I know we do one and so do UCD but what other clubs?
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I know we do one and so do UCD but what other clubs?
Fanzines are so 2003...
Don't Cork have a few like IWOTO and FourFiveOne.
Bray used to have but it's been gone awhile.
Shels have Red Issue.
Harps have (had?) Down to the River to Play.
Pats had Ossam is Doubtful.
Longford have the spectacularly infrequent One F in Longford.
Sorry to be pedantic but it's Red Inc.Quote:
Originally Posted by John83
Hardly pedantry. I think there's a Manchester United fanzine called Red Issue, which must be what I was thinking of.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hairy Bowsie
Had it's ten-year anniversary edition last month:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hairy Bowsie
amateur question i know, but what exactly is in them? :o
Pics of Dodge's last away trip.Quote:
Originally Posted by blue til i die
Humourous anecdotes from his weekends as wellQuote:
Originally Posted by brianw82
That thing that happened to him in January! OMG that was serious lolz
Varies. They originated in England as alternative match programmes.Quote:
Originally Posted by blue til i die
Some, like Cork's, are usually fairly straight laced, with a lot of opinion pieces, historical articles, that sort of thing.
The other end of the spectrum is Stig, which consists mostly of comedy, pedantry and anti-FAI sentiment - league related satire, serious analysis, fake league tables (Mark Rooney topped the Eircom League in the issue where it was revealed that his mum rigged our New Player of the Season vote), tongue in cheek match reports, funny photos, alternative histories, invented guest columns, funny quotes and so on.
One F in Longford falls into this category too - if anything, it makes Stig look linear and sensible. Down to the River was a mix, last I saw of it. Red Inc is serious, I think. I haven't read Limerick's yet, but I think it's a mix.
It's a mix alright, 2nd issue is just finished so I'll hold on to a copy of each for the next time UCD are playing Limerick John
There are no Galway United fanzines at the moment.
previously, there were:
Galway Independent
Standing Room Only
Terryland Echo Echo Echo
Tribal Bible
Lost Tribe
Some wonderful poetry ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by blue til i die
Back in the early 90's we had one called Kick Off.
I then stated ForzaDrogs in 2003 but finished in 2005. Too much work to take on but I was thinking I might start it up again once I get a proper team of people together.
I think The Internet has killed off the fanzine scene. It's a pity because there were some great fanzines knocking around in the early 90's. Got a copy of STIG at the end of last season. The less I say about that the better!
No More Plastic Pitches was surely the greatest of them all
Red Inc. is mainly thoughts and reflections on the season so far, opinion pieces and LOTS of anti FAI rhetoric and generally leftist tubthumping:DQuote:
Originally Posted by blue til i die
There's a guy on OrielWeb trying to start up a Dundalk one.
Does anyone think fanzines affect programme sales ?
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Originally Posted by srfc1928
in my opinion yes especially if the content is a lot better than match programs. the beauty with fanzines is that they are not censored compared to a match program.
We have a new fanzine editor this season so edition no 11 will be on its way out soon!!:)
Negligably. Fanzine sales tend to be a tiny fraction of total programme sales.Quote:
Originally Posted by srfc1928
Rovers had a number of fanzines in the early to mid-nineties but the internet forums seem to have replaced them. My own favourite was the wonderful Hoops Upside Your Head.
I reckon it could be more of match programmes affecting fanzines sales.Quote:
Originally Posted by srfc1928
It's changed ownership. It's now more Pheonix magazine than LoI satire. It's...different. I don't understand what's going on half the time to comment more than that! But the lad behind it now has sold 50 annual subscriptions or something, so that's a few hundred quid for the club, which isn't to be sniffed at.Quote:
Originally Posted by GuisaSaigon
Was he doing it at the end of last season too? I thought he only started doing it this season.
Last issue of last season was his first.
Danny I think, I said I'd help him out with it. NMPP is truly the greates of them all, the best cover ever has to beQuote:
Originally Posted by holidaysong
http://www.iwoto.com/scrapbook/NMPP%20Issue%2012.jpg
It wouldn't be a great title for a Dundalk fanzine.. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by shefellover93
If the positioning and commercial strategy is wrong, yes. At UCD (not a barometer of anything I know), our programme is €2 and when you ask the guy for €1 for the fanzine, most will hand it over out of the change of a fiver we have just given him.Quote:
Originally Posted by srfc1928
We also sold annual STIG subscriptions this year for a fiver - a 44% discount on retail price. Annual subscribers get the fanzine by email which cuts down on production hassles.
And if this gets even 2 or 3 people to start tipping up to games it is well worth while
Lad ? It's been 15 years since I have been called "lad" - thank you kind sir.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
In terms of content, the intent is to get people in work and the IFSC and surrounding areas to buy annual subs, to get the thing by mail and, ultimately website (if I can follow John 83's excellent instructions around filezilla), and in that regard, the thinking (to the extent that there was any) is to have the subject matter sufficiently broad to interest the non LOI merchant.......
As I say, to the extent that there was any strategy in this process, that was it !!
Which one did you get ?Quote:
Originally Posted by GuisaSaigon
Aware of the reasons behind the decision alright. And I thought you'd enjoy a bit of nostalgia, lad. ;)
Obviously, subscriptions are much appreciated, which reminds me to get onto O'Neills to spend the money.
GUISA would have gotten the last issue of last year, I assume (last game)
Prob the Obama cover, with the Yes We Can thing where we were struggling for content - much better production nowadays
GUIUSA pm me your email address and we will send across the 3 editions this season so far !
Below is the cover of the most recent issue of IWOTOQuote:
Originally Posted by blue til i die
You can read that issue and all the 2008 issues online at http://www.iwoto.com/backissues.htm
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y210/iwoto/cover29.jpg
Heres IWOTO's 2007 version of that classic NMPP cover
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y210/iwoto/cover21.jpg
I suddenly remembered this post for no reason. Didn't Pete Goulding publish poetry in the Shels rag?Quote:
Originally Posted by razor
He kindly let Stig republish his Belfield Lament.
Still does regularly.Quote:
Originally Posted by John83
Just being pedantic, it's in the programme - not the RI Fanzine.Quote:
Originally Posted by John83
Blues Til I Die was a fanzine some years ago before moving to the web and morphing into a forum.
But a new Waterford one has started this year, Two Balls No Cup or something along those lines. Made a very good start, and I think issue 2 is due soon.
Good name!Quote:
Originally Posted by stann