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“And Smith must score” – the worst misses are the ones that truly mattered

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There has been much talk about Neal Maupay’s miss for Brentford this weekend being one of the worst ever, but it is nothing compared to those in crunch games – as Cris Freddi described in WSC 151, September 1999

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Yesterday’s men that embraced Tomorrow’s World – when Leatherhead hit the big time

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Only via the FA Cup and only in the 1970s could Leatherhead make such an impact on the public imagination, as Jon Spurling explained in WSC 232, June 2006

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From the archive ~ Why have all the homemade fan banners disappeared?

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A weekend of big matches at Wembley included plenty of choreographed displays but no place for supporter originality. In WSC 342, August 2015 Jon Spurling explained why

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Game Changers by Tom van Hulsen

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The remarkable story of Dutch masters Arnold Muhren and Frans Thijssen
Available from TWTD.co.uk, £16.99
Reviewed by Gavin Barber
From WSC 364, June 2017

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Home And Away: Writing the beautiful game by Karl Ove Knausgaard and Fredrik Ekelund

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Harvill & Secker, £18.99
Reviewed by Richard Mason
From WSC 363, May 2017
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