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THE HALF DECENT FOOTBALL MAGAZINE

1. Reluctantly remembering the Aberdeen v Celtic 1984 Scottish Cup final: (Features); ... May ~ The only team my Dad's ever really supported is Rangers. I remember his boisterous mood one morning as he came out the bathroom singing “Follow Follow” after the previous night's victo ...; Created on 26 May 2017
2. Photo of the week ~ Berwick’s Shielfield Park overlooked by maltings silos: (Regulars); Berwick Rangers 5 East Stirlingshire 0, 23/08/2014, Shielfield Park, Scottish League Two Action from the first half at Shielfield Park, during the Scottish League Two fixture between Berwick Rangers ...; Created on 18 May 2017
3. European semi-finals lack illumination as established names dominate: (Features); ... UEFA Cup into Europa League, reaching the final gave the likes of Alavés, Braga, Fulham and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk their greatest nights and allowed Rangers, Celtic and Athletic Bilbao to reprise ...; Created on 12 May 2017
4. Football’s Secret Trade: How the player transfer market was infiltrated: (General); ... It also suffers from awkward exposition (“Real Madrid, which means Royal Madrid in Spanish,” they write at one point), some misnomers (eg “Glasgow Rangers”) and an irritating habit ...; Created on 10 May 2017
5. Living in a dream world: The agonising decisions of “fantasy” football: (Features); ... the web-based fantasyleague.com by the end of the decade. However, while I liked the concept, the scale was a problem. Being ranked halfway down a list of 75,000 strangers felt desperately anonymous. Having ...; Created on 16 March 2017
6. From the archive ~ Scrawl of fame: Confessions of an autograph hunter: (Features); Embed from Getty Images Hanging around outside public buildings asking strangers to scribble on bits of paper can become an obsession, as John Hall explained in WSC 7 Right, we’ve had ...; Created on 13 March 2017
7. Rangers need new approach to challenge Celtic after Mark Warburton failure: (Features); Embed from Getty Images Warburton wanted to use Rangers as a stepping stone but the confusion surrounding his exit does not mask the inadequate job he did for the club 17 February ~ BBC Scotland’s ...; Created on 17 February 2017
8. Turf Wars: A history of London football by Steve Tongue: (General); Pitch Publishing, £9.99 Reviewed by Si Hawkins From WSC 360, February 2017 Buy this book History may teach us the mistakes of the past, but preventing them from happening again isn’t ...; Created on 31 January 2017
9. WSC 360 out now: (Regulars); ... it is me, returning to old haunts. Pitching up in Shepherd’s Bush in 1983 meant that Queens Park Rangers were for a long time that standard attribute of the provincial fan living in the capital, ...; Created on 10 January 2017
10. Our hopes for 2017 ~ part two: (Features); ... and Premiership rival in 2016, that Rangers augment their ongoing recovery by collecting a single significant away point. Being rid of Joey Barton will help. Alex Anderson Nobody, not even Katie Hopkin ...; Created on 01 January 2017
11. The best and worst moments of 2016, according to WSC contributors ~ part two: (Features); ... final victory over Celtic began Rangers’ psychological recovery. Worst I was delighted for Northern Ireland and Wales this summer but 18 years of Scottish tournament failure was never so p ...; Created on 26 December 2016
12. From the archive ~ When football tried to set up a motorsport league: (Features); ... unsurprisingly devoid of swaying Scousers. I counted about 16 Liverpool shirts, and more Flamengo (a mini‑bus full of Brazilians from London with enormous banners) than Spurs and Rangers combined. Embe ...; Created on 05 December 2016
13. Gordon Strachan’s calm can help Scotland to symbolic win over England: (Features); ... even led Southampton to the FA Cup final in 2003, when Wembley temporarily moved to Cardiff. But in April 2008 a home defeat by ten-man Motherwell left his Celtic side six points behind Rangers in ...; Created on 10 November 2016
14. AK-86: (Players); ... of Rangers for the first time. The grinding imperative of money came to prevail and since 1986 no club apart from Celtic or Rangers have become Scottish champions. It now seems completely astounding that ...; Created on 25 October 2016
15. Overpowering crowd noises are a rare thing of beauty: (Features); ... interminable split-second all I could hear was stifled groans of Rangers fans around me, before the Aberdonian roar hit my 12-year-old eardrums on the west end of the old open bowl. After extra time ...; Created on 07 October 2016
16. Colombian players split as country rejects peace deal: (Features); ... so impressed at the last World Cup? They are certainly no strangers to the war themselves. Chelsea’s Juan Cuadrado lost his father at the age of four while growing up around the banana plantations of Urab ...; Created on 04 October 2016
17. In praise of football’s famous trophies: (Features); ... behind Jock Stein, manager when they won it in 1967. The message read “Is it cold in his shadow?”, Rangers having never won that particular cup. Using its iconography as a terracing taunt is more valid ...; Created on 20 September 2016
18. Scotland need to turn to Wales for inspiration: (Features); ... they start believing Rangers and Celtic are their national sides. Strachan’s critics believe it was incompetent to finish fourth in a Euro 2016 qualifying group where three qualified. For me, with the ...; Created on 03 September 2016
19. Friendlies don’t need hype to make them worthwhile: (Features); ... the pace was slow and the flow stilted by 13 substitutions. I’ve seen Burnley before. I’ve watched Rangers for decades. And I’ve attended more friendlies than most fans would think advisable in one lifetime. ...; Created on 08 August 2016
20. Weekly Howl 27-05-16: (2016); ... Career section on Wikipedia.” --- Frank Lampard will never forget his New York derby debut – even if he tries to. --- Also in the news this week Rangers complain about everything But Joe ...; Created on 27 May 2016

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THE HALF DECENT FOOTBALL MAGAZINE

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From the archive ~ Remembering Jossy’s Giants: ground evictions and girl problems

Badge of the week ~ Labasa FC, Fiji

Keeping it real: lower-league football’s growing authenticity problem

Book review ~ Jamie Vardy: From nowhere, my story with Stuart James

Photo of the week ~ Saltergate, former home to Chesterfield

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