This page contains a variety of mostly independently produced fanzines.
The Brown Bugle - University of Queensland Soccer Club
A selection from The Brown Bugle, the newsletter/fanzine of the University of Queensland Soccer Club. This collection spans the years 2007-2009 - previous editions may have been published solely as web pages, rather than as downloadable PDFs.
Available here.The Farr Post - independent Queensland soccer fanzine (1996-1999)
This upload contains scans of all 30 issues of the Australian soccer fanzine. The Farr Post, which ran from 1995-1999. Edited by Tony Moran, the fanzine was based out of Brisbane. Calling itself the "independent voice of football in Queensland", The Farr Post's focus was naturally on the National Soccer League's Brisbane Strikers, and Queensland's local soccer leagues. It also included coverage of women's soccer, among other content.Available here.
The Maverick - South Melbourne fanzine
The Maverick was the newsletter published by the then South Melbourne Supporters Group, a little of whose experience you can read about here. The South Melbourne Supporters Group seemed to be a collective of mostly young, progressively minded South fans. What seemed to unite them was that they were fed up with the way the club was being run, fed up with the idiots on the terraces who kept messing up, had a desire to see the club brought into the modern age and closer to mainstream Australia, as well as contributing to the club as volunteers. Only one edition of The Maverick was issued, available here.
My Blue Heaven - Carlton SC fanzine
My Blue Heaven was a fanzine by fans of the short-lived Carlton SC. Published at irregular intervals, it is unknown how many issues were published.
This set is incomplete. It is missing at least nos. 2, 4, and 5. This archive currently contains four issues of this fanzine.
This set is incomplete. It is missing at least nos. 2, 4, and 5. This archive currently contains four issues of this fanzine.
The Score (1997-1998)
One of the more unusual Australian soccer publications. At face value, a fanzine created specifically for the occasion of the second leg of the 1998 World Cup qualifying tie between Australia and Iran. However, the content makes this a bit more complicated than that.
The person who lent this to me claims, to the best of his recollection, that he bought this on the night of the match. Now this is an important detail, because this fanzine is so full of hubris that one can only hope it was made before the game and not afterwards as some sort of elaborate attempt at trolling. It includes everything from claiming the game as won, Pauline Hanson parodies, to advice about how to go about booking your tickets for France '98 (including entering as many competitions as possible).
As it turns out, there was a follow up edition, which is also available in this archive. While there is an email address in the fanzine, attempts to contact the writers behind this effort were unsuccessful.
This upload contains scans of all 45 issues of the influential Australian soccer fanzine Studs Up, which ran from 1995-2000.
Edited by Kevin Christopher, the fanzine was based out of Melbourne, but had a national outlook. Studs Up generally had a self-styled "progressive" editorial line insofar as Australian soccer was concerned. Taking an activist approach, Studs Up generally argued for the rapid "mainstreaming" of soccer in Australia, as well as for dismantling the arcane and internecine political edifice which straitjacketed the sport's potential.
As a vehicle for the voice of Australian soccer fans however, it did allow dissenting and varied views to its dominant editorial line. The fanzine also covered matters pertaining to various state leagues, the fortunes of the national league and national teams, interviews with past and present soccer personalities, as well as historical items and other ephemera.
Three Points and a Hangover - Northern Spirit fanzine
A Northern Spirit fanzine from 1999.
This archive contains the first two issues of the fanzine. It is unclear how many issues were published, though it is known that a third issue was in production
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