Fanzines

**TommyT** · 25/11/2002, 6:14 PM

Bought both the Longford and Shels fanzines in recent weeks. Both were good reads esp. the Shels' one strangely enough. How many Fanzines are on the go here at the moment and what do people reckon is the best of them ?

**UCD_4_Life** · 25/11/2002, 6:17 PM

UCD's fanzine STIG is very good.

Not out often enough for my tastes though. Lazy students.

**Schumi** · 25/11/2002, 6:42 PM

Originally posted by UCD_4_Life
Not out often enough for my tastes though. Lazy students.

Some people are never happy

You're lucky you're not left waiting on the Longford boys

Cork and Harps have good fanzines too. Bohs had one last year but I don't know if that's still going.

fonzi · 28/11/2002, 12:24 PM

cork city's is 4-5-1
down to the river is harps if i can remember correctly.
shels red inc.

city's one is the best though

**�anna** · 28/11/2002, 1:22 PM

City�s FourFiveOne is the best IMO, closely followed by Harps� "Down to the River"

**Shed End John** · 28/11/2002, 3:34 PM

Originally posted by �anna
City�s FourFiveOne is the best IMO,

I'll second that. There can be no doubt about it, 451 has no competition whatsoever when it comes to the title of best fanzine. Might get a rather big disagreement from Gunther on that one though....

Murphy Out Now!!!

**Gary** · 02/12/2002, 9:53 AM

Originally posted by UCD_4_Life
UCD's fanzine STIG is very good.

Not out often enough for my tastes though. Lazy students.

How often is that one out now??

Is it stapled now?

I like the DTTR harps one, Red inc is fairly poor, One F is handy, STIG has its moments.

**UCD_4_Life** · 02/12/2002, 6:52 PM

Originally posted by GWA
How often is that one out now??

Is it stapled now?

I like the DTTR harps one, Red inc is fairly poor, One F is handy, STIG has its moments.

It is.

It's out every six weeks or so, I think. The last one was out at the Drogheda game and the next will be out on the 27th against Derry.

**sadloserkid** · 03/12/2002, 8:47 AM

Got two complemantary copies of the Harps one during the week and enjoyed it immensely!!! Haven't seen many others. In the first division we're lucky to get programmes never mind fanzines!

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**Schumi** · 03/12/2002, 12:56 PM

Originally posted by GWA
How often is that one out now??

Is it stapled now?

STIG is out for every second home game, as said above the next one (which i'm putting together at the moment) is out at the Derry game on the 27th. It is now stapled and has a colour front cover (and usually a colour back cover 'ad') and is great.

As soon as someone explains to me how to do it, there will be a section of the SSS website dedicated to it.

Bohs had issue 8 of their fanzine out on Friday, I think it's called 1984. It's more match programme-ish than any of the other fanzines I've seen but it's pretty good.

**Jaime** · 04/12/2002, 3:51 PM

I don't see how Nineteen Eighty Four is programme-ish to be honest. It's got match previews, classic moments, even "a geezer's guide to the grounds of the eL".
Its a decent enough read, and hopefully it will improve.

**Schumi** · 04/12/2002, 4:19 PM

I suppose what I mean is that it doesn't take the pi$$ as much as ours, Longford's Cork's or Harps' (although I haven't seen a new issue of any of them in a while). Match previews, classic moments and a guide to the grounds of the eL strikes me as the kind of thing that wouldn't look out of place in a match programme.

I'm not slagging it, it's just that it's a different style to the other fanzines I've seen (at least so far as I remember them).

BTW to correct above, the next issue of Student Till I Graduate is out for the $hels game on 13th December as well as the Derry game. See here .

**Pauro 76** · 04/12/2002, 5:06 PM

OK Schumi, hint taken, your copys in the post!!! FourFiveOne is king of fanzines i reckon.

**Schumi** · 05/12/2002, 11:36 AM

Seeing as I've lost the address I had for you guys and I don't have any fanzines to hand and the post will probably be bad coming up to Christmas and a few more excuses I haven't thought of yet, I'll bring whatever ones you haven't got to the game in Longford in a few weeks.

**Jaime** · 05/12/2002, 6:16 PM

Hmn I suppose there are more serious articles than in may other fanzines, but there is plenty of humour at the expense of the other Dublin clubs.
The lads don't get much of a hand though, to be honest.

**Schumi** · 09/12/2002, 4:20 PM

Originally posted by Jaime
Hmn I suppose there are more serious articles than in may other fanzines, but there is plenty of humour at the expense of the other Dublin clubs.
The lads don't get much of a hand though, to be honest.

Yeah, it strikes a different balance than ours but it's a good read and is twice as big as ours. I enjoyed the Jackie Jameson stuff.

**Gary** · 18/03/2003, 10:28 AM

whats the story with the eL zines this season?

Ive been looking for a few Red Incs when in Dublin and never came by it. Ditto with the Bohs one.

Im sure Waterford have one as well, hope it will be a nice addition to the Premier division zine scene.

STIG, ive heard that the guys behind that are "corporate shills" and a running to the programme! for shame.

And One F, whats the story with that one?

Any other clubs, like Drogs or Limk intend on trying one?

**sadloserkid** · 18/03/2003, 10:34 AM

Originally posted by GWA
whats the story with the eL zines this season?

Ive been looking for a few Red Incs when in Dublin and never came by it. Ditto with the Bohs one.

Im sure Waterford have one as well, hope it will be a nice addition to the Premier division zine scene.

STIG, ive heard that the guys behind that are "corporate shills" and a running to the programme! for shame.

And One F, whats the story with that one?

Any other clubs, like Drogs or Limk intend on trying one?

I know Drogs and ourselves are both talking about one. We haven't commited to any date yet and if we do get one out this season it will be on a strictly pilot basis, if we get two editions out it'll probably be as many...