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Stories

A small number of articles from each issue of When Saturday Comes are reproduced here. To get the full WSC experience, including free access to our digital archive, take out a subscription.

Non-League stadiums offer vision of football’s future as well as past

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While non-League stadiums can regularly offer a throwback to football’s less corporate days, they are also a testing ground for the game’s innovations

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Friday night lights: why non-League crowds rise when they kick off weekend

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Non-League clubs are increasingly reaping the benefits of switching fixtures to Friday evenings, with bumper crowds and big match atmospheres

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Sign, seal, deliver: the booming business of autograph hunting

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Begging stars for their signatures is no longer the domain of local children out to meet their heroes. Instead, it has been invaded by money-hungry entrepreneurs

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Meet John Baines – the eccentric inventor of football cards

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Known as the Football Card King, Baines began the trends that included swap systems and desperate hunts for elusive players

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From Sunday league shouts to ultras karaoke – exploring the sounds of football

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Get Some Chalk On Your Boots is both an amusing and poignant project that shows football as “a sport that thrives on the physical energy of sound”

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