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Focus on Roland Nilsson: Sheffield Wednesday’s Swedish cult hero

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A tireless but classy operator, the right-back is still fondly remembered at Hillsborough as part of the side that reached an unlikely three cup finals in as many years

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Forget Panini – there’s a new type of football sticker to obsess over

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We are now accepting entries for the 2018 WSC writers’ competition. By way of inspiration, here is Matt Johnson’s runner-up entry from 2017, about a a new phenomenon of global football culture sweeping the streets

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Sweden musters strong defence against match-fixing after Allsvenskan scare

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It was thought criminals would not dare attempt to fix a top-level match, but IFK Gothenburg v AIK Stockholm was targeted and the authorities’ response has been swift

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Swedish government propose banning wearing of masks at football matches

Supporters could be imprisoned for up to six months and the police say it will make their jobs easier, though the move has divided opinion

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Ibrahimovic arrival sparks Man Utd sales spike in Sweden

Swedish travel agencies selling up to five times as many package deals to Old Trafford

11 July ~ In spite of both Sweden’s and Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s underperformance at the Euros, the latter’s status and commercial drawing power is just as strong as it was before the tournament. After a decade of pilgrimage to Milan, Barcelona and Paris it is now time for Manchester to be the hottest destination for the relatively well off among Swedish football fans. It’s fair to assume that the weak British pound will also contribute to the stream of travellers.

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