- 21. Decorated players: How adding stars for historic honours became a kit trend
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- ... denote 30 October ~ Football is a game of chaos and a perfect example of its random nature is the supposedly simple matter of the club crest. For those supporters of a certain age, this was somethin ...
- Created on 30 October 2019
- 22. From Tolworth to Budapest: Corinthian-Casuals make history at new amateur tournament
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- ... teams and takes its name from Erno Egri Erbstein, the manager of the famous Torino side that dominated Italian football in the immediate post-war era, winning five consecutive titles before perishing i ...
- Created on 17 July 2019
- 23. Focus on Lucas Radebe: Leeds United's master of the last-ditch tackle
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- ... were pioneers in signing black South African footballers. Right-winger Gerry Francis arrived in 1957, and played intermittently before leaving for York City in 1961. That year, his better-known compatrio ...
- Created on 03 July 2019
- 24. Sense of belonging: How fan-owned Exeter City are attracting the next generation
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- ... optimism to their football team, but Exeter City supporters probably felt more relief than hope come the first season finale of the 21st century. The home side had inched their way to safety and could ...
- Created on 24 June 2019
- 25. WSC 388 out now
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- July issue available now online and in store Inside Football League review: Praise for Championship's top two | League One pulls in the crowds | Financial crisis hits League Two Plus Steve Clark ...
- Created on 06 June 2019
- 26. "Outrage culture" of phone-ins and social media betrays most fans' experiences
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- ... the visitors’ foul play did more to penalise a home side chasing an equaliser. The apathy that I felt instead was brought to mind when overhearing Radio 5 Live’s 6.06 football phone-in recently. The ...
- Created on 11 February 2019
- 27. "I sketched it on a sandwich wrapper" – when fans design club badges
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- ... ng design. Interested in art and design as a hobby, Michael Wood entered Birmingham’s Saturday “pink” newspaper competition in 1972. His design was a football and a globe inside a sash with the club’s n ...
- Created on 04 December 2018
- 28. Juventus hold off Napoli to grind out another title as Serie A splits in two
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- ... 49 years out of Serie A, was especially praiseworthy. They always tried to play football, and were backed by fanatically loyal supporters in their tiny stadium. And so Crotone, after last season’s miraculous ...
- Created on 24 May 2018
- 29. “There won’t be Nazis at Eintracht Frankfurt” – German club ban far-right voters
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- Embed from Getty Images A move by club present Peter Fischer to stop neo-nazis attending Eintracht Frankfurt matches has prompted a wider debate about political neutrality in German football 6 April ...
- Created on 06 April 2018
- 30. WSC 374 out now
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- ... Jack Rodwell refuses to leave Sunderland Football online ~ Who uses message boards? | The decline fo webzines Plus Oxford's non-League nadir | Player trafficking scandal | Aston Villa flounder at Fulha ...
- Created on 08 March 2018
- 31. White Hart Lane: The Spurs glory years 1899-2017 by Martin Lipton
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- ... experiences as a fan and football reporter, as well as a decent bibliography, to take us from White Hart Lane’s origins on a piece of land at the back of the White Hart pub to the emotional farewell. ...
- Created on 14 February 2018
- 32. How Indonesia became a top destination for stars hunting a final payday
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- ... to sleep, he said, due to the climate. Yet it was not long before team manager (senior to the head coach in Indonesian football) Umuh Muchtar was publicly slating Cole. The striker had played a combined ...
- Created on 26 October 2017
- 33. Referees’ tolerance of foul play annoyed fans and blighted 1950s matches
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- ... of red and yellow cards that are now issued, football is undoubtedly less violent than it was when I started watching, with noticeably fewer broken legs. Over the years the laws have been gradually modified ...
- Created on 13 October 2017
- 34. Oldham fans uneasy at prospective buyer after John Sheridan sacking
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- ... of recent signings are new to British football and League One can be a brutal place to learn. The club have announced the introduction of a development squad to help the transition. Almost from the first ...
- Created on 28 September 2017
- 35. From the archive ~ Three England youth stars who never lived up to expectations
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- ... and bump into someone all the talk is about the club. It’s not about me, it’s about what I’m doing as a football player. It can add a lot of pressure. It can get you into trouble, too. If I lived further ...
- Created on 12 June 2017
- 36. From the archive ~ Why have all the homemade fan banners disappeared?
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- ... n the 1979 European Cup final, a group of Forest supporters displayed the message “Thanks A Million Trevor” at City Ground matches throughout the following season. The history of banners at football ...
- Created on 30 May 2017
- 37. From the archive ~ How Liam Brady’s drop of the shoulder changed Arsenal
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- ... more talented brother. To understand the impact that Liam Brady made at Arsenal you have to bear in mind that we are raised on solid, effective football and are unused to possessing the most gifted, ...
- Created on 20 March 2017
- 38. From the archive ~ Reliving Leicester’s battle with Atlético Madrid
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- ... time they were leading thanks to a player once described by the club fanzine The Fox as looking “knackered whenever he ran on to a football field”. After he had left Leicester for Aston Villa in 1994 ...
- Created on 27 February 2017
- 39. Unconventional kits can taint fans’ views of a club’s greatest moments
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- ... number of manufacturer’s logos on a football shirt, with Admiral’s symbol decorating the sleeve piping. For the following season Saints wore split “candy” stripes which initially were not to every supporter’s ...
- Created on 15 February 2017
- 40. Photographer Przemek Niciejewski releases new book of fans at matches
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- ... book collating his many years recording the experiences of football supporters with his camera. Going To The Match is a journey around rural pitches and forgotten stadiums as well as the most famous football ...
- Created on 05 January 2017
