WSC 432
July 2023 - Referee confrontations, visiting grounds, Walsall, Scottish play-offs
Features
Changing places Rochdale enter a new era in non-League; Notts County earn their promotion spot at Wembley
Blackout blind The EFL’s latest lucrative TV deal will result in some early starts for fans
Match of the month Queen’s Park host Partick Thistle in their play-off second leg
Tick treatment Visiting new grounds as a neutral can lead to some awkward questions
Team spirit: Walsall Why the Saddlers love the cups; building an iFollow community
Very superstitious What to do when you need a result
Object lessons How a Richard Gough card inspired a love for the Scottish game
Regulars
Editorial Managers confronting referees are making themselves the main event
Sidelines A non-League crowd boom; introducing the Union of European Clubs; teams compete for the Lava Cup; why Didcot Town’s promotion is special
Shot! Halesowen Town meet Coleshill Town in the play-offs
Harry Pearson column The joys of having a second, third, even fourth team
The perfect shot The two ladies of White Hart Lane
World view A rebuild plan in Canadian football; title joy for Napoli; Turbine Potsdam depart the Bundesliga
Books Finding the data secrets; honing in on Italy v Brazil in 1982; the ups and downs of Barcelona’s recent history
Letters I started to question my habit of 50/50 tickets…
Season in brief Real Madrid’s collapse hands Valencia the title
