bristolcitysweden Posted November 7, 2011 Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 There was a run of fanzines at one time and if the dusty old attic on top of my shoulders serves me well amongst them were: Ultra The Bountyhunter One Team In Bristol Over The Gate Come in Number Nine Your Time Is Up Anyone remember any more? We Scandinavians had The Ashton Gate Observer for about ten seasons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Casual Connoisseur Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 Great thread got my memory jogging: I was bought a subscription of ULTRA as a present, loved it, the quality was superb and the features were great. Still pick up a copy of otib as my half time read on matchdays, can't beat the bountyhunter for hilarity though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastonboy Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 Loved the Bountyhunter. Every time I see a sign for Mangotsfield, my mind is immediately cast back to the mock up poster that they did "Support Rovers move to Mansfield" - still makes me chuckle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Knowle Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 Great thread got my memory jogging: I was bought a subscription of ULTRA as a present, loved it, the quality was superb and the features were great. Still pick up a copy of otib as my half time read on matchdays, can't beat the bountyhunter for hilarity though. Ultra was well produced but some of the articles could have been written by les kew. can rememebr them praising the signing of dave thompson. ultra it was not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowley Birkin Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 The Bountyhunter was written by Nick and Tim Herniman from Posset, and mate Dave also their younger bro Anthohny ? be jiggered if I can remember now, and Gus the extremist of course, the angry young man ! Was a good laugh back then,we used to live and breathe City , and follow them all over country, then everyone grew up, or should I say got older. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegC Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 Bounty Hunter by far the best; great memories of heading down to Revolver Records on my school lunch break to pick it up in the 89/90 promotion season. If only I'd bought issue 7,can't find it ANYWHERE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 Bounty Hunter by far the best; great memories of heading down to Revolver Records on my school lunch break to pick it up in the 89/90 promotion season. If only I'd bought issue 7,can't find it ANYWHERE. There was no issue 7, Reg. The reason the next one was numbered no.8 was an in joke over the time between 6 and the next one, which from memory was about a season and a half? Loads and loads of stuff got written for it (not only by me) but the legendary organisational abilities of a certain Herniman brother meant that it never actually got produced..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team In Keynsham Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 Bounty Hunter by far the best; great memories of heading down to Revolver Records on my school lunch break to pick it up in the 89/90 promotion season. If only I'd bought issue 7,can't find it ANYWHERE. A fondly remembered part of my youth Christ knows how much I squandered in there over the years. I still feel bad about exchanging a copy of The Queen Is Dead, complaining it was badly warped, after having left it on the back seat of a car for a day. The guy behind the counter knew. I knew he knew. He knew I knew he knew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Cyril Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 The carrier bags were oh so cool there too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team In Keynsham Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 The carrier bags were oh so cool there too My bedroom was awash with the things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOTR Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 From the late 70s through to the mid 90s you could tell who supported City or the sags by their taste in music and the clothes they wore.We were much cooler than them,cooler music,cooler clothes.The sags by and large were tramps and wouldn't of known cool if it kicked them in the nuts,still wearing short jeans and docs,listening to OI! bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambridge Batch Red Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 I loved the bountyhunter - the excellent humour, great cartoons and silly things like the clippings of newspaper articles with an ant-gas slant - all with an authentic city voice. It would stick out like a sore thumb in today's corporate loving football world - even our own fans seem different these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pride of the west Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 From the late 70s through to the mid 90s you could tell who supported City or the sags by their taste in music and the clothes they wore.We were much cooler than them,cooler music,cooler clothes.The sags by and large were tramps and wouldn't of known cool if it kicked them in the nuts,still wearing short jeans and docs,listening to OI! bands. This! They always have been a scruffy mob. Links with NF back in the day didnt help them style wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poland_red Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 The Bountyhunter was a different class and Over the Gate was good (at the start) but a flimsy read. Ultra had a great, pro layout that was something else at the time, but the content was too sterile and too esoteric. OTIB - total shite, with no offence meant to anyone on here who scribbles for them. It's genuinely clumsy and painful when compared to the BH. Whoever used to carry the pen(s) for that, my god, was a total genius; a real trailblazing fanzine full of what football was all about - their descriptions of some of the old away days - wow, you can almost smell the cider. a top read and whose copies I treasure to this day. In comparison, I wouldn't wipe my trousers with OTIB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somerset_Sam Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 In my youth, one of my greatest moments was getting an article published in the Bounty Hunter. I took great pride in carrying that addition with me everywhere and showing anyone who would listen. The Bounty Hunter was so good at taking this piss out of the sags, the move to Mansfield, the addition dedicated to Robbie Earle and there was one front cover about Francis and one of the players getting married if i remember rightly?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redderland Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 Have Bountyhunters and scanner, how do I upload? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pewsham Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 The Bountyhunter was a different class and Over the Gate was good (at the start) but a flimsy read. Ultra had a great, pro layout that was something else at the time, but the content was too sterile and too esoteric. OTIB - total shite, with no offence meant to anyone on here who scribbles for them. It's genuinely clumsy and painful when compared to the BH. Whoever used to carry the pen(s) for that, my god, was a total genius; a real trailblazing fanzine full of what football was all about - their descriptions of some of the old away days - wow, you can almost smell the cider. a top read and whose copies I treasure to this day. In comparison, I wouldn't wipe my trousers with OTIB. Wasn't there a T shirt as well, with a pic of Bob Taylor and our Chairman at the time - Des Williams. Over the pic of Taylor was the word HOPE and over Williams the word HOPELESS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambridge Batch Red Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 The Bountyhunter was a different class and Over the Gate was good (at the start) but a flimsy read. Ultra had a great, pro layout that was something else at the time, but the content was too sterile and too esoteric. OTIB - total shite, with no offence meant to anyone on here who scribbles for them. It's genuinely clumsy and painful when compared to the BH. Whoever used to carry the pen(s) for that, my god, was a total genius; a real trailblazing fanzine full of what football was all about - their descriptions of some of the old away days - wow, you can almost smell the cider. a top read and whose copies I treasure to this day. In comparison, I wouldn't wipe my trousers with OTIB. It's hard to compare OTIB to BH - back then there was no internet - nowadays if you want to know X or have an opinion about Y - then you can bash away for five minutes on your keyboard and hey presto. Back then we had the evening post, the matchday programme and er... Keep going OTIB - they always ask for contributions on here and, I imagine, they are all volunteers. I will write something soon, although the last time I did write - I didn't get an email informing me if it was accepted or not for publication. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redderland Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GERRYGOW Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 From the late 70s through to the mid 90s you could tell who supported City or the sags by their taste in music and the clothes they wore.We were much cooler than them,cooler music,cooler clothes.The sags by and large were tramps and wouldn't of known cool if it kicked them in the nuts,still wearing short jeans and docs,listening to OI! bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardy Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 I had 4 or 5 copies of The Bountyhunter - I seem to remember one has Turner and Taylor on the front with the slogan - The Boys From County Durham. What a strikeforce! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 Oooooda thunk that after a break of 20 years we'd be able to pick up Issue 9 this very evening!!! Welcome back, the BH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnclosureSurge Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 Man alive i cant wait, tonight: cider, game, 3 points, Bountyhunter no. 117 (or whatever number!) Cannot begin to think what wil be on the back there covers were always mint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somerset_Sam Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 I had 4 or 5 copies of The Bountyhunter - I seem to remember one has Turner and Taylor on the front with the slogan - The Boys From County Durham. What a strikeforce! I thought the title was 'The boys from county hell' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merrick's Marvels Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 Indeed it was, Sam - a Pogues songtitle. No reflection on the fine county of Durham, from where T&T hailed, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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