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Forcing away ends out of modern grounds is hurting the game’s atmosphere

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In WSC 294, August 2011, Andrew Woods lamented the decline of the visiting supporters’ section, something that modern clubs just want out of the way

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From the archive ~ Traditional floodlights are a sad casualty of modern stadiums

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A proper football ground should have prominent floodlights, argued Simon Inglis in WSC 196, June 2003 – otherwise how will away fans find the match?

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The beautiful game: Pelé, Didi and the origins of football’s most tiresome cliche

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Examining how the phrase came to be so commonplace tells us a lot about the way in which the sport developed and spread around the world

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Lincoln back but plenty to be decided on National League’s final day

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York could drop to the sixth tier for the first time, while Maidenhead eye the South title and Salford and Halifax challenge for the North play-offs

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From the archive ~ The glory days of televised indoor tournaments

In WSC 177 Lionel Birnie donned his plimsolls to recall the strange competitions that filled a void when English clubs were expelled from Europe

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