Articles

WSC 261 November 2008

Editorial ~ The credit crunch bites
News watch ~ Sheffield Utd to get £30m from West Ham?; England’s win in Croatia stuns the press 
Shot! ~ The FA Cup first qualifying round observed
Sidelines ~ Mayhem in Macedonia for Scotland fans; Blackburn attempt to recruit support from the town’s local Asian community
Billionaire owners ~ A disillusioned Manchester City fan on what drives club takeovers; Everton hope for a rich investor; moneybags QPR want spectators to pay more; why fans today can’t even dream of running their club
Match of the month ~ West Ham welcome a new manager; Newcastle would love to have one
Shot archive ~ Big changes in the early 1990s
World view ~ Uproar over an abandoned match in Uruguay; the big spenders of Uzbekistan; David Beckham up against the MLS’s impoverished players
Club management ~ How Spurs managers have lost power; club hierarchies are changing in Germany
6.06 ~ Marking Danny Baker’s welcome return
Euro view ~ Luxembourg celebrate a shock win; the Lyon-Marseille presidential rivalry
As good as it got ~ América de Cali win Colombian titles, but keep losing the final they dream about
Youth football ~ Why Millwall have closed their once highly successful academy; Wales Under-21s show the senior side how to win matches 
Jimmy Sirrel ~ A  tribute to the Notts County legend
Reviews ~ Mickey Thomas in trouble; life in the lower divisions; forthright Frank McGarvey; watching matches in the Middle East
Letters ~ Dear WSC, Call yourselves half-decent?
Season in brief ~ In 1995, foreign signings make a big impact in the new Japanese league