Pitch Publishing, £16.99
Reviewed by David Pollock
From WSC 425, October 2022
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Little, Brown, £20
Reviewed by Joyce Woolridge
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Diego Maradona, Allan Simonsen and Bernd Schuster ahead of the 1982-83 season at Barcelona. Getty Images

Diego Maradona’s room-mate at Barcelona drove them to domestic and European glory before a spat with Terry Venables ended in him joining their bitter rivals

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Contemplating a 96-pack of Toffifee. magazine editor Andy Lyons, writer Harry Pearson and host Daniel Gray discuss Tactical Pioneers, from Bill McCracken’s offensive offside to trap to Malcolm Allison’s whirl via the Austrian Jimmy Hill. Record Breakers brings a Turin tune, and we continue our sprightly feature, The Final Third, in which a guest contributes a match, a player and an object to the WSC Museum of Football. Joining Dan as our visiting curator this time is Father Ted, The Fast Show and Toast co-writer Arthur Mathews.

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Biteback Publishing, £20
Reviewed by Ian Farrell
From WSC 424, September 2022
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