Remembrance of mags past
In an issue of WSC many years ago, there was an article by a contributor who recalled going to an interview for a staff post on a magazine - it may have been a music magazine.
The editor who interviewed the budding journalist stared in disbelief when the interviewee told him of his love for Wimbledon and how he was a regular at their matches. At that time, 'going to the football' was about as trendy as declaring an undying love for Margaret Thatcher.
So imagine the surprise a few years later, during the early years of the Premier League, when this editor turns up in a new role as chief of one of the new trendy football magazines.
I wish I could remember more of the details of that story, but it does make you wonder how many of those involved in these now defunct magazines truly loved the game of football.
In an issue of WSC many years ago, there was an article by a contributor who recalled going to an interview for a staff post on a magazine - it may have been a music magazine.
The editor who interviewed the budding journalist stared in disbelief when the interviewee told him of his love for Wimbledon and how he was a regular at their matches. At that time, 'going to the football' was about as trendy as declaring an undying love for Margaret Thatcher.
So imagine the surprise a few years later, during the early years of the Premier League, when this editor turns up in a new role as chief of one of the new trendy football magazines.
I wish I could remember more of the details of that story, but it does make you wonder how many of those involved in these now defunct magazines truly loved the game of football.
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