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Battles of attrition and tedious timewasting in the lower leagues are increasingly a turn-off for supporters, whose entertainment is sacrificed for points
The History Press, £20
Reviewed by Pete Brooksbank
From WSC 427, January 2023
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In this exclusive WSC Supporters’ Club edition of the podcast, magazine editor Andy Lyons, writer Harry Pearson and host Daniel Gray talk Long-Serving Managers, from Guy Roux to Johnny “Codger” Madden via Kenny Dalglish’s window cleaner. There is also chatter about near death experiences while leaving Hartlepool and Swindon’s blackout strip, while Record Breakers brings a lullaby from Leoben. We continue our once-new feature, The Final Third, in which a guest contributes a match, a player and an object to the WSC Museum of Football. Joining Dan as our visiting curator this time is Tom Moore, editor of Everton fanzine, The Black Watch.