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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.

Cut-throat academies abandon children to broken dreams and mental heath issues

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The age at which children are signed by professional clubs is getting younger, but the consequences for those stuck in the world go far beyond disappointment at not making the first team

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Juventus hold off Napoli to grind out another title as Serie A splits in two

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Even VAR could not stop Juve making it seven titles in a row, while many clubs with distinguished pasts seem happy just to survive in the top division

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Photo of the week ~ Getting into the FA Cup spirit at Hastings United

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Hastings United 3 Blackfield & Langley 0, 20/10/2012, The Pilot Field, FA Cup fourth qualifying round

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The simple joy of Michael Hardcastle’s morally sound and well-illustrated books

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From tales of £1 transfers to the difficulties of ambitions, friendships and rivalries, Hardcastle’s writing remains unfussy and heart-warming, as Marcus Davies explained in WSC 288, February 2011

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Kylian Mbappé to take on central role in France’s young World Cup squad

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With versatile forwards such as Antoine Griezmann at his disposal, Didier Deschamps may no longer need to rely on Olivier Giroud up front

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