King of the Kippax | Last ever edition (p 20)

I was looking for next kindle edition the other day and noticed it would be 300. Crossed my mind it would be a good time to bow out but surely not mid season. Bought it regularly on the way home and then kindle latterly. Great shame and I'll be sad to see it go but can understand their reasoning. It's been a great source of information and provided many laughs over the years. Many thanks and wishing them well in "retirement".
 
ctidcarl said:
I've not read it for a while but there was a time (pre internet) when this and a few of the other City zines were staple reading, witty and often the best news source for our club - I subscribed for a good few seasons rather than pick up an issue at the match as in those days, it got a little messy and I often lost issues, so decided to get them delivered to my home!!

Whilst I don't know Dave and Sue on a personal level, I've had a few engagements with Dave and always found him to be a really good bloke.

Don't know (or care, or mind) if they've made profit from the fanzine but how they have essentially devoted the last 35 years or so, providing entertainment/information for us Blues is extremely commendable.

Fairplay to both of them and if this is the last issue - seriously well done, cannot praise them and all the other contributors highly enough
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It really will be a sad day when this happens. It’s been a part of Citt going life for so long
ctidcarl said:
I've not read it for a while but there was a time (pre internet) when this and a few of the other City zines were staple reading, witty and often the best news source for our club - I subscribed for a good few seasons rather than pick up an issue at the match as in those days, it got a little messy and I often lost issues, so decided to get them delivered to my home!!

Whilst I don't know Dave and Sue on a personal level, I've had a few engagements with Dave and always found him to be a really good bloke.

Don't know (or care, or mind) if they've made profit from the fanzine but how they have essentially devoted the last 35 years or so, providing entertainment/information for us Blues is extremely commendable.

Fairplay to both of them and if this is the last issue - seriously well done, cannot praise them and all the other contributors highly enough
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it will be a very sad day when it ends. King of the Kippax has been a part of City going life for so long. It’s been like your Mum if you like - no matter what happens there is that underlying love for the club that remains throughout and that was reflected in the fanzine. But of course it , like your Mum, has not been uncritical of things that have happened and contributors seem to have driven various points of view.
I have occasionally chatted to Sue and Dave and that lovely, warm and understated nature they have is reflected in the fanzine.
What a far cry from so many of the narcissist assholes we see today purporting to reflect their clubs.
Writing this does make me feel nostalgic and must thank the regular contributors whose style, humour and erudition will be sorely missed.
Such a contrast to the bland advert strewn guff called the programme.
I really enjoyed BTH, Blueprint and City till I die so this is the end of a 3 generation era.
But my God, what a way to bow out with the wonderful teams and success we have enjoyed in the last 12 years. Best wishes and thanks to all involved in KoTK
 
Stiff Little Wingers said:
It really will be a sad day when this happens. It’s been a part of Citt going life for so long

it will be a very sad day when it ends. King of the Kippax has been a part of City going life for so long. It’s been like your Mum if you like - no matter what happens there is that underlying love for the club that remains throughout and that was reflected in the fanzine. But of course it , like your Mum, has not been uncritical of things that have happened and contributors seem to have driven various points of view.
I have occasionally chatted to Sue and Dave and that lovely, warm and understated nature they have is reflected in the fanzine.
What a far cry from so many of the narcissist assholes we see today purporting to reflect their clubs.
Writing this does make me feel nostalgic and must thank the regular contributors whose style, humour and erudition will be sorely missed.
Such a contrast to the bland advert strewn guff called the programme.
I really enjoyed BTH, Blueprint and City till I die so this is the end of a 3 generation era.
But my God, what a way to bow out with the wonderful teams and success we have enjoyed in the last 12 years. Best wishes and thanks to all involved in KoTK
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Great post SLW
 
As said elsewhere, the fanzines were a lifeline back in pre internet days. A great source of information, and most importantly in the darkest days, humour to carry us through. As technology came in, many fell by the wayside, but KoTK continued to this day.

Well done Dave, Sue and all involved. Much appreciated. Put yer feet up now.
 
Amazing effort to keep this going - and as long as I've been alive too! Credit to the Wallace's for their efforts, I can imagine it's been a lot of hard work keeping it going especially in the days of the internet where there's less demand. It would be brilliant if this could somehow be taken over and carried on by others in one form or another, even if it became a website with weekly contributions from posters on here, I'd be more than willing to contribute an article about something or other, but I wouldn't have the foggiest how to do something on the scale that they've achieved!
 
Be very much missed. Very nostalgic, end of an era. KOTK 'born' a month after my eldest, so many memories bound up in the mag.

I wish Dave and Sue a happy and long 'retirement' - they have more than earned it. Gonna miss it can't deny, but nothing ever stays the same. Hence we won a Treble - unheard of in 1988! X
 
Going home & away through most of the 80 & 90s I used to look foreward to getting the next copy of K of the K, Got to know Dave quite well & he often used to go on the radio to fight citys corner when the club were in the news,
I still have an attic of old fanzines which I have a glance at now & again but cant bring myself to throw away, anyway Thanks Dave & Sue & all who helped to produce the fanzines,
Who would have thought all these years later we really would be "The best team in the land & all the World!"
 
Really sorry to hear its ending. I’ll be honest and say I haven’t bought it in a few years which I feel a bit guilty about now but I’ll buy the last one if I can.

Many years ago when I was at school I actually wanted to be a journalist (yes, I know), my career adviser, who knew I was a football fan suggested I try writing a few things, send them in to some fanzines and see what happened. It was genuinely one of my proudest ever moments when one of them got published in KOTK and I actually ended up doing a few match reports for them over a couple of years. I only stopped when I realised I had done 10 and hadn’t written about a game we’d won! To be fair it was the mid 1990’s so I shouldn’t have been surprised but I actually thought I was a jinx (you had to let them know in advance which games you were going to do so I couldn’t even wait for us to win and then submit one)! Never did become a journalist though.
 
Brilliant in the early years a must read on aways, inciteful, funny and truly felt it was by the fans for the fans.

Time moves on, I've spoken to Dave a few times over the years etc but it must be at least 20 years since I bought one and this type of production has likely sadly had its day.

A thousand thanks to Dave/Sue and the contributions of all involved, it was our beacon of light in a sea of shit for many years.
 
What can I said that hasnt already been said? I’ll just reiterate that, without realising it we have a lot to thank Dave - Sue and the whole KoTK team for. Been pretty much a lifetime’s work, 35 years, I bet they didn't expect it to last so long? Got to know them during the Forward with Franny campaign, which they backed to the hilt, and are such lovely people
So, enjoy your second retirement you truly deserve it and thanks to all the team, absolute sterling effort done for no other reason than your love of our wonderful club.
 
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When we had no voice Blueprint then KK then EB/BTH gave us one. It’s easy now to get our feelings known back then the efforts of Sue & Dave and the others made people listen to fans. They are an incredible and important part of MCFC and football history. The world will be a poorer place without KK.
 
Gary James said:
It’s easy now to get our feelings known back then the efforts of Sue & Dave and the others made people listen to fans. They are an incredible and important part of MCFC and football history. The world will be a poorer place without KK.
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I was never greatly interested, but the bolded bit is absolutely correct.
 
Northerndave said:
How much is a copy of KOTK nowadays ?
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They stopped selling KOTK outside grounds ages ago but continued to sell by mail to subscribers @ £25 for 5 editions.

My subscription expired with the current one and but I will pay a one off £7 for the last edition. I believe for those whose subscription has not expired, the balance will be donated to charity.
 
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