Chaos ensued at White Hart Lane when not all season ticket books were recieved by fans. Adam Powley reports

Tottenham’s recent foray into the giddy heights of the table might have surprised their sup­porters but, when it comes to how they are treated by the club, it appears to be business as usual. Spurs fans are wearily used to shoddy treatment from a plc for whom customer ser­vice is an alien concept, but this season the club has surpassed itself with what has come to be known as the great season ticket fiasco.

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A new football film is in production in Scotland. Geoff Leonard went along to see what all the fuss is about

The Arsenal Stadium Mystery, Escape To Vic­tory, Sean Bean’s When Saturday Comes. The link? As I’m sure you know, all were attempts at football films which turned out to be trite rubbish. Robert Duvall’s new movie The Cup, however, promises to be rubbish on an altogether grander scale.

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Newcastle have sacked another manager, leaving us wondering whose fault this mess is

Another August, another Newcastle manager on his way. This time last year we boldly hinted at disaster for clubs like United who change their manager with ever increasing frequency. Obviously, it gives us absolutely no pleas­-ure to have been proved right. No, really, not even a tiny bit.

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Dear WSC
Well, I’m really sorry to moan, especially as it was your 150th issue. But your Nick House (Football League Review, WSC 150) was watching a different Division Three to me last season. I’ll just say five things. Firstly, it was a tremendously exciting season. You wouldn’t think so to read this review. It culminated on the last day with first playing second for the championship. And it’s not often that happens. Secondly, how can Peterborough pos­­sibly be described as an enigma? One of the great certainties of Division Three football, and one of its great entertainments, is that Peterborough United consistently underachieve. It’s called the Barry Fry effect. Thirdly, there are some tremendous young players in this division, but you would need to be very blinkered indeed to name messrs Thomas, Breslan and Bastow among them. What about Martin Butler at Cambridge United, for good­ness sake! Fourthly, he must be a really cautious punter if he wouldn’t have bet on any of the top v bottom games. If he had done, he would have made himself a tidy profit. Finally, eventual champions Brentford merited just one mention in the entire article. This despite one of their most eventful seasons ever, with the Ron Noades saga, a host of talented youngsters and that exciting final game. By contrast, Exeter City were mentioned five times, Devon clubs in general 11 times. Hey – that Nick House couldn’t be a Torquay fan, could he? Simon Knott, via email

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Tom Locke recalls scenes from the life of the second most fearsome terrace in Newcastle

A friend of mine tells a good story about the Leazes End at St James’ Park. It was the infamous 1974 FA Cup tie against Nott­ingham Forest, and the score was 3-3. Bobby Moncur scored to put Newcastle improbably ahead, and the crowd, as they say, went wild. My mate was duly leaping around with the best of them when his right foot landed on something a bit sharp. It was a set of dentures. The old fellow next to him gro­velled about on the terracing to retrieve them. They had, of course, been expell­ed in the frenzied delight immediately following the goal. The man dusted his falsies off and popped them back in. They were going in all directions, but he seem­ed pretty unperturbed.

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