The newest issue is on French football but you can see spreads of first issue in this video:
It's got an amazing photography, and interviews/writing seemed to be quite interesting too. The newest issue also features Peter Saville as contributor. The Umbro advertising at the back is totally beautiful.
No sexy women or car adverts. I'm pretty sure this magazine meets a demand.
It's a London based publisher, and it's quite odd why they chose to call themselves soccer journal instead of football.
美しい写真とデザインで構成された『グリーン・サッカー・ジャーナル』という名のサッカー雑誌が素敵。裏表紙のUmbroの広告も好き。
今の職場では、お昼休みになると、男性一同がテーブルサッカー(foosball)をして、仕事が終わると、みんなでプレステでFIFAをやっているし、大学でも先生も生徒も熱烈サッカーファンが多い。クリエイティブ関係の人のサッカー好き人口も多いから、こういうデザインやヴィジュアルにこだわった、チープじゃないサッカー誌の需要はある気がする。仲の良いポルトガル人の友達は、彼の行くサッカーのウェブサイトは水着のお姉さんの広告だらけでいつも嫌がっているし。
On their blog, they also had a post about a designer called Zoran Lucić. His work has a retro feel and is an original take for football graphics. I'm very much against putting posters of idols/athletes up, but these, I wouldn't mind having them up on my walls:
