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Belgrade or bust: Kilmarnock fans’ prematurely booked European adventure

Illo 1 Final

We are now accepting entries for the 2021 WSC writers’ competition. As inspiration, here’s the winning entry from 2020

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The steady disappearance of sloped pitches is a sad loss to the game

Barnet Underhill

From Barnet’s Underhill to the Manor Ground of Oxford via Grundy Hill and Easter Road, pitches with a slope have become part of football’s folklore

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How walking football helps people recover from strokes and get active

The format is tough to get used to but its popularity has grown rapidly over recent years, and it’s about more than just physical wellbeing

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Ibrahimovic arrival sparks Man Utd sales spike in Sweden

Swedish travel agencies selling up to five times as many package deals to Old Trafford

11 July ~ In spite of both Sweden’s and Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s underperformance at the Euros, the latter’s status and commercial drawing power is just as strong as it was before the tournament. After a decade of pilgrimage to Milan, Barcelona and Paris it is now time for Manchester to be the hottest destination for the relatively well off among Swedish football fans. It’s fair to assume that the weak British pound will also contribute to the stream of travellers.

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You Don’t Remember Me Do You?

346 ConroyThe autobiography 
of Terry Conroy
by Terry Conroy
Pitch Publishing, £18.99
Reviewed by Andy Thorley
From WSC 346 December 2015

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It’s a reflection on both the career of Gerard “Terry” Conroy and Stoke City (the club with whom he played nearly all his professional football and where he still works part time) that for large parts of the country the title of this book might be apt.

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