Well played the Gooner - we won a trophy!

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Well played the Gooner - we won a trophy!

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http://onlinegooner.com/article.php?sec ... ve&id=3752

The Gooner Wins Best Fanzine at FSF Awards!
By Kevin Whitcher

What’s this? More silverware for Arsenal?

Well, well, well. Myself and a tableful of regular Gooner contributors attended the Football Supporters Federation annual awards dinner last night in a venue called The Pavilion at the Tower of London – a heated tent set up in the grounds of the Tower. We were nominated for the best fanzine award. We have been up for this twice before, and in all honesty, had no expectation of winning.


So it was a very pleasant surprise when, after the nominees were read out, The Gooner was announced as the winner. Everyone from the table got up on the stage to collect the award and James Richardson asked a few humorous questions, as he did with all the award recipients, a far better format than rambling acceptance speeches.

So, a good night all round, with perhaps a little too much alcohol consumed, but what the hell, the hangover is worth it.

Next week, we’ll give full details of the proposal to continue The Gooner beyond the current season. We just need to do a few things first, not least set up a Crowdfunding page. There are a substantial number of Gooner readers who want the fanzine to continue, and ultimately we will do if there are enough of them prepared to commit to a season’s worth of issues by subscribing in advance. So more of that this time next week, but today, we’ll just enjoy the memory of a very enjoyable evening at the FSF awards.

The new issue of The Gooner (268) will be on sale at home and away games until the next one comes out v Chelsea on 3rd January. The issue is something of a 1988-89 special. To buy a copy to be sent to you by mail, click here and we’ll get one in the post.

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Massive congrats to all concerned :barscarf: :barscarf: :barscarf:

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:barscarf:

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Well done everyone. :barscarf:

Didnt realise you were so involved Bas, nice one :high5:

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Yeah we had a great night out on the free piss up and a lovely hotel afterwards. Great night. :barscarf: 8)


Oh, were the rest of you mods not invited....? :rubchin:



:lol: :wink:

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flash gunner wrote:
Tue Dec 05, 2017 11:12 am
Well done everyone. :barscarf:

Didnt realise you were so involved Bas, nice one :high5:
Err I'm not Kevin Whitcher...... :shock:

But thanks anyway! 8) :barscarf:

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Basil is a Gooner wrote:
Tue Dec 05, 2017 12:24 pm
flash gunner wrote:
Tue Dec 05, 2017 11:12 am
Well done everyone. :barscarf:

Didnt realise you were so involved Bas, nice one :high5:
Err I'm not Kevin Whitcher...... :shock:

But thanks anyway! 8) :barscarf:
:lol: :lol:

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DB10GOONER wrote:
Tue Dec 05, 2017 12:19 pm
Yeah we had a great night out on the free piss up and a lovely hotel afterwards. Great night. :barscarf: 8)


Oh, were the rest of you mods not invited....? :rubchin:



:lol: :wink:
Only the best mods were invited! :wink: :dancingbanana: :high5:

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Basil is a Gooner wrote:
Tue Dec 05, 2017 12:34 pm
DB10GOONER wrote:
Tue Dec 05, 2017 12:19 pm
Yeah we had a great night out on the free piss up and a lovely hotel afterwards. Great night. :barscarf: 8)


Oh, were the rest of you mods not invited....? :rubchin:



:lol: :wink:
Only the best mods were invited! :wink: :dancingbanana: :high5:
True. 8)



Errr... hang on..... :shock:


:D :wink:

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:shock: :cry:

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Well done all involved :barscarf:

I like to feel partially responsible, as a long time subscriber 8) :wink:

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Yaaaaaaaaaaaay! :barscarf: 8)

No doubt wenger will try and claim all the Praise & Glory in his next interview.

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OneBardGooner wrote:
Tue Dec 05, 2017 2:12 pm
Yaaaaaaaaaaaay! :barscarf: 8)

No doubt wenger will try and claim all the Praise & Glory in his next interview.



Who even heard of the Gooner before he came along ? How many times did we win this award before he was appointed ? :barscarf: :barscarf: :wink:

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augie wrote:
Tue Dec 05, 2017 2:33 pm
OneBardGooner wrote:
Tue Dec 05, 2017 2:12 pm
Yaaaaaaaaaaaay! :barscarf: 8)

No doubt wenger will try and claim all the Praise & Glory in his next interview.



Who even heard of the Gooner before he came along ? How many times did we win this award before he was appointed ? :barscarf: :barscarf: :wink:
:lol: :lol:

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Well done to those involved :barscarf: :barscarf:

Just as an aside i'm guessing they never read the forum here thankfully, if nothing else none of us could be accused of being literary giants, and in some diminuitive cases the exact opposite (you know who you are) :wink:

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