After three years, DEM Blades is back.

Our Summer 2026 fanzine is coming together faster than Adrian Littlejohn. When it arrives, the final product will be the work of a shitload of Blades, and it is taking a shitload of work. It'll be superb. 

What can you expect inside? Think Bochum. Think beyond. To away days on the continent, moaning, non-moaning, photographs, Panini stickerness, friendly fixture ticksheets, a Gus Hamer xG deep dive nobody but the stats-mad will like, some Bassett-era brilliance that everyone will love, then some daft new ideas, old memories, and to be frank, some trivial madness. But. Repeat: it will be superb.

🚨 Read the small print - this is a pre-sale. Any issues, contact us here. 

You can pre-order the fanzine now. 

Print run #1 (Pre-sale)

• Order before 1 July and your fanzine will be in the first print run.
• First run copies will ship on/around 20 July.
• Orders including stickers are for pre-sale only

Print run #2

• Orders placed from 2 July onwards will be in the second print run
• Second run copies will ship in August
• It will not be possible to add stickers after the pre-sale

Pre-sale

This is a pre-sale. The fanzine is not printed yet, so you are not buying something already sat in a box. You are helping us understand how many boxes we need. We will print it and pack it, as per the above dates.

Stickers

You can add a sticker sheet to your order for £2.00. The artwork shown in the product pictures reflects mock designs only. Please note that these may be altered ahead of printing (but they probably won't - not too much anyway). 

Price

Balancing price and quality is tricky. We want to print on good paper stock, not cheap rubbish. The better the quality, the more it costs to print. Postage is expensive. Packaging is relatively cheap. All of it is time-consuming, even if a labour of love. Every order helps us to keep going and makes it more likely that we can do more in the future. We’ve tried to find a middle ground where we can make something decent that’s not too expensive.  

UK Shipping

• All UK shipping is free
• We will send second class - around 3 working days

International Shipping

• All international shipping is priced at £3.05
• Please be patient, we are at the whim of Royal Mail