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When there’s no history of football support in your family, the team you’re taken to see as a child can hinge on some unromantic factors

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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 talk all things hapless goalkeepers, from Gary Walsh’s reverse legs to a blancmange David Icke. There is discussion of stage fright at non-league urinals, the Dutch Ron Greenwood and the German Brian Clough, plus players and managers who simply didn’t fit in at certain clubs. Record Breakers takes us to Belgrade, Gelsenkirchen and Gillingham.

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September issue available now online and in store

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It might not be the most ethically sound of practices, but managers throughout history have looked to reinforce home advantage with a word in the ear of the ground staff

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by Richard Sydenham
DeCoubertin, £18.99
Reviewed by Damon Green
From WSC 384, March 2019
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