Articles from When Saturday Comes. All 27 years of WSC are in the process of being added. This may take a while.
Chris Webb explains why the best laid plans of Brighton haven't worked out
An emotionally charged 1-0 victory over Doncaster Rovers on July 28, 1997, marked the end of an era for Brighton & Hove Albion FC. It was to be the last ever game played at the Goldstone Ground, the Seagulls’ home for over a century. Now it’s six years on and we remain without a permanent stadium, leaving many fans such as myself angry and frustrated as the club continue to pay the price for their lack of stability.
In the absence of hooligans in the stands, the press analysis of the Turkey-England game focused on violence invloving the players. Barney Ronay examines the evidence
FIST-ANBUL… We’re through despite shocking Turk violence… EVERY KICK, EVERY BRAWL: PAGES 2,3,4,5, back page & Score. The News of the World found itself in reflective mood the morning after England’s scoreless draw in Turkey. Stretched above a picture of “hate-filled Alpay” poking a naughty finger in David Beckham’s face, FIST-ANBUL captured in one idiot tri-syllable the mood of salacious voyeurism among the tabloid press in the days following England’s final Euro 2004 qualifying match.
Mike Woitalla explores where it all went wrong
One must be careful, when sending out emails, not to hit the wrong button. Take a girls’ soccer coach in Wisconsin. This man claims he intended to send the pornographic video of himself to his girlfriend. Instead, the video arrived at the family email address of one of his teenage players and was opened by the girl’s mother. He ain’t coaching anymore. In April 2002, an official of the Women’s United Soccer Association (WUSA) made an electronic error of far less egregious proportions. It did, however, shed some light on women’s soccer in the US.
Had the English press not gone over the top, the Turkish media might have made less of the half-time row and still be criticising their own, reports Anthony Lake from Ankara
We did not get the feared trouble among the fans, but the players decided to make up for it. The arguments and accusations have raged ever since in the media in Turkey as well as in Britain. Initially, the Turkish press was gracious in “defeat” and indulged in a bout of soul-searching about why Turkey can’t beat England, but then, as the stakes got higher, things took a different turn, as the vilification of Alpay in England reached ridiculous and potentially dangerous levels.
At the end of this season, the Spanish midfielder will no longer bask in the affections of Scunthorpe's support on a weekly basis. Steve Askew pays tribute to an unusual import
When Scunthorpe United’s Alex Calvo-García announced his intention to retire and return to Spain during a local radio interview in August, I stuck my head out of the window to listen for gasps of disbelief echoing through the steel town’s streets.