Women in football have influenced printed fanzines many times. Right now it is being boosted tremendously by women’s football, leading the way in terms of new single club zines in print. @manutdwomen.bsky.social Barmy Article ( @barmyarticle.bsky.social ) was the first to appear, now on issue 18.

I mean the anticipated backlash of a player coming out as gay. Your sympathy of a player feeling pressured to wear a rainbow compared to the pressure on a gay player to conceal his true self

Next day delivery includes the football coverage too

It's likely there are some gay footballers in some of these squads, but because of the anticipated backlash demonstrated whenever support is attempted, they stay silent. 92 league clubs with squads of 20+ and only 1 gay player is highly unlikely to reflect reality.

Nobody was made to wear anything, they were asked and were allowed to refuse. Nobody's freedom of speech was impeded. Visual symbols of support are actually extremely common and make a huge difference to those being supported, as shown by countless anecdotes

The investment justification reminds me of the ST renewals that blamed price increases on "Roy Keane's £52k a week contract" and subsequently the purchase of Rio Ferdinand

Too much 'content creation' rather than covering the actual goings on of a football team. Multiple pop ups selling the latest gear whenever you open the app or website. The best thing to attract and retain fans (and their money 🙄) is just by being really good at football

Then #mufc men embark on a new chapter. A lot of the promises are similar to those when EtH was imminent, but the head coach title, the smooth recruitment process, feels more promising. Allow yourself to get excited.