WSC 426 – World Cup special

Essential tournament wallchart plus World Cup preview – every team analysed

What’s the coach like? • Good and bad interviewees • Players selling products • TV coverage • Protests and boycotts • Plus much more

Features
Mark my words Few will miss the musings of Mark Lawrenson on co-commentary
Peer group Scotland’s success proves the value of the Nations League
Match of the month Leyton Orient’s perfect home record comes up against Newport County
Levelling up Beyond the WSL in the women’s game; Spain players take on their coach
Object lessons Hunting down Marcelo Bielsa’s bucket
Fade out The players whose careers didn’t quite live up to their early potential
Bucks fizz Aylesbury United’s hopes for a home; a new chapter in Marlow’s long history

Regulars
Editorial Money beats football at Qatar’s World Cup
Sidelines Fan ownership controversy at Partick Thistle; all change at Vicarage Road; boosting beach soccer; troubled times continue at Southend
Shot! Flint Town United take on Penybont
Harry Pearson column Old-style chairmen liked to keep their business interests close to home
Focus on Lee Clark, who crossed the Tyne-Wear divide
World view Away fans’ shirt shrift in Portugal; fascism at the Australia Cup final; Indonesia’s disaster waiting to happen
Books Johan Cruyff turns it on; 100 years of the Old Lady; a social history of Liverpool
Letters I was in tears as I went out to play again… 
Season in brief Bray Wanderers take Ireland’s first second-tier title