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1. Caught Beneath The Landslide: Manchester City in the 1990s by Tim Rich ...
(Clubs)
DeCoubertin Books, £18.99 Reviewed by Tony Curran From  WSC 383, February 2019 Buy the book In the same way that political commentators thrive during governmental mayhem, those documenting the history ...
Created on 18 January 2019
2. Underneath the Archie ...
(Grounds)
Simon Inglis, the acclaimed writer on football grounds, turns his attention in a new biography to the long-forgotten Scot who designed so much we took for granted Every football writer ends up becoming ...
Created on 14 May 2005
3. It Is What It Is: The Carlton Palmer story
(Players)
... seems to be saying that most casual prejudice is worth ignoring, and just there to try and gain an advantage. But then underneath, it becomes apparent that his point is that the casual and repeated racial ...
Created on 22 August 2018
4. Tickets stubs are more than paper – they are a link to matchday memories
(Stories)
... family death. Scotland under the twin towers or Champions League finals beneath the arch – the passport in doesn’t lose its lustre because the game’s over. My fourth European final was my club’s first ...
Created on 13 August 2018
5. How Neville Southall's Twitter account made him a hero of the left
(Stories)
...  of a faintly progressive outlook, Twitter can be a disenchanting place. Especially at the unglamorous levels where the use of social media tends to pass beneath the scrutiny of the mainstream media, it’ ...
Created on 18 April 2018
6. In praise of The Cowshed – the rickety heart of Huddersfield’s old Leeds Road
(Stories)
... long as I stood underneath it and probably before, The Cowshed was the beating heart of the ground on matchdays. Despite rarely being full, the sound felt deafening. The less unruly East Terrace appeared ...
Created on 09 April 2018
7. Being an away fan in the home end requires a special kind of supporter
(Stories)
... e was nothing provocative or inflammatory about the match. Leeds displayed a woeful lack of spirit for a game that usually stirs something beneath a white jersey, and were well beaten. Watching them sitti ...
Created on 26 February 2018
8. Badge of the week ~ FK CSK Pivara Celarevo, Serbia
(Stories)
... what had been requested – nothing contentious or out of the ordinary and no expensive, unnecessary detail (furled scrolls beneath unicorn's hoof and the like). The design was passed immediately and unanimously ...
Created on 06 October 2017
9. Badge of the week ~ Workington AFC
(Stories)
... fly-catcher at the picnics of the well-to-do.  Although hampered by her cage crinoline skirt, it was Mrs Enderby who outran the hounds the longest on the day, managing to emerge from beneath the ruck ...
Created on 15 September 2017
10. Herbert Chapman: the Huddersfield and Arsenal manager who shaped English football
(Stories)
... of the century had even managed to overshadow Chapman himself. On a somewhat smaller scale, Chapman provided the impetus for a flourishing in the power vacuum beneath the boardroom similar to that of a ...
Created on 29 August 2017
11. Badge of the week ~ Cinderford Town
(Stories)
... y have been raised as well but there wasn't time) and Dry Peter, in giving pursuit, stumbled into a hidden pond in rough country. The last anyone heard of him were muffled screams beneath the sound of  ...
Created on 18 August 2017
12. Badge of the week ~ Davao Aguilas Football Club, Philippines
(Stories)
... s at last, the beach artist rests beneath a cherry tree and soon falls asleep. Waking from a troubling dream (he is late for a wedding and there are two camels in the hotel foyer between him and the custom ...
Created on 04 August 2017
13. Illegal payments, blackmail and Herbert Chapman – the sorry tale of Leeds City
(Stories)
... £125 fine dished out to City amounted to little more than a slap on the wrist, but it was an indication that financial problems lingered beneath the surface. Leeds missed promotion to Division One by ...
Created on 03 July 2017
14. Mesut Özil: Gunning for greatness – my life
(Players)
...  his own father as his agent after he botched a deal. Beneath the silk, there’s some steel.  Buy the book  ...
Created on 08 June 2017
15. Badge of the week ~ Cardiff Met, Wales
(Stories)
... e issues surrounding Cardiff Met are the image on their crest of a naked man engaged in archery, which should never happen in a responsible society, and the phrase "Men's Football" beneath it. Bit sexist  ...
Created on 19 May 2017
16. From the archive ~ The five ages of being a football fan
(Stories)
... while hurting underneath. In the Fourth Age, now perhaps a family man in your 30s and 40s, you prefer to sit and analyse, making frequent references to players and games from the past. You have reached ...
Created on 24 April 2017
17. From the archive ~ Celebrating the pantomime parody of winter football
(Stories)
...  sets of legs set about it, kicking up great plumes of spray. It might suddenly fly into the goal, it’s just as likely to be hoisted straight up into the air again to the bafflement of the players underneat ...
Created on 12 December 2016
18. From the archive ~ The joy of nets, from playing in gardens to Wembley
(Stories)
... underneath the crossbar before a game? And have you noticed how any player over 5’11” always arrives as late as possible before kick-off? The reasons are connected: nets are bloody awkward to put up, ...
Created on 31 October 2016
19. Classic match ~ Manchester City 3-0 Southampton, Division One, 1971
(Videos)
... area he picked up a pass from Ian Mellor and squeezed the ball underneath Martin as City fans chanted “we’re going to win the league”. The victory moved City up to fourth and they hit top spot in the ...
Created on 21 October 2016
20. Weekly Howl 13-05-16
(2016)
... nude lady behind the peanuts. It just speaks of a lack of feeling. "Clube 1 de Maio" should run above or beneath the main image, not slap bang through it like a verbal motorway across water meadows. I ...
Created on 13 May 2016

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