- 1. Qatar 2022 forced labour a “stain on world football”
- (April 2016)
- ... case forced labour, according to a new report by Amnesty International. Interviews with 132 migrant construction workers at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha revealed that one labour supply company ...
- Created on 01 April 2016
- 2. Divisions of labour – League Two 2007-08
- (Season reviews)
- ... rankled with many. Gallingly, there was a spell in March during which Pete Winkelman gurned out gleefully from national newspapers, lauding the success of his exercise in franchising. Journalists spent ...
- Created on 21 July 2008
- 3. New Jersualem ...
- (Politics)
- ... for nine years, his team, Hapoel Jerusalem, were dropping down limply to the third division for the first time. Hapoel have long been in decline, but have plumbed new depths of late. On the first day ...
- Created on 14 October 2007
- 4. Brave new world ...
- (Clubs)
- Somewhat to their own surprise, Reading fans have been presented with a big new ground. Roger Titford assesses early reactions to the Madejski Stadium In terms of stadium comfort no English fans can have ...
- Created on 14 October 1998
- 5. Division of labour
- (Clubs)
- ... – but then they do every year. A lot of faith is being put in Clyde and Livingston – who’ve moved to new towns and attract bigger than average crowds – and the former Highland League clubs. Inverness ...
- Created on 14 June 1997
- 6. Labour the point
- (Politics)
- ... to anyone who follows the game. They go on to say: “With attendances increasing, violence down, the European championships to be staged here next year, and spectacular new stadiums being built it is clear ...
- Created on 14 February 1996
- 7. Green Shoots: Irish football histories by Michael Walker
- (General)
- ... as a result. To cover for the lack of interviews with these players (all dead) author Michael Walker includes plenty of quotes from contemporary newspapers. The research is impeccable and Walker is dealing ...
- Created on 28 February 2018
- 8. How the Texaco Cup briefly gripped parts of Scotland and the West Midlands
- (Stories)
- ... nights at Morton, Dundee and Motherwell turned out to be a good learning experience for Spurs and Wolves, who went on to contest the next season’s UEFA Cup final. Newcastle United, who were to be winner ...
- Created on 29 January 2018
- 9. The Greatest Comeback: From genocide to football glory by David Bolchover
- (Managers)
- ... that, partner in a lucrative speakeasy, he might have remained in the US where he was playing for New York Hakoah, but for the crash which destroyed his savings in 1929. At times like that Guttmann was ...
- Created on 19 July 2017
- 10. Illegal payments, blackmail and Herbert Chapman – the sorry tale of Leeds City
- (Stories)
- ... into Elland Road and campaigned vigorously to keep City in the League. On June 4, Leeds were duly re-elected and the new manager’s team finished a promising sixth in Division Two, with rampaging centre-forward ...
- Created on 03 July 2017
- 11. From the archive ~ How the old Wembley earned its worldwide affection
- (Stories)
- With the new Wembley now ten, here is Jeff Hill in 1999 on how its predecessor ingrained itself in football folklore despite its pomposity The Wembley that we all love or hate – the dog track with ...
- Created on 27 March 2017
- 12. From the archive ~ Reliving Leicester’s battle with Atlético Madrid
- (Stories)
- ... newspaper proclaimed that “2,500 hooligans are coming to town”, perhaps a reflection of the fact that an English side had not visited the city for several years – and laughable for those familiar with ...
- Created on 27 February 2017
- 13. From the archive ~ Would abolishing transfer fees benefit football?
- (Stories)
- Embed from Getty Images With another transfer window almost done we look back to November 2000, when Pierre Lanfranchi and Matthew Taylor argued it was time for a new system Imagine football ...
- Created on 30 January 2017
- 14. WSC 360 out now
- (Stories)
- February issue available online and in stores The new WSC is out now, in all good newsagents or available to order from the WSC shop. Inside it has Charles Morris explaining the emotion pinball ...
- Created on 10 January 2017
- 15. From the archive ~ The loneliness of the short-winded ringer
- (Stories)
- ... John Burridge, currently appearing in goal at Newcastle United, always takes his boots into Wembley with him, “just in case. ” One day he will be canonised as the patron saint of ringers - St A N Other... ...
- Created on 21 November 2016
- 16. Gordon Strachan’s calm can help Scotland to symbolic win over England
- (Stories)
- ... Stoke midfielder Charlie Adam this week claimed he would have a better chance of being picked under a new manager and that Brown shouldn’t be allowed to come back “just because it’s England”. With international-class ...
- Created on 10 November 2016
- 17. WSC 357 out now
- (Stories)
- November issue available in shops and online The new WSC is out now, in all good newsagents or available to order from the WSC shop. - Greed in the football industry - What more can the FA do? - Youth ...
- Created on 11 October 2016
- 18. Millwall blow as council votes to sell land around Den
- (Stories)
- ... own plans for the land. They had proposed a scheme, much of which involved new homes for the local area and facilities for the Millwall Community Trust. While Millwall will appeal the decision, if the ...
- Created on 08 September 2016
- 19. Gus Honeybun, Your Boys Took One Hell Of A Beating
- (Fandom)
- ... 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, ...
- Created on 25 August 2016
- 20. When We Were Lions
- (International )
- ... then When We Were Lions isn’t strictly a football book. This is a sportier take on Bill Bryson’s 2013 epic One Summer: America 1927, his account of a US enthralled by new possibilities after Charles ...
- Created on 20 July 2016
