Withdean Wanderer
Banned
Yes, i know this has been debated before, but:
1) The amount of users/viewers of online message boards still represents a minority of those who go to matches
2) Many on this board feel the club is in crisis - Falmer has gone all but tits up so far, the team is in a state, Withdean crowds are at new lows. There is arguing amongst fans, and seems to be a feeling general discontent amongst supporters.
3) The board is coming under increasing pressure. The Bloom/Knight split intruigues us, but most know little about the current situation. Harty often speculates on the phone in, but that's about it.
It only caught my eye in the paper today that the QPR chairman is suing a club fanzine for printing information about him. Now, I'm not saying we'd want to get into any more legal disputes (although it would be interesting if someone nosed in to the information about the clubs/shareholders finances!), but it's clear that, for some clubs at least, the fanzine remains.
It's probably unlikely that anyone would commit to it (as has been discussed before, the commitment levels etc - Richie Morris anyone?)...but in the unlikely event that someone did want to produce one, could it be a success? Recently, The 'North Stand Chat' effort was pretty good, although 'Come over the dyke' lacked the humour and information of previous fanzines. 'Brighton Rocks' was pretty good as well. But presumably not profitable?
I suppose there is always the problem of living up to Gulls Eye also. Anyway, just a thought, i'm not an expert on the subject so i expect to be flamed!
Please note: I am not proposing to start a fanzine myself
1) The amount of users/viewers of online message boards still represents a minority of those who go to matches
2) Many on this board feel the club is in crisis - Falmer has gone all but tits up so far, the team is in a state, Withdean crowds are at new lows. There is arguing amongst fans, and seems to be a feeling general discontent amongst supporters.
3) The board is coming under increasing pressure. The Bloom/Knight split intruigues us, but most know little about the current situation. Harty often speculates on the phone in, but that's about it.
It only caught my eye in the paper today that the QPR chairman is suing a club fanzine for printing information about him. Now, I'm not saying we'd want to get into any more legal disputes (although it would be interesting if someone nosed in to the information about the clubs/shareholders finances!), but it's clear that, for some clubs at least, the fanzine remains.
It's probably unlikely that anyone would commit to it (as has been discussed before, the commitment levels etc - Richie Morris anyone?)...but in the unlikely event that someone did want to produce one, could it be a success? Recently, The 'North Stand Chat' effort was pretty good, although 'Come over the dyke' lacked the humour and information of previous fanzines. 'Brighton Rocks' was pretty good as well. But presumably not profitable?
I suppose there is always the problem of living up to Gulls Eye also. Anyway, just a thought, i'm not an expert on the subject so i expect to be flamed!
Please note: I am not proposing to start a fanzine myself
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