When Saturday Comes

21. Hull City: (The five minute...); ... rivals? As every club in Yorkshire seems to gravitate towards the Third Division at some stage, we are never short of derbies. However, our biggest rivalry is probably with fans of the two rugby league ...; Created on 14 June 2003
22. Going for broke – Bradford City: (Clubs); ... over 30 non-playing staff getting their P45s. It was as recently as 1999 that Bradford reached the Premiership, but in similar circumstances to their more illustrious Yorkshire neighbours Leeds United ...; Created on 14 April 2003
23. Brentford, Wimbledon, York ...: (Sharp end); ... same principle that applies to Brentford is also under examination at York City, where the hiving off of its Bootham Crescent home by the former chairman Douglas Craig (see WSC 181) still threatens the ...; Created on 14 December 2002
24. New York ...: (Brief guide to...); A brief guide to football in New York, told by Jack Bell 1626 Dutchman Peter Minuit plunks down $24 in trinkets and baubles and backs his group of settlers against a disorganised band of local Reckagawawanc ...; Created on 14 October 1999
25. Focus on Roland Nilsson: Sheffield Wednesday's Swedish cult hero: (Stories); ... forged a good coaching career, and has not been forgotten in South Yorkshire. In 2017 Nilsson was one of 15 players – and the only one from outside the UK or Ireland – painted into the “Sheffield Wednesday ...; Created on 06 February 2019
26. Bloody Southerners: Clough and Taylor's Brighton & Hove odyssey by Spencer Vignes: (Managers); ... had been watching League champions Derby County in the semi-finals of the European Cup against Juventus. Yet here he was in a Sussex hotel getting ready for a Division Three home game against York City. ...; Created on 25 January 2019
27. Friday night lights: why non-League crowds rise when they kick off weekend: (Stories); ... Swifts, which drew crowds of 407 and 239 respectively and have already been similarly scheduled for this season. The idea appears to be gaining traction higher up the pyramid, with York City manager ...; Created on 29 October 2018
28. Back of the net flix: marketing is now masquerading as documentary: (Stories); ... at Leipzig, Salzburg or New York where coaches gently tell said talent they’re really not good enough. If it seems curious that clubs are willing to offer their internal machinations up on scree ...; Created on 20 August 2018
29. Programmes have become bloated and outdated – it's time to change or go: (Stories); ... magazine packed with facts, opinion, reader contributions and photos of teams and players great and small; York City were treated with as much reverence as Manchester United. A substantial mail orde ...; Created on 30 July 2018
30. Kickaround 2 out now: (Stories); ... taken to end up on their feet, as well as find out why Doncaster Belles are the most famous name in women's football. Kickaround reporter Kezia takes us on a very wet and muddy tour of Maidenhead's Yo ...; Created on 27 April 2018
31. Forget Panini – there’s a new type of football sticker to obsess over: (Stories); ... representations of fan culture. Notable examples I’ve encountered include Clapton FC’s Andy Warhol soup can pastiche in York, the stylised head of a Sampdoria ultra outside Dagenham & Redbridge’s ground, ...; Created on 19 March 2018
32. How "they won" became "we won" – the rise of the partisan football fanatic: (Stories); ... churches, cricket clubs – that provided ready-made support. Manchester United were formed in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR by workers at a Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway depot. Manchester City were originall ...; Created on 24 January 2018
33. Dalglish & Rush, Summerbee & Lee, Warboys & Bannister – where have the great duos gone?: (Stories); ... In the five seasons they played together (two at Bournemouth and one each at York, Norwich and Southampton) they netted a barely credible 195 goals between them. The Inverness-born MacDougall tended to ...; Created on 21 December 2017
34. On The Brink: A journey through English football’s north west by Simon Hughes: (General); ... Sheikh Mansour of Abu Dhabi’s ownership, as football’s future, while questioning its fairness. City have ties with clubs in New York, Melbourne and Yokohama that Abu Dhabi also owns, as well as with others ...; Created on 22 November 2017
35. WSC 370 out now: (Stories); ... crisis | Yorkshire’s national team | Who could you play for? Women’s football ~ Racism scandal at the FA | The drive for equal pay Plus World Cup woe for Scotland and Wales | Non league on Merseyside ...; Created on 08 November 2017
36. The Billionaires Club: The unstoppable rise of football’s super-rich owners: (General); ... to both the New York Times and World Soccer, proves himself adept here at rustling up enlightening stories on the game from relatively far-flung outposts and placing them in the context of a broader global ...; Created on 13 September 2017
37. From the archive ~ Homeless and broke: remembering Brighton’s darkest days: (Stories); ... as manager. By the time relegation became inevitable most fans had simply had enough, expressing their frustration and anger by invading the pitch during the match against York. Before the game, fan ...; Created on 07 August 2017
38. Lincoln back but plenty to be decided on National League’s final day: (Stories); Embed from Getty Images York could drop to the sixth tier for the first time, while Maidenhead eye the South title and Salford and Halifax challenge for the North play-offs 28 April ~ We have not ...; Created on 28 April 2017
39. From the archive ~ Bill Shankly: The great orator who gave managers a voice: (Stories); ... in those around him. Embed from Getty Images Later, talking of the need to drum instructions into players, he recalls, as he does elsewhere, a recorded message in a New York lift repeating ...; Created on 10 April 2017
40. WSC 363 out now: (Stories); ... plan | Women’s FA Cup fifth round photo feature | When York broke the 100-point barrier Newquay 5 Tavistock 0 A misty day on the North Cornwall coast As the North Cornwall branch line train turns ...; Created on 04 April 2017

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