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Soccerama is a 336-page football quarterly, edited by Hyder Jawad, the first edition of which was published on October 21, 2015 and sold out its original print run of 512 copies within three weeks. 〔http://www.anoldinternational.co.uk/b/1f0〕〔()〕 The retail price is £10.〔()〕 The publishers initiated a reprint of 208 copies on November 24, 2015, in lieu of a marketing campaign.〔()〕 ''Socceramas raison d'être is to publish timeless, in-depth features about the culture, the politics, the people and places of football, with a mixture of historical research, travelogue, and interviews with figures of the modern game. There are also significant obituary and book-review sections.〔()〕 ''Soccerama'' has been compared with ''The Blizzard''. 〔()〕 〔http://www.anoldinternational.co.uk/b/1f0〕 In the "mission statement" to the first edition of ''Soccerama'', the editor states that the "publication () produced by one man, with one laptop, and one telephone, in one coffee shop, over a period of three months". 〔Soccerama 01, p3〕 The plan, however, is that, "in the fullness of time, the one-man band will become a forty-piece orchestra" - as and when budget increases allow. 〔Soccerama 01, p3〕 Issue 02 is planned for the end of February or early March 2016.〔()〕 Although the publication is regular (four editions per year), it has all the characteristics of a large-format paperback book - the first edition contained 131,000 words of material - and each edition has an ISBN.〔()〕 The first edition contained the following features:〔()〕 * Dynasty: the story of Chile's famous Prieto brothers, Andrés Prieto and Ignacio Prieto * The history of the ''Football League Review'' magazine * Colin Grainger, the former England international winger, writes about his West Riding childhood * The complete script of Sa'id Milton's film, 82 And All That'', about the New Zealand football team's qualification for the 1982 World Cup in Spain * Billy Ashcroft interview about his time playing for FC Twente in The Netherlands * Jimmy McGovern interview about his Liverpool FC influences * Younis Mahmoud interview about his time as Iraq's most distinguished player * The life and works of Brian Glanville * Bob Valentine interview about his experiences refereeing around the world * Obituaries of 126 footballers who died from the end of May to the beginning of October 2015 * Manchester United's strange Football League 1985-86 campaign * Kim Tate, an American soccer official based in Mexico, recounts her stories of her football life in Tijuana and Torreón The Soccerama publishers are also planning a pilot for a tennis version of the publication, as yet untitled, with a provisional launch date of June 20, 2016.〔()〕 Soccerama is also the name of a board game published in 1968 by ASL Pastimes Ltd.〔(Soccerama at Boardgamegeek )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Soccerama」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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