funny for its brief existence, I liked the longer more considered pieces than you will ever get on here, their are plus and minuses to both mediums but you will get a more thought out view point in print.

Paul Bs fan views are the closest to it now, I actually prefer his views on what is going on around the club, league, opponents etc than the actual match report as that’s normally been done to death by the time he gets it up, whereas it’s nice to read some well thought out, calm, well written views on what has been going on over the week.

Might be room to encourage some more blog style longer articles on here, people could still comment but away from the link ie the fanviews, it would be a be nice antidote to the somewhat knee jerk approach of social media (Facebook, Twitter).

Does anyone remember a fanzine called yellow voice that was launched due to the bad language in the other two? Barrel of laughs that one.
 
It was a real eye opener as a young teenager reading Raging Bull for the first time. Up to that point, all I read about the club was from the official programme so obviously a very sanitised, corporate viewpoint.

To then read very honest, satirical and often very funny copy suddenly made me realise that everything wasn’t exactly rosy about the club, but also how much it means to the fans who put the effort into making the fanzine.
 
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