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Editorial ~ It’s time for football to forget fantasy and return to reality Diary ~ Everton struggle at home and abroad; Rooney sees red; Spurs beaten at Blundell Park; Michael Owen nets for Newcastle Shot! ~ The mixed fortunes of five Premiership sides in the ever-popular Carling Cup Sidelines ~ Hearts shaking up the SPL; a football comedy from Spain; Leeds fans’ verdict on Ken Bates; laugh-a-minute television Luton v Watford ~ The derby match that is too hot to be shown on Sky World Cup ~ Is Sven’s regime in its death throes? Will John Toshack turn Wales around? Bedlam in Belfast as England are beaten British Asian Players ~ A new report asks why Asian footballing talent is still not being spotted Shot! Archive ~ Communal bath time for Raich Carter’s 1947 Hull City team Match Of The Month ~ Demos at Derby as they take on east midlands rivals Coventry Football Politics ~ Asia’s ambitions to stop being a cash-cow for Europe and to stage the 2018 World Cup; Latvia captain Vitalijs Astafjevs blows the lid on bribery rumours in Russia Letter From ~ Australia, where a new national league has had a promising start and a World Cup play-off could transform the game’s future Half-Decent Football Book ~ An extract from the new WSC-compiled reference book, which celebrates British football culture Strange Case Of ~ Marco Negri, who had an astonishing goalscoring record for Rangers, but all achieved in half a season Book Reviews ~ Suffering with East Stirlingshire; Liverpool’s big night out; Lee Sharpe, heroic under-achiever; memories of Bobby Moore A Season In Brief ~ The Football League in 1888-89, when Preston were the best team in the world Plus Webwatch, Letters
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