Melbourne fans have been publishing a fanzine for a while and they are now joined by the Adelaide fans.
Bill Skinner has got the Pissants organised and take a look at the first one. Some good stuff in there, particularly like the oomour...our game needs more of it methinks.
Australia's football season kicks-off on Thursday and to celebrate 25 writers with a love of the game have let their fingers do the talking and drawing.
Something for everyone, men, women, boys and girls. Get into it, anyway you can.
And send the link to your mates. Thanks. (issuu site is down this morning, typical so if you can't see the pages below that is why)
You can click to the right or the left of the page to see the pages flick over, or click in the document to zoom in.
RoundballAnalyst The FootballTragic, FootballPerth, A FootballStory and Pissant are some of the top football blogs in the country.
How often do they all write about the same thing?
Everyone is writing for the Fanzine, Half-Time Heroes, and everyone has promoted the story on their blog.
God, I hope I can deliver or I'll be run out of country, never mind the town.
Course we can deliver....never in doubt!
I was expecting people to sign-up for the new Australian football fanzine Half-Time Heroes from Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and co given the writers we have and their existing readers but I guess I hadn't thought too much about the overseas readers.
Bangkok, Taiwan, and London fans appeared in the first fifty subscribers.
The Pissants are talking about me, and Bill is preparing a new Adelaide fanzine, Bill will write for the new Aussie fanzine Half-Time Heroes and The FootballTragic will bring great quality as well.
And I'm working on my next book. My last one, well my only one, Father and Me, explored the wonderful ways a Catholic Priest can abuse one boy. I did the research myself, truly an awesome experience. I survived; that's about all you can say!
Anyhoo my next book will look at what it feels like to be booted out of work unable to walk any distance at 43, and how football saved the day....so far.
For now the Fanzine is keeping me entertained. Quite a team forming. Don't miss it.
Well it's all going to cunning plan....so far!
Every A-League club is covered bar the Mariners. W-League. And we've got 20 plus pages, a quiz, Terry's on fire, letters page, and more opinions than you could ever hope for and a star team of writers even if I do so say myself.
Kate Ellis writes the opening piece. Great to get the support of the Sports Minister, and our PR team is about to go into overdrive.
Sign up for Half-Time Heroes, out next Wednesday on this blog, right hand side.
Bet you can't wait!
The name: Half-Time Heroes is holding the lead, but other names continue to be discussed:
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1443..and yes we know it doesn't add up...did you?
Lone Striker
Route One
But we're almost ready to go. We've got 16 writers from across the country, men and women, bloggers, new writers and most clubs covered.
Alternative, humour we love so if you think you can do it or know someone who would be great, and of course if you have something to contribute, a serious piece, design, cartoon, jokes, quips, shorts you name it we'll consider it; contact me flanagan.eamonn@gmail.com
Still no Mariners, or Jets specialists every other team is now covered but nae bother wait till they see what we write about their teams; bet the writers come flooding in then!
Don't forget to sign up on the right of the this blog if you want that first copy the day before the season begins.
Know a football cartoonist, someone making their way in the world.
Our new Aussie football fanzine would welcome such a person.
Contact me flanagan.eamonn@gmail,com
Well after much discussion with oneself the great Aussie and New Zealand football fanzine is on it's way.
Almost more exciting that the new season innit!
Looking like we've got some exciting writers, I'm genuinely excited by the quality of the writers who have said they'll contribute.
And it's called....Drum Roll.....Half-Time Heroes.
If you want to get the first edition when it comes out, sign up. I'm dead trustworthy as you know and will not use your email for anything other than forwarding Half-Time Heroes...once a month.
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Update: We've got fourteen writers, four women, one ex-NSL player, 7 bloggers, 1 Football Radio Commentator, 3 radio hosts, three home end terrace squatters, a host of crap names for the title and that's it..so we're moving along nicely!
Suggested so far..keep em coming:
Ethnic Football monthly
Wogs sheila's poofters..lest we forget
Australia's Football Voice
Running, not Diving
Beyond Nicky
Over the Parrot
Proper Football
You'll Never Read Alone
And thanks NUFCMVFC below for your info, anyone else who can suggest someone send them this link.
Design page one layout, football cartoonist, writers with humour. Are you one of these or know someone who is.
Update: We've got fourteen writers, a host of crap names and that's it..so we're moving along nicely!
Well what would you even call it.
It would be something to read maybe when Matty Mckay shoots wide, or when Danny Allsopp hits the corner flag, or Danny Tiatto gives the game a rest with one of his tackles or when Kevin Muscat starts arguing with ref, Cristiano goes for a roly poly.
A 300-500 word contribution from a fan of every A-League club, plus a small number of 25-40 words facts, humour, rumour from each club. And we'd be ruthless, we'd only use the best material. Not funny, not entertaining, not worth a read, we'd return it with thanks..try the other codes!
Socceroos? Matildas, even each W-League club, why not. All we need is the writers.
Distribution is free, no costs, no wages, online production, online distribution and away you go.
A graphic design(er) required for the first edition.
Tony Tannous..he couldn't resist could he? Surely not.
The Football Tragic..we'd need him
Spawning Salmon,
Yer Man from the Fury
Hamish from the Roar
The Fisherman's Friend would be needed
Sarah from Sydney
Eamonn or Fergo from Perth
NUFCMVFC
Stamarocks
Brownie from the Yellow Fever
The Jets..if we can't get Con they'd have a fan who'd die to write surely.
It's all there innit.
And that's just a few I know. I'd imagine there'd be a heap of quality out their.
Spread the word and see if:
We have a graphic designer
Writers
And maybe, just maybe we'll get this thing off the ground.
