WSC 423 – New season special

Double magazine pack!

New season special
• How will your team do? • Which former player should return? • What strange thing happened at your club?
• Premier League • EFL • National League • Scottish Premiership • WSL • Women’s Championship

Features
Suspended animation The complex saga of Staines Town has brought an end to 130 years of history
Match of the month Crowds flock to Bishop Auckland for the pre-season visit of Middlesbrough
Pub league Our 2022 writers’ competition winner recalls a memorable title celebration for one group of Walthamstow fans
Lifetime achievement Writers’ competition runners-up: how a friend on the terraces revealed his hidden talent as a qualified referee; the satisfaction of finally completing the 92
Team spirit: Stockport When Danny Bergara and Dave Jones made the Hatters soar; optimism and ambition at Edgeley Park
Object lessons A scarf obtained in Serbia that has brought Wales luck wherever it goes

Regulars
Editorial With change afoot in Westminster, fans’ groups must keep up the pressure on politicians
Sidelines Hope for Derby and Oldham but Birmingham get the blues; Denmark’s multi-club ownership crackdown; FC United go on a European tour; young talent heading to the US
Shot! Brighouse Town AFC Women get their preparations for the new campaign underway
Focus on Brian Kidd, whose playing and coaching career saw him win trophies on both sides of the Manchester rivalry
Cameron Carter column Players can react to conceding a goal however they want – just as long as they don’t smile
Letters I wish that reeking funk that wafted around St James’ Park could be bottled and bought…
Season in brief Bristol City fly the flag for the south in the 1906-07 Division One season