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About thefoxfanzine

Editor of The FOX Fanzine - covering Leicester City for 23 years... it seems longer.

Get your name in ‘Can’t Buy That Feeling – The Best of The Fox Interviews’…

Posted on June 1, 2018 by thefoxfanzine

‘Can’t Buy That Feeling – Inside Leicester City – The Best of The Fox Interviews’ is a new title from Conker Editions this summer… The FOX have finally got round to compiling all their interviews into one book and you can … Continue reading →

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Farewell Jimmy Hill

Posted on December 21, 2015 by thefoxfanzine

The weekend brought the sad news that Jimmy Hill had passed on… the following piece appeared in ‘Got, Not Got’…  Best remembered by the kids of the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s for his 30-year run as the opinionated presenter of … Continue reading →

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Fully Programmed – Festive Director’s Cut

Posted on December 9, 2015 by thefoxfanzine

There was one spread we couldn’t fit into ‘Fully Programmed: The Lost World of Football Programmes’ and now is as good a time as any to show it to you… [Click on the image to view large size] So here … Continue reading →

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Programmes by Helicopter

Posted on November 27, 2015 by thefoxfanzine

Our new book ‘Fully Programmed celebrates our love affair with football programmes, and this story illustrates just how important they were… There is something about the British. They like to keep records and tick off lists. Whether it be football … Continue reading →

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Your 3 favourite programme covers…

Posted on November 24, 2015 by thefoxfanzine

Tell us what your three favourite programme covers are and win a copy of ‘Fully Programmed: The Lost World of Football Programmes’… It’s as easy as that. The ones we like the best will win. Contact us on here, email … Continue reading →

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Scorcher… the best comic ever?

Posted on November 17, 2015 by thefoxfanzine

Scorcher was launched in January 1970, joined forces with Score, and was then swallowed up by Tiger… It launched several legends of the football comic world including ‘Nipper’, ‘Billy’s Boots’ and ‘Hot Shot Hamish’, as well has having some great … Continue reading →

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Win a copy of ‘Shirt Tales & Short Stories’ in our competition.

Posted on November 12, 2015 by thefoxfanzine

If you haven’t got a copy of last year’s hit ‘Shirt Tales & Short Stories’ yet, now is your chance to win a copy, using your almost frightening knowledge of old football shirts… Tell us which club each of these … Continue reading →

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‘Got, Not Got: The Lost World of Newcastle United’ for a perfect Geordie Christmas

Posted on November 11, 2015 by thefoxfanzine

What to get the Newcastle fan in your life, who has everything, for Christmas…? There you go… problem solved. Got, Not Got: The Lost World of Newcastle United is an Aladdin’s cave of memories and memorabilia, guaranteed to whisk you … Continue reading →

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And the ‘Fully Programmed’ Competition Winner is….

Posted on October 30, 2015 by thefoxfanzine

We had quite a few correct entries, well done to everyone as we thought we had made it quite tough… The first name drawn out of the big blue and white Got, Not Got bobble hat was: Barry Woodrow of … Continue reading →

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Win a copy of ‘Fully Programmed’ in our Spot the Prog competition…

Posted on October 22, 2015 by thefoxfanzine

You can win a copy of our new football programme book: ‘Fully Programmed’ in our fiendishly difficult * competition…. * We always think that but then you go and prove us wrong… We have zoomed in on 12 programmes and want you … Continue reading →

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