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GrimPol
July 8, 2022, 8:50am
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I think Grimsby's programme is of very good quality so I'm happy buying it.

I'm biased in some ways because I've contributed to grassroots football programmes for a good while and very regularly in the last couple of seasons. I did write the GTST page in The Mariner for a few years but that was over a decade ago.

Goole AFC have a good print run and regularly sell out. A proper glossy with some really interesting articles. I write match reports for two local sides and one club, Harworth Colliery, puts them all in its programmes which it even produces for U21 matches.

Programmes don't have to be big affairs. I'd be happy for a slimmed down version at Town if it meant we still had one. I went to see my other local side, Club Thorne Colliery, play in an U21 game at Wombwell Town and the home side's four page programme was a thing of real beauty.

Not for everyone but I love getting a programme.

Doncaster Rovers Belles produce a teamsheet and have all the latest league news and stats on the back. A great effort. More like the original football programmes.

Wasn't there a Fanzine being printed in the "Roy of the Rovers" style?
I don't think it was a Club project as the Cartoons/Articles were irreverant.
From memory, they were not rude nor nasty just poking fun at the players/manager/board etc.
I never saw anybody sell them, they just were read whilst waiting for the KO.
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Wasn't there a Fanzine being printed in the "Roy of the Rovers" style?
I don't think it was a Club project as the Cartoons/Articles were irreverant.
From memory, they were not rude nor nasty just poking fun at the players/manager/board etc.
I never saw anybody sell them, they just were read whilst waiting for the KO.



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I don’t buy them many longer but appreciate the tradition and the massive efforts contributors take in writing stuff for free in their own time.

As I kid I used to get Shoot magazine and in the small ads there was Steve Earle football programmes. You could get a massive bundle for £10 or so.

What you got was completely random but in a time when there was only 3 TV channels  and football once a week on a Saturday night these programmes kept me occupied for hours. I remember the Mick Mills testimonial was a rather good read.


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My son buys them every game with his pocket money to add to his collection I hope they don’t stop doing them he would be devastated if he missed a copy on match days
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Please can somebody find the brilliant “Hull speak” guide that was in one edition!  
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Two teams in the National League only produced a digital programme last year-Dover and Barnet. In the 2019-20 season only Stevenage did so. I'm with Thornemariner on this to the extent that along with Tintowner of this parish we have found someone who will do a professionally printed copy of the digital. Problem solved!


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My son buys them every game with his pocket money to add to his collection I hope they don’t stop doing them he would be devastated if he missed a copy on match days


They’re definitely ace for the younger fans. My fondest memories of going to BP as a child with my dad or nana was getting a programme before the game.

Just make for a nice trinket/keepsake whilst being informative and entertaining for pre-game/HT and the ride home! Especially as the signal in BP is so poop!


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Just another good match day experience taken away, much the same as walking up to the turnstiles and paying with money.
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The game's gone.


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It is a shame that football programmes are slowly going, was always a big part of the football experience when you start going as a youngster. I always used to get them, I still buy occasionally now as the quality of the programme Jack Johnson and others provide for our club is outstanding.

Going back a few decades I used to like the ones with the team line ups on the back but with a small description of each player of both sides underneath. Couldn’t do that now given the numbers involved etc.

Times and things change - harder to justify the need for a programme given you can get all the content you need online. That said I’m very much in the camp of tradition - and I’ll be buying one first home game this season - those who have got out the habit of getting one - pick up a copy, think you’ll be pleasantly surprised as to how good it is.


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