Daniel Gray

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The Fanzine Movement, and why it was so important to British football culture in the late 80s and 90s. #fanzines #premierleague #iwwiw Listen here - podfollow.com/1745066482 or sign up to get the full series now, plus lots of supplementary benefits - www.patreon.com/cw/ItWas

The best match reports in football. By @danielgraywriter.bsky.social for @nutmegmagazine.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/nutmegfo...

'A soggy brand of delight bubbled across the ground; elation is difficult when your trousers are damp...' My Latest Slow Match Report is now up ⬇️ open.substack.com/pub/nutmegfo...

Footage of this fixture looks hilarious - but @danielgraywriter.bsky.social manages to make it even funnier in his match report: www.nutmegfc.co.uk/p/the-slow-m...

Storm Boelo A Henderson hat-trick The Firhill faithful who wouldn't be anywhere else ☔️ Nutmeg editor @danielgraywriter.bsky.social braved the elements for his latest Slow Match Report, as the Jags top the Championship table ✍️ 📖➡️ tinyurl.com/y3vpc64s

Who was your club’s greatest captain? 💪 For Nutmeg editor @danielgraywriter.bsky.social , Tony Mowbray’s leadership at Middlesbrough embodied the best of Teesside. Issue 41 🛒 ➡️ shorturl.at/iBZpm

And a reminder, from @danielgraywriter.bsky.social 's book, of the amazingness of fanzines and how they are historically the backbone of the football fan movement, that is going from strength to strength in @thefsa.bsky.social 👀 Your #FerribyFanzine in the montage thefsa.org.uk/news/fanzine...

Latest #football book buying binge 😬😂: Behind the curtain - @jonawils.bsky.social Extra time... - @danielgraywriter.bsky.social More than a shirt - Joey D'Urso 1312 - @jamespiotr.bsky.social Tears at La Bombonera - @hylland.bsky.social

Got some books for my birthday... covering all the bases... #spies #football #Beatles featuring @danielgraywriter.bsky.social & @irvinewelsh.bsky.social 📚

Nice to see @plenderleithian.bsky.social reviewing @danielgraywriter.bsky.social's latest book in @socceramerica.bsky.social: www.socceramerica.com/how-fanzines...

We’re big supporters of fanzine culture and many fanzines themselves are FSA allies. An excellent new book by @danielgraywriter.bsky.social – “Fanzine: The story of football’s alternative press“ – is out and well worth a read! 🔗 thefsa.org.uk/news/fanzine...

It's always a pleasure to welcome @danielgraywriter.bsky.social to the @nfmofficial.bsky.social archive, especially when he comes bearing a gift of his latest book! Here he is taking time out from work on his next book - it's always fun seeing what we have that might help.

Iiiiiiit’s happening!

I really enjoyed this episode of @outsidewrite.co.uk with @danielgraywriter.bsky.social talking about Daniel's latest book, Fanzine. As an ex-editor of Hibees Here, Hibees There..... I have a nostalgia for that golden age of fanzines when "cut & paste" literally involved scissors and a Pritt Stick.

We still aren't over these end papers.... Discover the wonderfully nostalgic story of the fanzine movement. Out now! @danielgraywriter.bsky.social

NEW EPISODE 🎙️ @danielgraywriter.bsky.social joins me on the podcast to discuss the history of the football Fanzine Download/listen: open.spotify.com/episode/7kSZ... Here's a taster. Great way to sign off this series, back in the winter...

'A superb account of what we were thinking, wearing, eating and saying 40 years ago. It is a people's history of football, and of Britain.' Lovely review of my new book Fanzine in @LateTackle magazine. Much appreciated!

This lovely item is 10 years old today. A decade of delights and conversations about floodlights, outfield players in goal and spotting grounds from trains.

En route to Wembley Stadium for the regular @thefsa.bsky.social X FA Structured Dialogue meeting. Lots of fan-related issues on the agenda. Really enjoying @danielgraywriter.bsky.social's Fanzine, especially the inextricable link between fanzines and the fan movement 💪💪

It's Thursday and that can mean only one thing; a new blog is up. This week we are back down the smoke, this time to celebrate a new arrival to the fanzine family, one that weights in at 272 pages in the first edition, bet they don't keep that up! footballfanzineculture.blog/2026/10/01/f...

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

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/

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

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

If you enjoyed 'Fanzine' and have a minute to spare, a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review would be appreciated tremendously and who doesn't want to be appreciated tremendously? shorturl.at/PXQu7

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

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.

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.

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

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

Up @thefsa.bsky.social 💪

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

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?...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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?

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

Locked and loaded and ready to go

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