October 1989 – the East German President resigns amid calls for democratic change and England are in the hat for Italia ’90.
Like London busses, or Branston red cards, the second issue arrived a scant 30-days after the first, unlike the end of the Patgod run when publishing dates and the Olympic committee ran each other neck-an-neck in terms of frequency of workrate, (although Patgod prided itself on shying away from accepting enormous bribes or awarding their patronage to oppressive regimes).
By this time Peter Wilson had been brought onboard to add a touch of class to the proceedings. That and he could actually spell, which back in 1989, before the advent of PC’s and spellcheckers, was a valuable talent. Back then computers were still something only used by trained nerds who were regularly and rightfully beaten for being uber-geeks, or NASA technicians plotting a mission to Mars.
The issue again only stretched to a meagre 4-pages, but the days of single sheet printing were nearing their end. Also, this issue carried the first hint of what was to come with the completely unnecessary trashing of a former player for no other reason than the pain the player had caused could be expressed in print.
Like London busses, or Branston red cards, the second issue arrived a scant 30-days after the first, unlike the end of the Patgod run when publishing dates and the Olympic committee ran each other neck-an-neck in terms of frequency of workrate, (although Patgod prided itself on shying away from accepting enormous bribes or awarding their patronage to oppressive regimes).
By this time Peter Wilson had been brought onboard to add a touch of class to the proceedings. That and he could actually spell, which back in 1989, before the advent of PC’s and spellcheckers, was a valuable talent. Back then computers were still something only used by trained nerds who were regularly and rightfully beaten for being uber-geeks, or NASA technicians plotting a mission to Mars.
The issue again only stretched to a meagre 4-pages, but the days of single sheet printing were nearing their end. Also, this issue carried the first hint of what was to come with the completely unnecessary trashing of a former player for no other reason than the pain the player had caused could be expressed in print.
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