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Stories

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.

Sign, seal, deliver: the booming business of autograph hunting

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Begging stars for their signatures is no longer the domain of local children out to meet their heroes. Instead, it has been invaded by money-hungry entrepreneurs

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Meet John Baines – the eccentric inventor of football cards

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Known as the Football Card King, Baines began the trends that included swap systems and desperate hunts for elusive players

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From Sunday league shouts to ultras karaoke – exploring the sounds of football

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Get Some Chalk On Your Boots is both an amusing and poignant project that shows football as “a sport that thrives on the physical energy of sound”

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WSC 380: Non League Special ~ out now!

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November issue available now online

The new WSC is out now, available to order from the WSC shop.

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From David Beckham to Olly Lee – are goals from the halfway line over-rated?

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Despite it boiling down to lumping a ball forwards 60 yards, the appeal of goals from a long way out to both fans and pundits seems to be endless

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