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Daniel Gray @danielgraywriter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A truly mint night sending Fanzine off into the world at The Volley with @stanchionbooks.bsky.social and @sebdwhite.bsky.social.

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When Saturday Comes @wsc.co.uk · 29/09/2026

A great evening in London to celebrate the release of @danielgraywriter.bsky.social’s new book Fanzine: The story of football’s alternative press, brilliantly hosted by @sebdwhite.bsky.social and @stanchionbooks.bsky.social Get your copy from the WSC shop: www.wsc.co.uk/shop/fanzine/

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Bloomsbury Sport @bloomsburysport.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A fantastic evening last night with @stanchionbooks.bsky.social celebrating the launch of @danielgraywriter.bsky.social FANZINE!

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Bloomsbury Sport @bloomsburysport.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

In the 1980s life as a football supporter was a demoralising experience. While some fans turned to violence, many more turned to typewriters, Tippex and staple guns to create a movement that transformed a bleak time into a hopeful one. Discover more in FANZINE by @danielgraywriter.bsky.social

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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This year has been brilliant for football literature, and here's another banger from @danielgraywriter.bsky.social

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Daniel Gray @danielgraywriter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Monday morning talking about Fanzine to mighty booksellers from across the land. The most Bovril has been discussed in a hotel conference suite in Leicestershire for a while.

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Altona 93 Fanzines @altona93fanzines.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My #FloodlightFriday is this snippet from @danielgraywriter.bsky.social latest book ‚Fanzine‘. If you can afford, buy and read it! Is there an English word for ‚Kreuzschatten‘? That‘s the one thing I miss most in modern stadiums.

„Floodlights, their pylons increasingly usurped by bulbs fixed to new stands' roofs, were frequently mourned. In late 1991, Dave Rowley regretted 'the passing of Wolves' greatest asset - The Molineux Floodlights'. He also highlighted the practical implications of clubs' pylon destruction; how else would away supporters locate grounds in the dark?
The following September, Quincy Wagstaff of Bristol City fanzine Bounty Hunter cooed and sighed over Ashton Gate's foodlights. Their dismissal was a 'wanton, mindless act of vandal-ism...We just cannot come to terms with the fact that those four mighty, majestic towers of glory, splendour and, um, electricity, are simply no longer there? When approaching the ground, the lights' absence created an 'overwhelming' sense of 'emptiness and loss'.
For a night match, 'The great sheets of light that those four soaring towers of steel threw down onto the ground took your breath away. Now, Ashton Gate melted in with the rest of the skyline…“

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Bloomsbury Sport @bloomsburysport.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The vivid story of the fanzine movement that gave supporters a voice and changed football forever. 'Fanzine' by @danielgraywriter.bsky.social is out now.

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Daniel Gray @danielgraywriter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Signing some copies of Fanzine @portybooks.bsky.social Bonus postcard slipped into each like a toy in a cereal box. Sort of.

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Daniel Gray @danielgraywriter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Treacherous bastards, greedy sods and a players' strike - the coming Premier League through fanzine eyes. A clip from the audiobook recording of my new book 'Fanzine'. 🛒Audiobook available here: shorturl.at/y975g

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Haunted Bench Project @hauntedbench75.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Just arrived #2. @danielgraywriter.bsky.social's Fanzine: The Story of Football's Alternative Press, which does for 80's DIY terrace lit what David Sutton's 'On the Fringes' does for pre-2000 Brit ghost & fantasy small press publications. 🖤#Fanzines_rule

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Steve Jinman @educatedleftft.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Wonderful memories of football fanzines sparked by @danielgraywriter.bsky.social in this video chat. A particular favourite of mine was Wrexham's Sheeping Giant youtu.be/as_LKXXWu9Q?...

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Fan TV Is About Ego. Fanzines Were Anything But! | Daniel Gray

YouTube video by FC Camisa

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Daniel Gray @danielgraywriter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

There's an excerpt from Fanzine in the brand new @wsc.co.uk, and handily they are also selling the book here: shorturl.at/3tEPF

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The Leyton Orientear @leytonorientear.com · 13/09/2026

Good chat here between the author of the new book “Fanzine” (which we’re in, did we mention that?), renowned journalist Tim Vickery, and presenter Dotun Adebayo @danielgraywriter.bsky.social

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Fan TV Is About Ego. Fanzines Were Anything But! | Daniel Gray

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Mark Howell @sweetleftfoot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Great Sunday evening. @danielgraywriter.bsky.social new book on football fanzines, and the Freak Zone.

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The Liquidator pod @theliquidatorpod.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

New Episode: Mozza's Hokey Cokey - Making Sense of Squad Rotation PLUS the Orange Chip derby and a brilliant new book about by fanzines by @danielgraywriter.bsky.social #wba @goldbergradio.bsky.social and @chrislepkowski.bsky.social youtube.com/watch?v=I2sh...

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Mozza's Baggies Hokey Cokey; Squad Rotation Against QPR After Epic Derby Trip

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NeilP14 @neilpark14.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Lovely pint of Exmoor Bitter and the new offering from @danielgraywriter.bsky.social

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Daniel Gray @danielgraywriter.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Immensely enjoyed this chat with Dotun and Tim about fanzines and indeed Fanzine the book. youtu.be/as_LKXXWu9Q

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Fan TV Is About Ego. Fanzines Were Anything But! | Daniel Gray

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Altona 93 Fanzines @altona93fanzines.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Independent bookshops are just wonderful - my local one called me yesterday to let me know ‚Fanzine‘ by @danielgraywriter.bsky.social just arrived. So I already started reading it and might be the first person in Germany who was able to do so?

