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The Written Word

They'll tell you it's dead, what with the internet and texting, but it really isn't. Well, it might be for those with the IQ of the average daffodil bulb, but not for the rest of us.

No, for the rest of us the written word is still the purest form of communication.

The Fanzine

They'll tell you the fanzine is dead too. It's not the presence it was, granted, but it's still very much alive and kicking. Some fanzines, the likes of "United We Stand" and Sunderland's "A Love Supreme" sell thousands of copies every single issue. Dead? Not by a long chalk.

Which is where, at least as far as Wigan Athletic is concerned, we come in.

Now in our 8th year, the MFE is the only Wigan Athletic fanzine available. In fact, most of the contributors have long been the only independent voices of the club, saying what others either won't or daren't.

MFE Issue 41

Yes, it's the Wembley Special*

Everything from the dreams that 70s comics bring, to Lionel Messi, to being mithered by a younger brother to take him to watch Latics.

Available in the shop, both in print (for now) and digital formats.

*By "Wembley Special", we actually mean it includes some hasty re-writes of previously not quite so upbeat articles

MFE Issue 40

It's the tough January edition.

Did we really used to do nine or ten fanzines a season and stand out once a month in December, January and February through wind, hail, rain and snow freezing our collective knackers off? Apparently so....

What does Issue 40 bring us? Well, more of the same gibberish you should be more than familiar with by now. Wigan Athletic based comment and review, Wigan life, European football, Nostalgia, Pies, Chippies. features of Left Wingers and Lee McCulloch and features on scary Wigan characters of your childhood and Ronnie Scott, plus all the regular columns. 48 pages of independent, from the heart writing for just £2.

MFE Digital Launch

Yep, we've finally made it into the 21st Century. Well, almost. We've got one foot in the door, at least.

The MFE Issue 39 will be available for purchase in encrypted PDF format from Sunday 25th November 2012. Although it's optimised for iPad, you can now read the MFE on any device that can display a PDF, meaning you can take us with you everywhere you go.

We'd like to say there's a launch offer, but we'd be lying. We are pricing it lower than the printed version, though, so stop moaning.

We will also be making back issues available as soon as we get the time. Yep, even the sold out ones.

MFE Issue 38

Issue 38 of the Mudhutter Football Express is now on sale!

You can buy it from any of our usual retail partners, or directly from us here at The Mudhutter.

All the usual stuff is in there including Les at Large, Orrible's Fives and probably one of the best Will Philk columns ever.

It's incredible to think that we've made it to 38 issues. Most fanzines don't make it half as far and, if you take into account the previous incarnation of the mag, it's been a long and interesting road...