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Remembering Robin Friday – the Reading and Cardiff maverick ahead of his time

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With the two clubs meeting on Monday evening it’s worth looking back at a cult figure who was the the patron saint of bad-boy, and is the subject of a new book

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From the archive ~ Football’s odds have always been stacked against defenders

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It’s often said that football has gone soft. However Philip Cornwall, in May 2004, believed the history of the game has been one of taming the back line

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WSC 363 out now

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May issue available online and in stores

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Photographs of lonely goalkeepers around Cornwall’s non-League clubs

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Darren Luke has been taking pictures of Cornish grounds for eight years, focusing on matches which are not normally covered by national, or often local, press

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Gus Honeybun, Your Boys Took One Hell Of A Beating

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by Simon Carter  
Pitch Publishing, £12.99
Reviewed by Gary Andrews
From WSC 355 September 2016

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Towards the end of Simon Carter’s memoir of his 37 years as an Exeter City supporter, the local sports journalist takes great pains to play down his credentials as a superfan. His enthusiasm for football may wane a little in the later chapters, but with tales of skipping school to travel to watch Halifax and his loathing for Gus Honeybun, a Plymouth Argyle-supporting rabbit that performs birthday bunny hops for children on the regional ITV news, there’s little doubt that Carter is one of those rare breed who is as much a part of the club as the players themselves.

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