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Mad Dog Gravesen: The last of the modern footballing mavericks by Chris Sweeney

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Pitch Publishing, £19.99
Reviewed by Paul McParlan
From WSC 391, October 2019
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Remembering Kenner Sportstars – the football toys that captured a moment in time

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This endearingly anachronistic range of player figurines may have lacked accuracy and interactivity, but they provided an early window into the world of football

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From David Beckham to Olly Lee – are goals from the halfway line over-rated?

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Despite it boiling down to lumping a ball forwards 60 yards, the appeal of goals from a long way out to both fans and pundits seems to be endless

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Forget Panini – there’s a new type of football sticker to obsess over

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We are now accepting entries for the 2018 WSC writers’ competition. By way of inspiration, here is Matt Johnson’s runner-up entry from 2017, about a a new phenomenon of global football culture sweeping the streets

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Remembering Charles Buchan’s Football Monthly – the pioneering football magazine

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In WSC 237, November 2006, Simon Inglis traced the life of the first half-decent football magazine and the player and broadcaster who brought it into existence

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