Patgod first appeared in the same month Terry Butcher played for England in a blood-drenched shirt (unlike today when the merest abrasion leads to a player being airlifted to the nearest trauma unit). Of less interest, in the rest of the world South Afica elected it's last apartheid leader and the East German government teetered towards collapse.
In the beginning....
The title and indeed the entire concept was the brainchild of Lorne Cheetham, Poppies fan and advertising guru. With this title page it all began. A scant 3 pages later and the first issue had ended. History has forgotten how many were printed of this first issue, but we would hazard a guess that barely a handful survived being given out on the Travel Club coach. Particularly if the toilet had backed-up again.
Fortunately, being only a single sheet of paper folded in half, a copy was saved for future generations and using magical device known as a photocopier, this issue lived again!
Fortunately, being only a single sheet of paper folded in half, a copy was saved for future generations and using magical device known as a photocopier, this issue lived again!
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