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Reply guys: From ratios to Pessi – inside the baffling world of Football Twitter

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The age of social media banter between rival fans has created its own distinct dialect, where “finished players” and winning the transfer window reign supreme

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Harry Pearson column: It takes time for a sterile new stadium to feel like home

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Even once you’ve established a new pre-match routine and got on nodding terms with your seat neighbours, a real feeling of familiarity can still be years away

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From stand-in linesman to actually scoring a goal: a debut season in veterans’ football

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We are now accepting entries for the 2020 WSC writers’ competition. By way of inspiration, here is Steve Keene’s winning entry from 2019, about his rediscovery of playing the game

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Podcast bonus interview: Josh Widdicombe on Plymouth, double relegations & 90s kits

Host Daniel Gray interviews comedian, TV presenter, WSC contributor and Plymouth Argyle fan Josh Widdicombe. The two discuss Ceefax hacks and all things Argyle, from a centre-forward who played with a cigarette on his ear to Peter Shilton, double relegation and Tommy Tynan’s Uber strife. Plus, 1990s kit makes from Ribero to Super League, Hans Segers’ tie range, football comedy and the wonders of club nicknames. And finally: dog bites man at Plainmoor, Roger Freestone Championship Manager legend and the time Jimmy Case sold Dan a biro.

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WSC 387 with FREE Women’s World Cup Wallchart out now!

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June issue available now online and in store

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