Fans of Brentford, Boston United and York City didn’t get to say a proper goodbye to their beloved grounds – but at least they were spared the hollow choreography of a closing ceremony
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Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020 - Stories
By Robert Banks
Biteback, £12.99
Reviewed by Mark Segal
From WSC 383, February 2019
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Thursday, January 31st, 2019 - Book reviews
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A 1990 FA Cup semi-final was the first staging of a derby against Manchester United in Dan Turner’s lifetime and a 3-3 draw still constituted nirvana, as he explained in WSC 213, November 2004
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Monday, May 14th, 2018 - Stories
We are now accepting entries for the 2018 WSC writers’ competition. By way of inspiration, here is David Bailey’s runner-up entry from 2017, about life as a football coach driver
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Tuesday, March 13th, 2018 - Stories
Women’s football has made huge progress both on the pitch and in the stands but there is still work to be done – as Linda Sharples highlighted in May 1991
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Monday, July 17th, 2017 - Stories