In
my continuing collaborative series with @1888Letter, I will ask the experiences
of Englishman Mr. Andrew Palmer, Editor of Football Masters Magazine.
Name: Andrew Palmer
Twitter:
@apwhu122
Personal Description:
a Digital Retro magazine FREE to subscribers,
a Digital Retro magazine FREE to subscribers,
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Question: At what age did you become a Football fan and how long after did you
start reading Football Magazines?
Response: I went to my first game aged around 5 (1964)
at Cray Wanderers, the ground was a 5 minute walk from my Grandma’s, Approx 3
years later I went to my first professional game to see Charlton
Athletic play at the Valley, both with my Dad.
My mum bought me my first magazine in 1969 with the launch of Shoot.
My mum bought me my first magazine in 1969 with the launch of Shoot.
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Question: What was the first Soccer (Football) magazine that you read as a new
young fan of the game?
Response: Shoot in 1969 I was 10
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Question: Were there other local magazines that you also read?
Response: Not
really I had moved on from the Beano to Shoot.
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Question: Describe the general format of these particular magazines? What was
your favorite section(s) of these said magazines?
Response: Because
it was weekly it was very current, my favourite section was Focus on:
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Question: Was the coverage of Football mainly local British or was International Football news covered as well in a
meaningful way?
Response: Shoot was
90% British at the time.
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Question: In general on a typical newsstand, how many choices were available for
reading Football?
Response: At the
time both Charles Buchan Football Monthly and World Soccer were monthly and not
really targeted at 10 year olds also a bit more expensive.
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Question: Do you remember foreign Football publications at your newsstands as
well? If so did you read any?
Response: World Soccer but at the time only interested
in British football.
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Question: I will ask this from everyone, one of my best memories as a young
football fan was the anticipation of the day when new issues were available on
newsstands. It was a weekly ritual that would stay with me for decades. In your
own words, can you explain your memories of these days?
Response: Absolutely,
wondering what image would be on the front, and what pictures inside could go
up on my wall.
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Question: Did you enjoy your magazines for the scores/league tables, etc or did
you prefer the writing? Or was there an evolution as when you aged you started
to appreciate the deep written analysis more?
Response: I think
at the time it was more about the writing and the pictures.
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Question: How has the quality of your favorite magazines changed (for better or
worse over the years)?
Response: I preferred the original versions of most of
them, certainly in later years 442.
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Question: Looking back what was the best era for your favorite magazines?
Response: 1970’s my
teenage years.
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Question: The daily newspapers play a big part in the coverage of the game. Can
you compare these daily papers to the weekly/monthly magazines?
Response: I think today’s newspapers are
magnificent for their football coverage.
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your taste in magazines changed over the years or do you still read your
favorite magazines?
Response: Now I am researching for Football
Masters, I am reading loads of World Soccer, Football Monthly, Soccer Star and
Shoot and I am really enjoying reminiscing
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Question: Looking back, do you feel these magazines kept you sufficiently
informed about the events of the game as a whole?
Response: Yes
definitely Shoot for a 10 year old
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Question: Did your interest in reading magazines wane with the advent of Internet
and 24 Hour Sports Television channels or are you as interested as ever in reading?
Response: I will always love my Football.
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Question: Are there publications that have since been defunct that you miss?
Response: Not really as the newspapers
offer such great coverage.
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Question: Getting back to my earlier question about anticipating the release of
magazines. Given that now many receive their magazines on PDF, do you feel that
a level of excitement has been lost as a result?
Response: I really
hope not as Football Masters is a PDF and people seem to be enjoying reading
it.
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Question: Once again thank you for taking the time in participating in this
project.
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