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Editorial ~ Reasons to be cheerful Diary ~ Newcastle’s Intertoto glory; Ashley’s wedding belle; Liverpool open a reform school; Pelé comes to England Football Fan Quiz Are you completely crazy about soccer? Shot! ~ Eve of the season at Layer Road, Colchester Sidelines ~ Wayne Rooney, in his own words; Dinamo Zagreb play at politics; Martin O’Neill is back; the pitfalls of Friday night football Steve McClaren ~ What we can expect from the new England manager, and his surprising choice of assistant MK Dons ~ The Franchise’s needlessly large new stadium; plus St Albans building for the future Two Referees ~ Why FIFA should reject a proposal to have an extraman in the middle Reserves ~ The gradual disappearance of second-string football and what it might mean for the game Shot! Archive ~ Father and son photographers at Villa Park Match of the Month ~ Derry City knock some former UEFA Cup winners out of this year’s competition The Middle East ~ Iranian women demand the right to watch football matches; how the game in Lebanon is being affected by the current conflict Chelsea & Real Madrid ~ The signs that Roman Abramovich is now dictating his club’s transfer policy; a controversial change of regime at Real Letter From Hungary ~ Where the most popular club, Ferencváros, have been demoted over debts Reviews ~ Arsenal leave Highbury; an Italian perspective on English football; funny business at FIFA; Pelé’s life story Season In Brief ~ The Hammers’ Second Division title and the death of two points for a win, in 1980-81 Plus Webwatch, Letters
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