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In this exclusive WSC Supporters’ Club edition of the podcast, magazine editor Andy Lyons, writer Harry Pearson and host Daniel Gray discuss footballers’ hair, from great red-headed players to the damaging reputation of Bobby Charlton’s wisp. Plus, Sunderland  ’Til I Die, tongue-ties and namesakes, strange stadium announcements and misanthropic players. Record Breakers takes us to Austria, France and Fife, and Harry worries about the whereabouts of David Batty.

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Famed for his arms-outstretched “aeroplane” goal celebration, the Norwegian striker was a popular figure at all four of his English clubs in the mid-1990s

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A tireless but classy operator, the right-back is still fondly remembered at Hillsborough as part of the side that reached an unlikely three cup finals in as many years

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From cricketers to athletes, plenty of sportsmen have tried to become footballers – though few have switched disciplines with much success

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Few football men can be claimed to have died as a result of their desire for power and few have had as lasting an impact as Herbert Chapman, as Barney Ronay explains

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