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From selective snow clearing to overnight sprinklers – the subtle art of turf tampering

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It might not be the most ethically sound of practices, but managers throughout history have looked to reinforce home advantage with a word in the ear of the ground staff

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Non-League stadiums offer vision of football’s future as well as past

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While non-League stadiums can regularly offer a throwback to football’s less corporate days, they are also a testing ground for the game’s innovations

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Sporting president under pressure to step down after fans attack players

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Several players were injured when supporters stormed Sporting’s training ground ahead of the cup final, rounding off a toxic season in Portugal

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From knotweed to music fans – how even top clubs’ pitches used to suffer

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With Mauricio Pochettino complaining about Rochdale’s pitch, it’s worth looking back at when most playing surfaces were a mess – as Mike Whalley explained in WSC 362, April 2017

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Red Rebels: The Glazers and the FC revolution by John-Paul O’Neill

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Yellow Jersey Press, £14.99
Reviewed by Rob Kemp
From WSC 372, February 2018
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