Taking time out from pondering who would win a game between Banoffee Thistle and Mulligatawny Town, magazine editor Andy Lyons, writer Harry Pearson and host Daniel Gray talk Terrible Starts, from Southport’s Showaddywaddy season to Mick McCarthy’s no-nonsense, no points beginning at Sunderland. The three delve into the pages of issue 412 of When Saturday Comes magazine and consider alternative super leagues, and Record Breakers takes us to Brussels, Dresden and Bolton. Our Dan is joined by Dan Porritt of the And He Takes That Chance podcast to talk all things Huddersfield Town.
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Twice a month the team consider a range of compelling issues including comedic terrace abuse, little and large strike partnerships and Don Revie’s fear of ornamental elephants, plus our guest curators add to the collection of the WSC Museum of Football.
The line-up: Andy Lyons WSC editor • Harry Pearson WSC columnist • Daniel Gray author & presenter
• Plus special guests
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In this exclusive WSC Supporters’ Club edition of the podcast, magazine editor Andy Lyons, writer Harry Pearson and host Daniel Gray embrace the spinach and liquorice diet to bring you stories of “bomber di provincias” from Dixie McNeill to Ernie Moss, and teams named after people. There is a discussion of British managers in north and central America and the Caribbean, which includes a John “Canoe Man” Darwin football conspiracy. Record Breakers takes us to Belfast, Belgrade and Portsmouth.
Celebrating their big 4-0 with a disgusting Coconut Kinder Bueno, magazine editor Andy Lyons, writer Harry Pearson and host Daniel Gray discuss the Euros so far, from Lukas Carnival to Bovril Popsicles via players who ‘know where the goal is’. There is an important update on the train station situation in Horden, parakeet news and talk of players who were good at other sports, including Lev Yashin and Reginald ‘Tip’ Foster. Record Breakers takes us to Amsterdam, Helsinki and Ischia, while Dan talks all things Newport County with Ed Bridges of the 1912 Exiles podcast.
In another exclusive WSC Supporters’ Club edition of the podcast, magazine editor Andy Lyons, writer Harry Pearson and host Daniel Gray get in the mood for Euro 2020 with talk of Bulgaria’s stay in Ravenscar, seeing Zidane while lawn-mowing and musing the concept of an Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy Trophy. Their Euros chat also takes in post-tournament signings from Ipswich’s Sergei Baltacha to Torben Piechnik of Liverpool, worst team performances, the manager who possibly knew Greek whistling dialect, Luxembourg glory and mascot terror. Plus, Record Breakers takes us to Cologne, Rome and London.
In this exclusive WSC Supporters’ Club edition of the podcast, magazine deputy editor Tom Hocking, writer Harry Pearson and host Daniel Gray talk hype and anti-climax, from Freddy Adu to Berti Vogts’ Scotland via Lee Trundle. The trio also discuss strange situations in which conversations about football have cropped up, and make a come and get me plea to Henderson’s Relish. Record Breakers takes us to Munich, Frankfurt and Stockholm.