View from the Tower
Sometime in late 1990, shortly after Billy Ayre succeeded Graham Carr in the Bloomfield Road hotseat, lifelong Pool fan Roy Calley inspired by When Saturday Comes, produced Issue 1 of View from the Tower. It was great to have a Pool Fanzine at long last. The first VFTT Editorial set out the stall to be "irreverent, critical, but hopefully constructive." That was pretty much the way it was until Roy decided to call it a day in the mid 90s to devote more time to the day job at the BBC. VFTT also gave me, and anybody else who cared to make the effort, the opportunity to get into print. I have lots of vivid memories of the (mainly) pain and (occasional) pleasure of following the Tangerines, those that found their way into the pages of VFTT can be found below.
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Spot the Ball | Bill Bentley, my hero | |
| Tom Hutchison | The oldest winger in town | ||
| FA Cup 1969-70 & 1970-71 | Sublime to the Ridiculous | ||
| Silver Jubilee | 25 years of....... | ||
| Festival '75 | Rock 'n Roll at Bloomers | ||
| The VFTT Literary Review | A Guide to the Club Histories | ||
| Alan Suddick | A weary tale | ||
| Bruised Knee | Lies and deceit, but worth it. | ||
| Witherick and I | A story of exiled seaside folk [Episodes 1-4] |