When Saturday Comes

21. Photo of the week ~ Ball retrieval duties at Ramsbottom United: (Stories); Ramsbottom United 1 Barwell 3, 03/10/2015, Riverside Stadium, Northern Premier League The home club's vice-chairman, Chris Woolfall, retrieving a matchball from behind a stand at the Harry William ...; Created on 12 December 2017
22. Nothing beats the giddy excitement of seeing an orange football used in snow: (Stories); ... the Premier and Football Leagues still produce a coloured version for use on snow-covered pitches. However, their absence is still lamented by fans, as the computer gaming giant EA Sports found out when ...; Created on 11 December 2017
23. Keeping it real: lower-league football’s growing authenticity problem: (Stories); ... draws a Premier League team in the FA Cup. Sutton United were portrayed as a raggedy mob of butchers and bakers when Arsenal visited Gander Green Lane a few months ago, and the Sun were so desperate for ...; Created on 22 June 2017
24. WSC writers’ competition 2016 winner ~ I am the ref by Roy Williams: (Stories); ... ref” in the Rhondda because of my Home Counties accent. I spent four years on the Northern Premier League, being informed that I looked like “an effing bog brush” at Matlock Town. However most of ...; Created on 09 February 2017
25. The best and worst moments of 2016, according to WSC contributors ~ part two: (Stories); ... med I might never see it. Alex Anderson Embed from Getty Images Best Leicester's achievement in winning the Premier League stands out for me. It's easy to exaggerate their outsider status, ...; Created on 26 December 2016
26. Increase in minors moving abroad “poses serious risks” to players and clubs: (Stories); ... of the 597 footballers who migrated under the age of 18, 180 went to England, highlighting the financial power of the Premier League. Italy was second, importing 78 while the Netherlands was third with ...; Created on 16 December 2016
27. Liverpool v Manchester United - Lo-fi animated tactical analysis: (Videos); . . A close look at the playing styles of two of the Premier Leagues biggest teams – how should we see this game in the context of the season as a whole? Video ...; Created on 20 October 2016
28. Game Changers: (Managers); ... chapters that are interesting are the interviews with the agent and the backroom staff. The sheer amount of gear a kit man has to transport for a Premier League club is crazy. At last the rules governing ...; Created on 12 October 2016
29. WSC 357 out now: (Stories); ... all in standards of the Scottish Premiership, it would struggle to claim it is even the best league in Scotland, with three out of the four finalists of the major cup competitions last season coming f ...; Created on 11 October 2016
30. In praise of football’s famous trophies: (Stories); ... but less effective than UEFA’s prostitution of it. Unlike the FA and Scottish Premier Leagues that same decade, Europe’s premier competition didn’t get a gaudy new trophy when transferring to the thoroughly ...; Created on 20 September 2016
31. Gus Honeybun, Your Boys Took One Hell Of A Beating: (Fandom); ... of ever making it to the riches of the Premier League. Yet Carter can also be a frustrating storyteller and would benefit from a more ruthless editor. The author is one of those who storms the directors’ ...; Created on 25 August 2016
32. Extra time made redundant by more TV-friendly formats: (Stories); ... five domestic championships and UEFA’s premier club tournament. Administrators want to extend the number of games broadcast rather than the length of any one match. In the 1990s and 2000s attempts were ...; Created on 22 August 2016
33. Photo of the week ~ Cricket and football in Ramsbottom: (Stories); Ramsbottom United 1 Barwell 3, 03/10/2015, Riverside Stadium, Northern Premier League Home team supporters making their way past the adjoining cricket pavilion on their way to the Harry Williams ...; Created on 01 August 2016
34. Leicester fans adjust to spotlight and new followers: (May 2016); New Premier League champions were in League One in 2009 3 May ~ It's been a strange season to be a Leicester City fan – one that's propelled us out of our comfort zone. We are champions of Englan ...; Created on 03 May 2016
35. Challenge Cup can be Rangers’ farewell gift: (April 2016); ... their return to top-flight football by beating Celtic at Hampden in next Sunday’s Scottish Cup semi-final. Defeating the Premiership leaders would be a statement of intent. However, this Sunday’s trip ...; Created on 10 April 2016
36. Like father like son ~ 2015 writers' competition winner: (Writers competition); ... Things have changed again and my son is responsible. Not through the incessant questions along the lines who I like best out of...(randomly pick five Premier League players of your choosing at this point, ...; Created on 07 March 2016
37. In Black And White: (Clubs); ... most fascinating football stories of recent times. After swapping English non-League for the Scottish Third Division in 2002, the border-town club won three successive promotions, reaching the Premier ...; Created on 15 January 2016
38. Haircuts & League Cups: (Clubs); ... Premier and Football Leagues and above all Yeung’s acolyte Peter Pannu. Indeed since publication, this litigious former Hong Kong policeman has posted a series of offensive, rambling posts on Often Partisan, ...; Created on 12 May 2015
39. When the FA Cup really mattered vol 1 & 2: (General); ... touchingly emotional. Now, sadly, it is an afterthought, an inconvenience that gets in the way of the more lucrative Premier and Champions Leagues. The FA Cup is football from a different time and age ...; Created on 10 February 2015
40. Up There: (General); ... north-east players in the Premier League, with Steve Bruce the only north-east manager. The decline of north-east football at all levels is well illustrated when Walker presents Durham FA secretary John ...; Created on 08 December 2014

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