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Kaiser! The greatest footballer never to play football

379 Kaiser

by Rob Smyth
Yellow Jersey Press, £9.99
Reviewed by Paul Rees
From WSC 379, September 2018
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From the archive ~ Mark E Smith interview: So you call yourself a football fan?

 

Mark E Smith, frontman of The Fall, has died aged 60. He was a long-term reader of WSC and left a legacy which included some contributions to the magazine over the years. In WSC 157, March 2000, Mark discussed his football experiences, which included encounters with a goalkeeping plumber and a controversial match against the Icicle Works

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“And Smith must score” – the worst misses are the ones that truly mattered

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There has been much talk about Neal Maupay’s miss for Brentford this weekend being one of the worst ever, but it is nothing compared to those in crunch games – as Cris Freddi described in WSC 151, September 1999

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The strange case of Igor Belanov – the least remembered Ballon d’Or winner

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Belanov possessed incredible power and speed but, playing for an unfashionable team, his 1986 Ballon d’Or was a shock – as was his rapid decline

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The Acid Test: A life in football by Clyde Best

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De Coubertin Books, £20
Reviewed by Mark Segal
From WSC 361, March 2017
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