Battles of attrition and tedious timewasting in the lower leagues are increasingly a turn-off for supporters, whose entertainment is sacrificed for points
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Qatar’s flawed bid should have been thrown out but officials shunned human rights concerns in favour of riches that will never reach those who need them most
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From WSC 426, November/December 2022
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After propping up the league in 15 seasons out of the last 20, including conceding 184 goals in 2017-18, demotion has allowed the club to make a fresh start
In this exclusive WSC Supporters’ Club edition of the podcast, magazine editor Andy Lyons, writer Harry Pearson and host Daniel Gray take the stairway to Hebburn and contemplate Drubbings, from Bon Accord to Brisbane Road via Mel Machin’s poor repartee. Record Breakers takes us to Genoa , and we continue our sprightly feature, The Final Third, in which a guest contributes a match, a player and an object to the WSC Museum of Football. Joining Dan as our visiting curator this time is Jane Stuart from the Blackpool fanzine Now That’s What I Call Progress and the Football Tourist Guide.