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Episode 102: Mackem Maradona, sending off the ballboy & guest Simon Gill

Plumping their inflatable cushions and popping some chocolate limes, magazine editor Andy Lyons, writer Harry Pearson and host Daniel Gray discuss ‘What If…?’ moments, from Bill Shankly at Boro to Mackem Maradona via Bryan Gunn’s ankle. Magazine Deputy Editor Ffion Thomas previews WSC issue 442, Record Breakers brings us a Brazilian banger, 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 WSC photographer and contributor to our new At the Match photobook, Simon Gill.

If you enjoyed this and would like more, you can sign up to the WSC Supporters’ Club for as little as £2 per month. There are great rewards, including bonus episodes, extended editions, badges, T-shirts and photo prints.

“Finally a connection, at last”: How football cut through the fog of Dad’s dementia

Amid the cruelty and pain of slowly losing a loved one, the memories from a shared lifelong love of Brighton & Hove Albion still provide a spark

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Forest and County fans joining forces to archive Nottingham’s football fanzine heritage

A new National Lottery Heritage Fund project will establish a digital archive of two of the city’s original fanzines, The Pie and The Almighty Brian

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Episode 101: Helmut Rahn on the autobahn, open-top bus mishaps & guest The Blue and White fanzine

In this exclusive WSC Supporters’ Club edition of the podcast, magazine editor Andy Lyons, writer Harry Pearson and host Daniel Gray discuss Trophy Celebrations, from Corinthian flammable confetti to Stuart McCall’s bonnet via a helicopter parade. Record Breakers brings a Bergamo banger, 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 Richard Bellis, co-editor of The Blue and White, the Chester FC fanzine.

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Episode 100: Disastrous centenaries, Swindon’s late century and the 100-cap Malaysia quartet

Beyond cock-a-hoop at reaching podcast 100, in this special centenary episode (i.e. there’s no guest, just a bit more of them talking) magazine editor Andy Lyons, writer Harry Pearson and host Daniel Gray discuss issue 100 of WSC magazine, published in June 1995. There is also chatter of some things 100, from the Mercantile Credit Centenary Trophy to Swindon Town’s record breakers via Malaysia’s Golden Quartet. Magazine Deputy Editor Ffion Thomas previews WSC issue 441 and Record Breakers brings us a Polish pop pick.

If you enjoyed this and would like more, you can sign up to the WSC Supporters’ Club for as little as £2 per month. There are great rewards, including bonus episodes, extended editions, badges, T-shirts and photo prints.

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