Abandon chip!

Abandon Chip! is the only fanzine for supporters of Northern Counties East League Division One side Scarborough Athletic FC.

It is unusual for a club at step 10 of the football pyramid to have a fanzine, as the 'golden age' of the fanzine was said to have been the late 1980s and early 1990s. Many fanzines in the higher levels of the pyramid have now become fully fledged magazines.

History

Scarborough FC had been without a fanzine for almost four years, following the demise of previous fanzine '2's Company, 500's a Crowd', when the first issue of Abandon Chip! went into production in March 2006.

After a month in the making, the debut issue was released in April 2006, for the now defunct Scarborough FC's final home game of their 2005–06 Conference National campaign.

The next four issues were released in Scarborough FC's Conference North campaign of 2006–07 - a season which proved to be Scarborough's last as a football club, as they folded in June 2007.

Issues 6 onwards represent the reformed club, and it was decided to keep the same name, despite the pun being based on the perilious situation Scarborough FC found themselves in, and also the stadium's sponsors at the time - McCain.

Issue numbers are also continued from where they left off in Scarborough FC's final season.

'Away The Lads' Award

The fanzine gave marks out of 100 for each away trip throughout the season. The scores were devised from awarding marks out of 10 for ten differing categories, for example the weather and the performance of Scarborough Athletic, to name just two. AFC Emley were the first team whose name appeared on the trophy, winning the 2007–08 award by scoring 80 points. 'Boro' fans will choose the award in the future by online poll.

Editors

The fanzine has had two editors in total.

Issues

See also

• Fanzines
• Scarborough FC
• Scarborough Athletic FC
• Northern Counties East League