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Podcast bonus interview: Josh Widdicombe on Plymouth, double relegations & 90s kits

Host Daniel Gray interviews comedian, TV presenter, WSC contributor and Plymouth Argyle fan Josh Widdicombe. The two discuss Ceefax hacks and all things Argyle, from a centre-forward who played with a cigarette on his ear to Peter Shilton, double relegation and Tommy Tynan’s Uber strife. Plus, 1990s kit makes from Ribero to Super League, Hans Segers’ tie range, football comedy and the wonders of club nicknames. And finally: dog bites man at Plainmoor, Roger Freestone Championship Manager legend and the time Jimmy Case sold Dan a biro.

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Black Boots And Football Pinks: 50 lost wonders of the beautiful game

380 BlackBoots

by Daniel Gray
Bloomsbury Sport, £9.99
Reviewed by David Stubbs
From WSC 380, November 2018
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Living in a dream world: The agonising decisions of “fantasy” football

361 Fantasy

It may have a misleading name but fantasy football can be an addictive hobby, with complex selection issues coming to dominate your thinking

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Scunthorpe Hasta La Muerte by Inigo Gurrachaga

361 Scunthorpe

The extraordinary journey of English football’s Spanish pioneer
De Coubertin Books, £14.99
Reviewed by William Abbs
From WSC 361, March 2017
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Keeping in touch

According to James de Mellow, televising 3pm kick-offs could rob fans of the particular excitement of Saturday afternoon

One of British football’s idiosyncrasies is that at 3pm on a Saturday afternoon, when the majority of weekend’s games are being played, there is no live football on television. The way supporters who are not at their team’s game can follow along has evolved with technology during the past 20 years or so. But live Saturday afternoon football being beamed into living rooms could change all that for good.

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