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Stopping the clock: Time wasting is a dark art that unleashes players’ creativity

Mark Noble carries Ander Herrera off the pitch; Jordan Pickford performs his trademark flop; Alessia Russo keeps the ball in the corner as England hang on to a 2-1 lead in the Euro 2022 final. Offside, Alamy, Getty

Running down seconds during a match is no longer simply a case of taking the ball to the corner, with the famous Pickford Flop one of many modern methods

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Podcast bonus episode: When Saturday Comes at 400 (part 1)

A special two-part podcast documentary as When Saturday Comes reaches 400 issues. In this first episode, contributors including co-founders Andy Lyons and Mike Ticher, writers Harry Pearson, Barney Ronay, Taylor Parkes, Joyce Woolridge, David Stubbs, Al Needham, Archie MacGregor and Cameron Carter, photographer Colin McPherson, illustrator Tim Bradford and magazine editorial staff discuss the early days of WSC, first encounters and contributions, favourite articles, and that Tim Lovejoy book review.

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Bikes for goalposts, 20-a-side – the happy days of the impromptu kickaround

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Across the country any patch of grass could be turned into a makeshift pitch, with games lasting hours – as long as the ball didn’t get lose in the nettles

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Hopes for 2018 ~ part one

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A failed World Cup, underdogs having their day and free drinks during VAR decisions – WSC contributors on what they are wishing to see in the coming year

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Badge of the week ~ 4.25 Sports Club, North Korea

425badge180The main task of North Korea’s junior minister for re-information is to refute everything ever said by French intellectuals. One year he did a special on Jean-Paul Sartre and began with Sartre’s assertion that “Three o’clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do”. 

As it was a drowsy Friday afternoon, the junior minister simply made a quick call and renamed his local football team 4.25 Sports Club.

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