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The City Gent is the oldest surviving football fanzine in the UK with 30 years of continuous publication, having first been published in October 1984.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The City Gent – 30 Years of the Football Fanzine )〕 It was co-founded by Bradford City A.F.C. fans John Dewhirst and Brian Fox. ==History== In the summer of 1984 Bradford City A.F.C. fans John Dewhirst and Brian Fox discussed the creation of a football fanzine, as a result of being made unemployed, Brian Fox was able to commit more time to the project and so in October 1984 the first edition was published and sold at the ground on match days.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=When Saturday Comes - Reverting to type: City Gent )〕 The first edition was positioned as being the ‘Voice of Bantam Progressivism’ and was a success due to it being built on four principles:〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A potted history of Bradford City #2: The City Gent )〕 * The first was a commitment to be as professional and well-written as possible. * The second was to be constructive and responsible when communicating criticism about the club. * The third was to include historical features about the club at a time when there was literally nothing in print about BCAFC. * The fourth was to be unashamedly proud of being Bradfordians. The name for the fanzine was taken from the mascot for Bradford City A.F.C. that was introduced in the 1960s by the club.〔(BBC article on the City gent mascot )〕 and the design of the character was based on then chairman Stafford Heginbotham. In 2000 during Bradford City's spell in the Premier League the editors were banned from selling the fanzine at Bradford's last two away games, at Villa Park and Derby's Pride Park, because those clubs wished to protect their in-house publications. However, then Chairman Geoffrey Richmond allowed the fanzine to be sold at the Club's shop despite it being in competition to the official programme, such was Richmond's support for the fanzine.〔(The Guardian newspaper article from 1999 on The City Gent )〕 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「The City Gent」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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