The steel pens and baton charges of the 1980s may be gone, but harsh and degrading actions by authorities are still part of the match day experience
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Thursday, March 29th, 2018 - Stories
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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Thursday, January 25th, 2018 - Stories
In WSC 237, November 2006, Simon Inglis traced the life of the first half-decent football magazine and the player and broadcaster who brought it into existence
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Monday, January 22nd, 2018 - Stories
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There was a time when strike partnerships rolled off the tongue like superheroes and clubs even thought foreign players should be kept in pairs, as Harry Pearson explains
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Thursday, December 21st, 2017 - Stories
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Despite its ability to raise public spirits, maintaining a coherent league programme proved problematic between 1939 and 1945 – and not just because of the constant threat of air attack
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Wednesday, November 8th, 2017 - Stories