Battles of attrition and tedious timewasting in the lower leagues are increasingly a turn-off for supporters, whose entertainment is sacrificed for points
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Stories
The History Press, £20
Reviewed by Pete Brooksbank
From WSC 427, January 2023
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In this exclusive WSC Supporters’ Club edition of the podcast, magazine editor Andy Lyons, writer Harry Pearson and host Daniel Gray overcome radish aggro to discuss careers robbed by injury, from Don Penn of Walsall to the Maroon Butterfly, via Tony ‘not the Bullseye fella’ Green. Record Breakers brings rhythm from Rio, while the Final Third takes a short break.
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