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The world-class sports stars who struggled to carve out a football career

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From cricketers to athletes, plenty of sportsmen have tried to become footballers – though few have switched disciplines with much success

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From knotweed to music fans – how even top clubs’ pitches used to suffer

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With Mauricio Pochettino complaining about Rochdale’s pitch, it’s worth looking back at when most playing surfaces were a mess – as Mike Whalley explained in WSC 362, April 2017

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Ryan Giggs’ efforts as a Wales player were never quite good enough

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Ryan Giggs is the new Wales manager but, while he was a hero at his club, he never had the same relationship with his national team – as Scott Johnson explained in WSC 328, June 2014

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Herbert Chapman: the Huddersfield and Arsenal manager who shaped English football

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Few football men can be claimed to have died as a result of their desire for power and few have had as lasting an impact as Herbert Chapman, as Barney Ronay explains

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Quiet Genius: Bob Paisley, British football’s greatest manager by Ian Herbert

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Bloomsbury, £20
Reviewed by Seb Patrick
From WSC 364, June 2017
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