The book in front of some football fanzines I did over the years.

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View from the Allotment End @vftae.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Get yer Fanzine and fanzines! vftae.bigcartel.com/product/view... stanchionbooks.com/products/fan... @danielgraywriter.bsky.social

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Kenny @kennypieper.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Locked and loaded and ready to go

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Daniel Gray @danielgraywriter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Magic to see Fanzine out in the wild for the first time, in the majestic Toppings, shoulder-charging Mo Salah.

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Adrian Goldberg @goldbergradio.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I make an appearance in this - but don't let that put you off. The long overdue history of footy fanzines is out now by the ever brilliant @danielgraywriter.bsky.social

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Iain Hepburn @iainhepburn.me · 10/09/2026

Rattled through this in a day. Big fan of @danielgraywriter.bsky.social’s writing anyway, but this is a fantastic read - an excellent charting of both football’s evolution in the 80s and 90s and the broader ways fan culture overlaps and brings groups together.

A copy of Daniel Gray’s new book Fanzine: The story of football’s alternative press, featuring an 80s b/w photo of some young football bands outside the entrance to a ground.

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Daniel Gray @danielgraywriter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

On 'Fanzine' publication day, a little video about turning boxes into books and telling the story of an incredible movement.

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When Saturday Comes @wsc.co.uk · 10/09/2026

Out now, the story of the fanzine movement that changed football – as told by WSC contributor and podcast host @danielgraywriter.bsky.social Get your copy (WSC subscribers save £3): www.wsc.co.uk/shop/fanzine/

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Football Fanzine Culture @fanzinefc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A great day here at FFC towers as this modern classic from @danielgraywriter.bsky.social fell through the letterbox. BUY IT NOW!

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Daniel Gray @danielgraywriter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Cat helps writerman open box of new books. Help keep this lad in pouches of processed meat: buy your copy of 'Fanzine' in all the usual places.

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Daniel Gray @danielgraywriter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

"Yeah buddy it came!" My new book 'Fanzine' has arrived and it is chuffing gorgeous.

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Daniel Gray @danielgraywriter.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Bless the fixture list for making you go places.

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Tom Davies @tomdaviese17.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I was interviewed for this. Despite that, you should buy it

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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Need this!

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When Saturday Comes @wsc.co.uk · 01/09/2026

Now available to pre-order in the WSC shop – subscribers save £3! www.wsc.co.uk/shop/fanzine/

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Daniel Gray @danielgraywriter.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

📗Fanzine: The Story of Football's Alternative Press. 🗓️Published September 10th by @bloomsburysport.bsky.social. ⚽️The poignant, nostalgic and absorbing story of an era that changed going to the match forever. 🛒Pre-order in all the usual places or ask your indie bookshop to stock.

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Daniel Gray @danielgraywriter.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

'What noise the goal unleashed. What primal, evangelical glee...' 🟠@MotherwellFC v ⚪️ @scfreiburg First Slow Match Report of the new season is now up on Nutmeg FC ⬇️ open.substack.com/pub/nutmegfo...

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Slow Match Report: Motherwell 1 Freiburg 3

Germans dispense a reality check, but oh to be alive and Well during those unforgettable opening minutes

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Altona 93 Fanzines @altona93fanzines.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Even my local bookshop in Harburg, Germany, was able to preorder @danielgraywriter.bsky.social latest book for me - so I guess yours can do it, too!

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Bloomsbury Sport @bloomsburysport.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

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Daniel Gray @danielgraywriter.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Back in this bloody place. Traumatic. Taking the bairn to a concert and yet I still think Boro will somehow lose.

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Daniel Gray @danielgraywriter.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Just a quick reminder from my Mum's bookshelf.

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Daniel Gray @danielgraywriter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

"It's in the trees, it's coming!" 🎵 Actually, the trees have been cut down and made into paper which right now this is being printed onto ⬇️ Available in all the usual places and as an audiobook so you can laugh at my pronunciation of "melange".

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Daniel Gray @danielgraywriter.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I've an article in the i newspaper today saluting 25 great chippies across the nation. You can do all of them in August if you like, with a few rest days to sweat out the batter.

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Daniel Gray @danielgraywriter.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Yoo-hoo! Big summer blowout! 25% off pre-orders of 'Fanzine' for the next few days @waterstones.bsky.social online. Link and code below ⬇️ 🔗 shorturl.at/ub3Uy

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Daniel Gray @danielgraywriter.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Yoo-hoo! Big summer blowout! 25% off pre-orders of 'Fanzine' for the next few days @waterstones.bsky.social online. Link and code below ⬇️ 🔗 shorturl.at/ub3Uy

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Kenny @kennypieper.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Here’s mine 😇

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Daniel Gray @danielgraywriter.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

📗Here's the lovely cover of my next book. 📖It tells the story of fanzines in their prime, but is also a history of football in a fascinating era through fans' eyes. ⬇️Hardback, ebook and audiobook out 10th September with Bloomsbury, pre-orders open now in the usual places.

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