Colinjb Posted 30 August, 2012 Share Posted 30 August, 2012 Used to be sold by the bridge over the railway line. Has it been discontinued already? Think it only made it to about 3 issues. Hope it hasn't ceased so soon, but with the Internet providing such an immedaite source for that kind of information do they have any chance at all now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 30 August, 2012 Share Posted 30 August, 2012 (edited) I didn't see it after September, and didn't buy it after Issue 1. There was something about the editorial style I didn't like, not sure whether it was too academic, not academic enough or just too unopinionated, but it wasn't really what I was expecting from a fanzine, and not in a good way. I think it was a little wishy-washy and too "nice". I like my fanzines to contain a bit of idiotic fury balanced by the sensible stuff, a bit of comedy (or attempted comedy) and that gets my buy-in as someone who wants to know what the contributors think. I didn't really get that with the one I read - and if that's the one they've been putting together over a long time, you know the next ones are probably going to be a worse version of that, more thrown together. Credit to them for giving it a go though, must have been a hell of an effort to just get it out there. We've also been spoiled by some excellent fanzines over time. Unless you can get one out for every home game and manage to keep the content nearly up to the week, new fanzines are going to struggle against free web content and the logistics must be a pain too. Edited 30 August, 2012 by The9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish fingers Posted 30 August, 2012 Share Posted 30 August, 2012 I bought them, but was a bit let down. No real individual opinion in there. Agreed with the above, too nice to be a fanzine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old_southy Posted 30 August, 2012 Share Posted 30 August, 2012 I don't think the print run could keep up with the fast changing situation around the club. It was about a year ago that pardew got the sack... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Lej Posted 30 August, 2012 Share Posted 30 August, 2012 Used to be sold by the bridge over the railway line. Has it been discontinued already? Think it only made it to about 3 issues. Hope it hasn't ceased so soon, but with the Internet providing such an immedaite source for that kind of information do they have any chance at all now? It was absolutely dire. HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonjoe Posted 30 August, 2012 Share Posted 30 August, 2012 One of the guys who runs it seems to only tweet about finance these days so I guess he's more concerned with the day job. All in all, I felt it was a bit bland and lacked its own character. That said, I had an article printed in there for the issue that went on sale just before the Man Utd cup game recalling some of our previous games against Man Utd, and my article was bloody brilliant I reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudders Posted 30 August, 2012 Share Posted 30 August, 2012 I saw an issue just before the Man U game with an article about some previous man u games, it was a bloody awful article I reckon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonjoe Posted 30 August, 2012 Share Posted 30 August, 2012 I saw an issue just before the Man U game with an article about some previous man u games, it was a bloody awful article I reckon hahahahahahahahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lets B Avenue Posted 30 August, 2012 Share Posted 30 August, 2012 I don't think the print run could keep up with the fast changing situation around the club. It was about a year ago that pardew got the sack... You need to get your watch fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudders Posted 30 August, 2012 Share Posted 30 August, 2012 hahahahahahahahahaha Funnily enough I also wrote an article for the fanzine which was supposed to be in the next edition that was never produced (at least as far as I am aware it wasn't as I never saw it being sold). It was just after the first season ticket winners meal with the chairman & I worte a report on it. I thought that was bloody brilliant, however the creators obviously thought it was so poor they gave up doing the fanzine all together I guess! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonjoe Posted 30 August, 2012 Share Posted 30 August, 2012 Funnily enough I also wrote an article for the fanzine which was supposed to be in the next edition that was never produced (at least as far as I am aware it wasn't as I never saw it being sold). It was just after the first season ticket winners meal with the chairman & I worte a report on it. I thought that was bloody brilliant, however the creators obviously thought it was so poor they gave up doing the fanzine all together I guess! I had a mate who wrote a few things for them and we both joked about how poor their communication was. You wouldn't hear from them for ages and then they'd email you asking if you could knock out a few hundred words on topic x in a few days etc. I guess that's just symptomatic of doing a fanzine as a hobby whilst also trying to complete your education or get a job etc. In the circumstances, it's pretty impressive that they managed to get three (I think that's how many it was) issues printed and released. I remember thinking the editing of my stuff was odd at times ... stuff I thought was pretty good got chopped whilst bits I thought were lame or dull would get used as pull quotes etc. I guess it's all very subjective! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 30 August, 2012 Share Posted 30 August, 2012 I've got 5 issues, spanning August 2010 - Jan 2011. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 30 August, 2012 Share Posted 30 August, 2012 There were FIVE ?!!?! Blimey. FWIW I'm still waiting for Daren to relaunch Beautiful South with the article I did on the Mansfield League Cup match last summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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