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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 embrace the spinach and liquorice diet to bring you stories of “bomber di provincias” from Dixie McNeill to Ernie Moss, and teams named after people. There is a discussion of British managers in north and central America and the Caribbean, which includes a John “Canoe Man” Darwin football conspiracy. Record Breakers takes us to Belfast, Belgrade and Portsmouth.

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The 29-year-old full-back’s sudden and avoidable death from polio in 1959 sparked a national clamour for inoculations and a dramatic fall in the number of cases of the disease

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The first player from his country to play in the Premier League, the striker became a cult hero among fans despite injury problems in his seven years on the south coast

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October issue available now online and in store

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After putting all that effort into winning them, it’s surprising how many players allow their awards to go astray – some never to be seen again

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