DNB_Seagull
Dirty Northerner. For now
- Apr 27, 2014
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Rip tslr. 
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Any chance of a new Brighton fanzine???
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BensGrandad
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Does anybody ever buy these nowadays.
Joe Gatting's Dad
New member
Used to always buy one in the bad old days.
We really have very little to moan about these days (!) and their purpose has probably now gone.
We really have very little to moan about these days (!) and their purpose has probably now gone.
Plastic-Fantastic
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I'm a 'young person' and I regularly bought Tslr coz it were great, and cheap
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 70,187
Gulls Eye was the last one that served a purpose and made a difference.
Gazwag
5 millionth post poster
I always bought one not only better but £2:50 cheaper than a programme.
BensGrandad
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Surely most of the contents are available on the internet free. I used to buy gulls eye as there was no other form of news about the club other than John Vinnicombe. As regards programs I go to the club sites and download their squad with numbers for each game, again this is free.
I spoke to Stef from tslr at the end of last season as I spent last season contributing. I had a seed of an idea to run a one off rather than a regular one but that's had to go on the back burner. I no longer have time to do it and there is zero chance of me getting all the contributors I originally wanted for various reasons.
At that time Stef mentioned there was one other person who might have been interested in running one and they were also planning on having some of the old writers guest on their blog. I don't know if that's still the case.
Zines are as much part of my football culture as beer and pie. They're not just for bad times so long as they're well written which tslr was. In the mean time I heartily recommend Stand AMF available mail order.
At that time Stef mentioned there was one other person who might have been interested in running one and they were also planning on having some of the old writers guest on their blog. I don't know if that's still the case.
Zines are as much part of my football culture as beer and pie. They're not just for bad times so long as they're well written which tslr was. In the mean time I heartily recommend Stand AMF available mail order.
If all content were free it would all end up written by HB&B. You need to pay for good content. Writers are criminally underpaid thanks to people like you expecting it all for free.
DNB_Seagull
Dirty Northerner. For now
- Apr 27, 2014
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For BHAFC news I read twitter, Seagulls.co.uk, Reddit.com/r/BrightonHoveAlbion and NSC. But there's nowt like a fanzine. It's a summary of news really and it's occasionally amusing.
Surrey_Albion
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I dont think ive bought one since scars n stripes!!
Gazwag
5 millionth post poster
Maybe you should have purchased one before it finished and you would have seen nowadays its not just about news and campaign reports its about real life writing not this internet blog stuff which I can never be bothered to read.
Dan Aitch
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- May 31, 2013
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Must be worth charging £1 for an online PDF version... mustn't it? Saves standing outside the Amex in the pouring rain, and massively reduces printing costs. If they miss standing outside the Amex they could sell passcodes on pieces of paper that allow the PDF to be downloaded...
Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews
Remainer
Indeed
Barrel of Fun
Abort, retry, fail
Having spoken to an editor, I'd imagine he is looking forward to enjoying the pre-match build up, as opposed to standing outside for an hour or so, in whatever mother nature threw at him.
The blog will continue and that is a great read.
The blog will continue and that is a great read.
Monkey Man
Your support is not that great
I reckon there's room for another Brighton fanzine but it would need to find that point of difference.
Humour, controversy, decent analysis, nostalgia, good design, readable columnists ... we can all probably suggest the ingredients but making it happen - and making it pay - is another matter.
Humour, controversy, decent analysis, nostalgia, good design, readable columnists ... we can all probably suggest the ingredients but making it happen - and making it pay - is another matter.
rouseytastic
Well-known member
Loved TSLR and Stef's a top lad as well. Glad the blog is continuing but I'll miss the paper version. Great Sunday morning read with a coffee bed. Shame
dougdeep
New member
Great question. There aren't any.
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LargeHadronZugzwang
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Loved it, great satire. Many a pre-game chuckle, very sad to see it go.