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Mascots, bike rides and a bright pink camera – treasuring football days out with my daughter

Illustration by Steve Beerling

The winning entry in our 2023 writers’ competition celebrated father-daughter days out at the football. Entries are now open for the 2024 competition

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Episode 97: The £99,999 player, Kevin Keegan crosswords & guest Hereford fanzine

In this exclusive WSC Supporters’ Club edition of the podcast, magazine editor Andy Lyons, writer Harry Pearson and host Daniel Gray discuss Record Transfer Fees, from the Man with the Golden Foot to Malcolm Allison’s afternoon decision-making via Warney Cresswell. Record Breakers brings Gelsenkirchen grooves, and we continue our sprightly 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 Keith Hall from the Hereford fanzine, Talking Bull.

The only way to hear this episode is to sign up for the WSC Supporters’ Club for as little as £2 per month. There are great rewards, including bonus episodes, extended editions, badges, T-shirts and photo prints.

“Nothing beats the adoration you receive”: What it’s really like to be a football mascot

Representing your club as their mascot makes you part of a community like no other – one well worth the sweaty costume and risk of broken fingers

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Bringing down the house: Scoring a stadium’s final goal is an honour that can never be taken away

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From Doncaster loanee Theo Streete’s sole Football League strike to Thierry Henry capping off his Highbury love affair, being the last or first to score at a ground secures your place in history

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Harry Pearson column: It takes time for a sterile new stadium to feel like home

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Even once you’ve established a new pre-match routine and got on nodding terms with your seat neighbours, a real feeling of familiarity can still be years away

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