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Residents across Leeds are encouraged host a play street in their neighbourhoods to help mark International Day of Play. Stock image: Adobe

With Bradford City also securing promotion to League One last weekend fans will be able to see copies of The City Gent- the longest running print football zine in the country.

With Bradford City also securing promotion to League One last weekend fans will be able to see copies of The City Gent- the longest running print football zine in the country.

A huge range of grassroots, self-published zines is on display tracing the evolution of fan-led media right through to modern, multimedia content. Other aspects of fan culture including badges, banners, scarfs and even recordings of terrace chants from the British Library Sound Archive also form part of the exhibition.

Antony Ramm, librarian at Leeds Central Library, has been bringing together a huge range of grassroots, self-published zines tracing the evolution of fan-led media right through to modern, multimedia content.

Antony Ramm, librarian at Leeds Central Library, has been bringing together a huge range of grassroots, self-published zines tracing the evolution of fan-led media right through to modern, multimedia content.

A copy of Foul, widely regarded as the original magazine created by football supporters, is among the scores of titles which feature in Voice of the Fans, which opens at Leeds Central Library on Friday (May 9) and in partnership the British Library. On loan from the British Library’s collection, Foul was originally produced by students at Cambridge University in October, 1972, with 34 issues subsequently published between 1972 and 1976.

Kenn Taylor, lead culture producer north at the British Library, with some of the magazines created by football supporters, is among the scores of titles which feature in Voice of the Fans.