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A small number of articles from each issue of When Saturday Comes are reproduced here. To get the full WSC experience, including free access to our digital archive, take out a subscription.

Pre-match rituals: from Kenny Dalglish trimming toenails to scotch at Old Trafford

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Players, just like fans, have their own quirky habits and routines ahead of a match, including Lev Yahsin smoking and Ian Wright preferring something stronger

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Jamie Vardy’s academy helps non-League players follow in his footsteps

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After his well-publicised rise from non-League to English champion, the Leicester striker has launched a project to allow others to take the same route

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WSC 382 out now

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January issue available now online and in store

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“I sketched it on a sandwich wrapper” – when fans design club badges

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From a Bradford fan drawing Scunthorpe’s new badge on the way home from a match to Birmingham’s gas-engineer-design effort, it’s surprising that so many club badges were designed by supporters, as this extract from The Beautiful Badge explains

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Unnecessary use of change shirts is becoming increasingly absurd

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From Newcastle wearing light blue at Old Trafford to Chelsea in “teal” at Southampton, clubs are ever more desperate to promote their short-lived products

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