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Editorial: FIFA’s cash grab has created a World Cup that will damage football

World Cup 2022 branding and images of players are seen on buildings in Doha, Qatar. Alamy

Qatar’s flawed bid should have been thrown out but officials shunned human rights concerns in favour of riches that will never reach those who need them most

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Episode 69: Drubbings, David Beckham’s spice market & guest Blackpool fanzine

In this exclusive WSC Supporters’ Club edition of the podcast, magazine editor Andy Lyons, writer Harry Pearson and host Daniel Gray take the stairway to Hebburn and contemplate Drubbings, from Bon Accord to Brisbane Road via Mel Machin’s poor repartee. Record Breakers takes us to Genoa , 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 Jane Stuart from the Blackpool fanzine Now That’s What I Call Progress and the Football Tourist Guide.

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.

Stopping the clock: Time wasting is a dark art that unleashes players’ creativity

Mark Noble carries Ander Herrera off the pitch; Jordan Pickford performs his trademark flop; Alessia Russo keeps the ball in the corner as England hang on to a 2-1 lead in the Euro 2022 final. Offside, Alamy, Getty

Running down seconds during a match is no longer simply a case of taking the ball to the corner, with the famous Pickford Flop one of many modern methods

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Mad Dog Gravesen: The last of the modern footballing mavericks by Chris Sweeney

391 gravesen

Pitch Publishing, £19.99
Reviewed by Paul McParlan
From WSC 391, October 2019
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