Relive the best moments from Adelaide United’s opening match of the 2009/10 A-League season, which saw the Reds secure all 3 points thanks to a controversial Travis Dodd penalty.

The Adelaide public can recognize quality when they see it. At Hindmarsh last night the very first issue of BoaPT got snapped up like marbles by the hordes of hungry hungry hippos making their way towards the turnstiles.

If you missed out, don’t worry: you can download a copy of the zine, right here, free of charge. Donate via the tab above if you think it’s worth it, every bit helps. Enjoy being a part of FANZINE HISTORY!

-Bill

Issue #01 – BoaPT… a new fanzine was born (3.76MB pdf)

• Aurelio Vidmar interview
• History of Adelaide v Perth
• “The Pissantvertiser” news
• W-League season review
• A-League for Canberra? article
• End of season trip diary
• & much, much more!

The Fox Sports FC panel, featuring former Adelaide United manager John Kosmina, preview Adelaide’s chances in the upcoming 2009/10 A-League season.

Con Stamocostas of A Football Story and Eamonn Flanagan of Nearpost Foootball have joined forces to bring together a bunch of football writers & bloggers from around the country (myself included) to create a brand new e-zine, Half-Time Heroes… So check it out.

Well, our graphic design guru is putting the finishing touches on the layout & we’re going to print tomorrow.

We’ll be distributing on the streets outside Hindmarsh on game day (the Perth game kicks off at 7:30 pm on Friday 7th) so look out for us, drop us a shiny golden coin if you can & get your greasy mitts on a copy of Issue 1 of Because of a Pissant Town – sure to be a valuable collector’s item one day. I promise.

BOAPT is rapidly making its way to the top of the A-list…

We’ve been invited to put in an appearance at the season launch of the Red Army, who, during the off season, have incorporated as the Adelaide United Supporters Group Pty Ltd.

We’ll be there distributing a few test copies of the zine, having a couple of drinks and putting the word out, so come along and say g’day.

Here are the details, as per the Red Army website:

Date: Friday, July 31, 2009
Time: 7:00pm – 11:55pm
Location: Flinders Park Community Hall
Street: 167 Grange Road, Beverly

The new season begins and now its time to “GET ON IT” for Season 2009/2010.We would like to invite you to our Season Launch and have some fun. This is a great opportunity for everyone to take part in supporting their team to a higher level.

Be the first to purchase our inaugural Red Army/Adelaide United Supporters Group membership. Benefits include discount on Red Army Travel, Red Army Merchandise and other surprises during the year. Alcohol will be sold on the night, as well as Merchandise and Raffle Tickets.

Entertainment for the night will be provided by DJ Concept and a guest performance by Camira (Performed “Our Time” at the Grand Final Prematch).Hope to see you there,

Adelaide United Supporters Group / Red Army Comittee.

I had to go to our nation’s capital last week for work. While I was there I caught up with Eamonn Flanagan, notable Canberra football maven, for a curry and a chat about football.

Eamonn’s an impressive guy – as well as basically bringing together the Canberra A-League bid, he writes a blog at nearpost.blogspot.com, hosts a weekly radio show (podcasts can be downloaded from the blog site), coaches his daughter’s junior team, and basically gets involved with football at all levels in the ACT. He’s also got an idea in the works for a national football fanzine, bringing together writers from all parts of the country to write about the A-League and other domestic football issues.

Here’s a download of this week’s Nearpost radio show - at 18:40 Eamonn interviews me about BOAPT and Adelaide’s chances for the year (bear in mind I had a curry and a few beers in me at that point)…

Final deadline for submissions or advertising for the first issue will be 31 July – we’ll be going to the printers on 3 August.

Let us know well in advance if you do want to put something up, though. Among other things this month, we may or may not feature the following content:

- Interview with Viddie

- Season preview

- ‘Agony Ant’ column

- Focus on Canberra’s A-League bid

- Article about the importance of midfield playmakers

- AUFC Players’ diary

- AUFC W-league feature

- North Qld & Gold Coast ‘new kids on the block’ article

- ‘Pissantvertiser’ news section

With the start of the season (and, more importantly, the launch of BOAPT Issue 1) quickly approaching, it’s time to start thinking football again.

Adelaide United’s squad is shaping up quite nicely, with a host of new faces in the team including Lloyd Owusu, Adam Hughes and Shin In-Sup jetting in from abroad, and local young’uns Michael Marrone, Joseph Costa and Francesco Monterosso stepping up into the senior side.

There’s been a bit of preseason action already – here are some highlights from Hindmarsh:

Travis Dodd embarrassing the Perth Glory defence


Four of the best from Adelaide United – including an absolute belter from Jamieson – against an SA state select side.

I think it should go without saying that, when it comes to making an A-League fanzine, we’re not in it for the money. The problem is, of course, that the printing and distribution of these things ain’t free.

You can show your support for independent, fan-generated football media and help us to cover production costs by donating via the PayPal button on this site.

If you want to help out in other ways, or if you’re interested in advertising in BOAPT, drop us a line at pissanttown@gmail.com.