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Mascots, bike rides and a bright pink camera – treasuring football days out with my daughter

Illustration by Steve Beerling

The winning entry in our 2023 writers’ competition celebrated father-daughter days out at the football. Entries are now open for the 2024 competition

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Episode 71: Ces Podd salsa, football’s Napoleon & guest Chesterfield podcast

In this exclusive WSC Supporters’ Club edition of the podcast, magazine editor Andy Lyons, writer Harry Pearson and host Daniel Gray take a break from dancing the Ces Podd salsa to discuss Short Managerial Reigns, from the Napoleon of Football’s Elm Park pitstop to Les Miserables of The Valley via a Cowdenbeath burger van. Record Breakers brings a song from Santiago and we continue our sprightly feature, The Final Third, in which a guest contributes a match, a player and an object to the WSC Museum of Football. Joining Dan as our visiting curator this time is David Garratt from the Chesterfield podcast, Legends of the Spire.

The only way to hear this episode is to sign up for the WSC Supporters’ Club for as little as £2 per month. There are great rewards, including bonus episodes, extended editions, badges, T-shirts and photo prints.

Loyalty card: Uwe Seeler’s modesty and skills were a model for West German society

Uwe Seeler captains West Germany in the 1966 World Cup final. Offside

The countless goals scored for both Hamburg and Germany by “Our Uwe”, who died in July, were matched by off-field charm as he became a national institution

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Whistle unhappy: referee shortage as endless abuse causes recruitment crisis

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Increasingly facing threats and intimidation, many officials have simply decided to walk away from the game

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