In this exclusive WSC Supporters’ Club edition of the podcast, magazine editor Andy Lyons, writer Harry Pearson and host Daniel Gray take their grief at poor Lionel Messi’s fate to discuss One Last Big Pay Days from Suleyman Kerimov’s FC Anzhi to Roberto Rivelino in Saudi Arabia. The Random Topic Generator throws up “Rumours” as a talking point, meaning conversational trips to Throckley petrol station, Mother Shipton’s Cave and the murky world of testimonial matches. Record Breakers takes us to Oslo, Stockholm and Bristol.
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Many children have a natural obsession with the game and Football Beyond Borders are having huge success in channelling that enthusiasm into improving young people’s education
The age at which children are signed by professional clubs is getting younger, but the consequences for those stuck in the world go far beyond disappointment at not making the first team
by Robbie Dunne
Pitch Publishing, £9.99
Reviewed by Huw Richards
From WSC 374, March 2018
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