... on their office walls, that’s probably healthier. SebPatrick
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... Crewe fans are going through at the moment, while Stephen Jewell and SebPatrick examine the state of football comics, and Huw Richards takes a trip to Loftus Road for a clash between two clubs who have ...
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If things had worked out differently, Hard Case could have been the ...
... FC fans' classic songs. Here's an excerpt for those struggling to pick up the complex lyrical structure."
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from SebPatrick "MK Dons' attempt to prove a point did not go well."
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... kept the Stabby Angel as their icon because it fits in with their direct game and aerial threat. Cameron Carter
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SebPatrick mantains that it is becoming harder to admire or support a player who has lots of skill but repeatedly damages his club's image
It’s difficult not to imagine that Luis Suárez has a “goodwill ...
... battering ram. This was enjoyed in the evening following the parade, along with the Jumping Onto Rocks and blindfold Broadsword Dancing. Unfortunately, the image in the bottom left panel shows the baseball ...
... thing that boastful kids were wont to do in the late 1970s. Al Needham, Nottingham
Dear WSC With reference to SebPatrick’s article on away goals in WSC 295 (Counting your blessings), surely the solution ...
Football has changed in many ways since the 1960s but one rule hasn't. For many, including SebPatrick, away goals continue to confuse and annoy
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... and Owen Pickard. Since promotion to the Football League the club have introduced and stuck with green and white hoops and now look like a poor man's Celtic. Seb White Buy this shirt and hundreds ...
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Reluctant Champion by Andrew Fagan and Mark Platt Aurum Press, £20 Reviewed by SebPatrick From WSC 300 February 2012 Buy this book By anyone's standards, Joe Fagan was a remarkable success ...
... the radio in a baseball cap. On closer inspection, it's not even interesting enough to be a pure beige; the dominant colour here is that of a dog turd when the subject has been fed predominantly on ...
The digits on the back of footballers' shirts seem to be getting higher and higher. SebPatrick examines a recent trend Australia’s Asian Cup qualifier against Kuwait in March of this year drew attention ...
... round Pride Park is bad, he should have seen what it was like round the Baseball Ground. And the suggestion that Derby has a “rich tradition” of brass bands will come as news to most people in the city. ...
... Juan-Sebastian Veron will still stay away. Harry Redknapp denies reports that he is set to resign: “Suddenly, there’s a headline saying ‘Harry must obey Sir Clive’, it’s all rubbish.” Monday 25 Darius ...
... to Seb Coe with some good news. Racism and violence have featured with monotonous regularity at the Parc, while the club president, their head of security, owners Canal+ and all the PSG players have ...
... and baseball caps – well, Steve Foster spent an entire career turning down sponsorship of his famous headband from various companies. I’m not sure other frequent headband wearers, such as Eric Young, were ...