Aurélien Gérard

A figure standing in the Voice of the Fans exhibition space at Leeds Central Library, watching a woman speak on a tv screen. The space is decorated with blue panels.

An open book showing illustrations and text. The right page is entitled, 'The City Gent' and depicts a smiling man in a hat, red striped shirt, holding a briefcase and umbrella.

A woman sits in the Voice of the Fans exhibition space at Leeds Central Library, watching a man on a tv screen. The space is decorated with black, illustrated panels.

A woman can be seen looking through a glass case. An open book faces the camera, with the title: 'Arrogance - the Leeds Disease?'

Don’t miss your last chance to see Voice of the Fans at Leeds Central Library until 10 August.

Explore over 60 years of fan-made media, from the Library and Leeds Libraries collections, that has defined the beautiful game ⚽️

bit.ly/BLVoiceOfTheFans

How much?!?
Football supporters' complaints about ticket prices are nothing new, as this 50-year-old story from Leeds Other Paper shows.
#LUFC v #Barcelona

Ravi d’avoir enfin pu voir l’exposition Voice of The Fans à la Leeds Central Library — et encore plus ravi d’avoir été invité à communiquer sur mon travail dans ce cadre-là !

Definitely! I’ll let you know when I’m back

Thank you so much! It was great meeting you, let’s keep in touch! See you soon in Leeds hopefully!

Listened to the brilliant @aureliengerard.bsky.social talk about his work on how Leeds football culture was represented in newspapers and fanzines this afternoon. Brilliant stuff and all presented in his excellent English. Many thanks

See you tomorrow!!

Football Heritage and Fandom: A Research Showcase | Leeds Inspired This panel event brings together experts on football heritage and fan culture, including Professor Richard Haynes (The Football Imagination), PhD researchers Cameron Huggett and Aurélien Gerard, and c...

If you want to hear me warbling on about football fanzines come along to this tomorrow. It’s free so very much a yin-yang deal.

www.leedsinspired.co.uk/events/footb...

Immensément fier d’avoir un article dans le dernier volume de la revue Football(s) éditée par Paul Dietschy !

Artwork for Voices of the Fans exhibition, a composite image made up of photographs of football fans posing in front of stadiums, cheering at a match, and holding football zines.

Now open ⚽️

Explore how football fanzines have defined the beautiful game in Voice of the Fans, a free exhibition co-produced with Leeds Libraries, at Leeds Central Library until 10 August 2025.

Discover 60 years of fan-made media: bit.ly/BLVoicesOfTh...

🎥 Cole Robinson

Me too! See you soon! The programme is brilliant, and I cannot wait to see the exhibition in person

Football Heritage and Fandom: A Research Showcase | British Library Inspired by the Voice of the Fans, co-produced by us and Leeds Libraries, Football Fandom in Academia brings together scholars whose research interests foc

L’exposition Voice of the Fans débute aujourd’hui à la Leeds Central Library ! Je suis immensément fier d’avoir été invité à présenter les premiers résultats des recherches que j’ai menées dans les archives de cette bibliothèque !
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Exhibition display of Leeds Other Paper review of football fanzines in the 1980s, headlined: The 'zine scene

Spotted - some good old LOP on display at the new Voice of the Fans exhibition at @leedslibraries.bsky.social (with a little help from @britishlibrary.bsky.social). I'll be back for a proper look soon.

Very honoured to have been invited to present my research at the Leeds Central Library for the Voice of the Fans exhibition which starts tomorrow! Here is the programme of the brilliant series of events that will accompany the exhibition libraries.leeds.gov.uk/what-you-can... See you on 26/06 Leeds!

Leeds Zine Library Lates! Voice of the Fans with Lower Block

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Graphic from LOP 632 reading: Leeds Leeds Leeds

Front page of LOP 632 (11 May 1990), headlined: Charging United into the big time

LOP 632 p 3 headlined: United fans bitter after riots

Promotion for #LUFC - when Leeds United won promotion to the top flight 35 years ago, things got a little messy for supporters, as reported by #LeedsOtherPaper at the time.

A red and white scarf on display at the museum

Just one of the thousands of scarves left as tribute to those who lost their lives at Hillsborough in 1989.

They will never be forgotten. 🙏

#Hillsborough #JFT97

J'interviens dans le colloque Sport/Corps/Culture samedi matin à l'ICP ! Je parlerai du conflit qui a opposé les supporters de football anglais à Margaret Thatcher qui cherchait à imposer « la loi et l'ordre » dans les stades

🎓 Magnifique cérémonie des Docteur Honoris Causa de Sorbonne Université, qui s'est déroulée ce 25 mars dans le cadre majestueux du Grand Amphithéâtre de la Sorbonne !

Encore bravo à nos huit personnalités internationales d'exception, qui incarnent les valeurs chères à notre université ! 👏👏

🥁 Et les gagnants sont... :

- Agathe Faucourt, prix du Jury
- Alexandre Chargueraud, prix du Public
- Matéo Françoise, prix des Lycéens

🏆 Félicitations à nos 3 lauréats, et un grand bravo à tous les doctorants et doctorantes ayant participé à cette édition de @mt180fr.bsky.social 👏👏

Universités : vers une disparition de la philosophie dans le quart nord de la France ? Des avis «défavorables» rendus par le Haut Conseil de l’évaluation de la recherche et de l’enseignement supérieur à des universités franciliennes et du nord du pays inquiètent de nombreux philosophes.

Universités : vers une disparition de la philosophie dans le quart nord de la France ?

Des avis «défavorables» rendus par le Haut Conseil de l’évaluation de la recherche et de l’enseignement supérieur à des universités franciliennes et du nord du pays inquiètent de nombreux chercheurs.

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A pile of books shortlisted for the Walter Scott prize

David Peace’s Munichs has earned a well-deserved spot on the Walter Scott Prize longlist this year. Congratulations to all the longlisted authors 🎉

Stade des Alpes (Grenoble/Red Star)

Derby de Paris au stade Charléty

A hand drawn group of people holding up a scarf reading The Giant Scarf Project

A blue and white scarf featuring embroidered player names

If there's any day we could do with a giant scarf, it's this one.

We're teaming up with Preston North End Community and Education Trust and the wider community to create a massive version of this scarf from the 1964 FA Cup Final.

Find out how you can get involved here: bit.ly/3ZmIXvN

Interesting...very interesting...
libraries.leeds.gov.uk/what-you-can...

See you, Leeds!

Broadhurst Park (FC United/Mickleover)

Passage à l’Université de Leeds et à la Edward Boyle Library !

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