4,000 WENT TO MOW!

Written by Peter Sampson on 19th August, 2008   •  886 views
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The Chelsea Independent, sold outside Stamford Bridge from 1987 to 2000 was the best loved Chelsea fanzine of all time.   It played a key part in the fans’ recent history.  Neil Barnett, of Chelsea TV fame, nicked all the best Indie writers for Chelsea’s own in-house magazine in 1991, whilst Dave Johnstone (Editor in late [...]


CFCNET - THE FANZINE SCENE

Written by Peter Sampson on 29th January, 2008   •  648 views
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This time round I’ve dug out issue one of the Carefree fanzine. It was a little different to the other fanzines of the time and become my favourite over its very short lifetime. Although to be honest I can’t remember why it became my favourite? Maybe my memory will get a jolt as I review [...]


CFCNET - THE FANZINE SCENE

Written by Peter Sampson on 22nd January, 2008   •  778 views
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This week it’s the turn of issue 8 of the Chelsea Independent Supporters Association’s Chelsea Independent. Issue 8 was published in September 1988. Chelsea has just been relegated and were truly the “Boys in Blue Division 2″. For me 1988/89, until the last two Champion’s seasons, was my most enjoyable time following the Blues home [...]


CFCNET - THE FANZINE SCENE

Written by Peter Sampson on 16th January, 2008   •  811 views
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This week I’m turning the clock back nearly 20 years to issue 4 of the Chelsea Independent, the fanzine of the Chelsea Independent Supporters Association (CISA). Issue 4 came out in Dec 1988 when Chelsea were not so good and I was not so fat.
In the season 1988/89 the CISA team consisted of Chair Editor - Mick [...]


CFCNET - THE FANZINE SCENE

Written by Peter Sampson on 9th January, 2008   •  637 views
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Last week I had a look at the first ever issue of Matthew Harding’s Blue and White Army. This week it’s the 107th issue of the Chelsea Independent. It was the Chelsea Independent that hatched CFCnet 8 years ago two years after Mark Wheeler had first fertilised the web with the original “Indy” site.
I’ve chosen to [...]


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