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Private audience: When Leeds United’s 1972 FA Cup winners made one young fan’s day

A father and son’s brazen stroll into Elland Road paid off, thanks to a friendly kitman and the generosity of Terry Yorath, Jack Charlton and the rest

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“I was tasked with marking Pelé”: The day Plymouth Argyle beat Brazil’s World Cup winners

Pelé acknowledges his fans as he boards the bus with wife Rosa. Alamy

Almost half a century ago, a touring Santos side met their match in a feisty friendly in front of a capacity crowd at Home Park

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Episode 22: Autograph hunting, new Maradonas and the Latvian Michael Owen

In this exclusive WSC Supporters’ Club edition of the podcast, magazine editor Andy Lyons, writer Harry Pearson and host Daniel Gray discuss all things autographs, from tetchy players to the New York Fred Trueman. There is talk of new Pelés, new Maradonas and the Latvian Michael Owen, plus a sensual Wolverhampton Wanderers press release and Peter Marinello’s pseudo up-market interior. Record Breakers takes us to Corsica, Bern and Nottingham and provokes a comprehensive chat about footballers in spectacles.

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.

Sign, seal, deliver: the booming business of autograph hunting

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Begging stars for their signatures is no longer the domain of local children out to meet their heroes. Instead, it has been invaded by money-hungry entrepreneurs

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WSC 379 out now

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October issue available now online and in stores

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