Red News is the first Manchester United

Manchester United F.C.

Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...

 unofficial supporters' fanzine

Fanzine

A fanzine is a nonprofessional and nonofficial publication produced by fans of a particular cultural phenomenon for the pleasure of others who share their interest...

, founded in 1987. It is available in printed format, and on the internet

Internet

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 with daily news on the football club Manchester United. It is run by matchgoing Manchester United supporters for United fans at games and all around the world.

Over the years there have been a number of fanzines sold outside Old Trafford

Old Trafford (football)

Old Trafford is a football stadium in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, and the home of Manchester United. With a capacity of 75,811, Old Trafford is the second-largest football stadium in England after Wembley, the third-largest in the United Kingdom and the eleventh-largest in Europe...

 but Red News, Red Issue

Red Issue

Red Issue is a fanzine aimed at Manchester United supporters. The fanzine has been published monthly during the domestic football season since February 1989. The content of the fanzine is satirical - featuring jokes at the expense of Manchester United's own players in addition to their rival...

(which two former Red News contributors left to set up) and United We Stand are still going strong, all with a different theme and format. Red News aims to provide a laugh, but also mixing serious theme and content from a number of regular or irregular - or one off - contributors.

Red News celebrated its 21st anniversary in April 2008, one of the few remaining fanzines - a handful - that were created in the '80s boom. Red News has interviewed over 50 current and former United players, with one of its highlights being an interview with Eric Cantona

Eric Cantona

Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona is a French actor and former French international footballer. He played for Auxerre, Martigues, Marseille, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Nîmes and Leeds United before ending his professional footballing career at Manchester United, where he won four Premier League titles in...

. United manager Alex Ferguson has twice been interviewed, most recently during the 2008-09 season to commemorate Red News' 150th printed edition.

Red News' website is a more recent extension of the fanzine, providing Internet discussion forums and additional United news.

In 2008, Red News was short listed for the Fanzine of the Year 2008 http://www.footballfanzineawards.com/nominations-premier-league.php

In 2009, Red News was shortlisted for Fanzine of the Year 2009 http://www.footballfanzineawards.com/the-nominees.php and in the following categories. “Best Premier League - Print” “Best Premier League - Online” “Best Editor - Either Media” and writers Bunter1969, Barney, Tom Clare, Tony Smith and Pete Shaw for “Best Writer - Either Media”