{"product_id":"fanzine-the-story-of-footballs-alternative-press","title":"Fanzine: The story of football's alternative press - **PREORDER, SIGNED COPIES AVAILABLE**","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the publisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA history of how fanzines redefined football and amplified supporters’ voices. When the matchday many were treated as the hooligan few, football supporters didn’t react with violence or vandalism, but with typewriters, staple guns and Tippex. The fanzine movement of the 1980s transformed a bleak time into a hopeful one, re-humanising spectators in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProducing DIY zines and selling them outside football grounds from Middlesborough to Torquay, supporters offered authenticity, humour and criticism written from the terraces and not the press box, with truths that their clubs and the footballing authorities found uncomfortable. From Heysel and Hillsborough to anti-racism and the women’s game, this book is a people’s history of football and wider Britain in the late 20th century. It is an alternative version of our national game’s narrative, encompassing themes that still matter now from social class and club ownership to the dubious nature of pie contents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough exhaustive archival research, interviews with those who were there, nostalgic illustrations and Gray’s familiar vivid writing style, the book documents why football fanzines mattered so much. Whether you support Manchester City, Hibernian, Bournemouth or one of many other clubs, big or small, the club is sure to have been honoured by a funnily named fanzine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe authors:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDaniel Gray is a writer, broadcaster and magazine editor from York. He presents the When Saturday Comes podcast and has published a host of critically acclaimed books on football and social history, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Silence of the Stands \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewhich\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas shortlisted for the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Sports Book Awards 2023. @d_gray_writer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMessage from Stanchion:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003eSigned copies are available to preorder. They will be signed at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/stanchionbooks.eventbrite.com\/\" class=\"text-link\"\u003eour event with the author on Monday 28 September 2026\u003c\/a\u003e and sent as soon as possible after that. Signed copies can not be sent any sooner than that.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003eIf you preorder a signed copy with any other items, your order will be shipped once signed copies are available after the event. They will not be sent separately.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003eUnsigned copies will be sent as close to publication date (10 September 2026) as possible.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e---\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product_spec\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBloomsbury Sport\u003cbr\u003eHardback\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e23 x 15 cm\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e224 pages\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product_spec\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSeptember 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eEnglish\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9781399431705\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Daniel Gray","offers":[{"title":"Signed (sent after 28 September)","offer_id":58096765469053,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Unsigned","offer_id":58096765501821,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0271\/5149\/9341\/files\/Preorder-DanielGray-square_9e088cc6-ffcf-4f6c-a090-0a3ce69b1cb4.png?v=1777373827","url":"https:\/\/stanchionbooks.com\/products\/fanzine-the-story-of-footballs-alternative-press","provider":"Stanchion","version":"1.0","type":"link"}