Articles

WSC 266 April 2009

Editorial ~ Fielding understrength  sides
News watch ~ Tony and Big Phil wave goodbye
Shot! ~ Matchday down the Riverside
Sidelines ~ ITV’s ill-timed advert; Everton v the BNP; Darlington’s debts; the beautiful phrase
Going Dutch ~ Russia worries about sharing Hiddink; Mike Straight on loving United
Show of support ~ The Ebbsfleet experiment a year in; Accrington count the cost of success
Match of the month ~ Swansea’s crowdpleasers fail to perform as they are reunited with Watford
Friends like these ~ Schooldays with a future England captain; watching a mate’s son get substituted
Shot archive ~ Life inside Aston Villa through the decades
The strange case of... ~ How Javi Moreno went from Barça’s wishlist to Bolton’s bench 
Clough country ~ Forest and Derby’s historic feud; Sheen lights up The Damned United
Yorkshire rivals ~ How Doncaster have stolen a march on the steel city duo in the Championship
Euro view ~ Genoa’s controversial chairman gets results; artificial pitches get the green light in France after a snowy winter
Television times ~ A publican’s fight to show foreign channels; Setanta regroups after losing matches; Bradford’s late postponement
World view ~ Seattle Sounders return to the fold; the undroppable Mexican captain; Iran’s outspoken anchorman
Reviews ~ A fresh history of Man Utd; Graham Roberts proves tough going; Melchester’s early days; Nakamura’s free-kick
Letters ~ Dear WSC, I think you’ll find...
Season in brief ~ Annexed Austria is absorbed into the German league pyramid in 1938-39