Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards

The journey itself, however, was pleasant enough. A stupidly cheap first-class upgrade later, I arrived in the eternal confusional vortex of Birmingham New Street, then onward. Kiddy. A very similar size of town, carpets rather than the nation’s nuclear deterrent providing the bedrock. Perennial non-leaguers, but with a foray into the Football League. Very, very odd and unintelligible accent. Still, we weren’t short of inexplicably odd behaviour, especially when one of our nu

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Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards

The journey itself, however, was pleasant enough. A stupidly cheap first-class upgrade later, I arrived in the eternal confusional vortex of Birmingham New Street, then onward. Kiddy. A very similar size of town, carpets rather than the nation’s nuclear deterrent providing the bedrock. Perennial non-leaguers, but with a foray into the Football League. Very, very odd and unintelligible accent. Still, we weren’t short of inexplicably odd behaviour, especially when one of our nu

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Thanks to holidays and a personal boycott of the evil empire that is Harrogate Town, the home fixture against Yeovil was my first chance to cast an eye over Murray’s revamped Bluebirds in competitive action. I’d been to the Blackpool pre-season game and got suitably carried away with the win before the resumption of league action knockBased on the above, to say I was looking forward to the trip would be a stretch of the truth. It is not notoriously a happy hunting ground, and

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A Love Letter to Sam Foley

Friend of the fanzine, Seb White pens a love letter to Sam Foley, midfield maestro, cult hero, and a player who always gives it everything. The WhatsApp notification pings and my good mate Jonny says, “Just planning the next Give ‘Em Beans…how about a love letter to Sam Foley?” 13 years ago, a 27-year-old Sam was an integral part of the Yeovil Town team that incredibly got to the League One Play-Off Final. As former editor of the club’s fanzine ‘On To Victory’ I’ll never e

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When most people think of Harrogate, they imagine a delightful spa town in the heart of Yorkshire, with charming tea rooms, independent boutiques, and cobbled streets. Sadly, this match reporter merely recalls Rhys Healey’s eight-minute cameo, Josh Falkingham’s pantomime villain antics, and Simon Weaver... well, just existing, really. Based on the above, to say I was looking forward to the trip would be a stretch of the truth. It is not notoriously a happy hunting ground, and

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Give ‘em Beans, like many other football fanzines, came about as a response to the problems that football and society were facing in the mid-eighties. Fanzines, such as Beans, were proudly DIY & nearly always self-published - they attempted to give voice to the thoughts and feelings of somewhat disenfranchised football fans....