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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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Episode 28: Orange balls and ice skating with Jimmy Armfield

In this exclusive WSC Supporters’ Club edition of the podcast, magazine editor Andy Lyons, writer Harry Pearson and host Daniel Gray discuss old football possessions, Christmas presents related to the game and matches in snow and fog, from orange balls to the Filbert Street polysphere. Dan’s dubious views on the efficiency of household glue are questioned, and the Random Topic Generator throws up the subject of One Hit Wonder players including Cup Tie McKay and Tim Buzaglo. Record Breakers takes us to Udine, Reims and Norwich.

The only way to hear this episode is to sign up for 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.

Episode 27: Early foreign players and the Boothferry Park sausage cart

Jubilant to have discovered a supplier of Fry’s Raspberry Creams, magazine editor Andy Lyons, writer Harry Pearson and host Daniel Gray discuss early foreign players in the British game from Tewfik Abdullah to Zoltan Varga via a Boothferry Park sausage cart, Arthur Lightening’s booze theft and a professional dart blower. Plus, Joe Frail’s spotted hanky, double Garry Thomson hat-tricks and a chat about all things Sunderland with Gavin Henderson from the Roker Report podcast and website. And Record Breakers takes us to Vienna, Paris and Ashington.

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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Episode 26: Showbiz owners, late bloomers and Subbuteo rugby

In this exclusive WSC Supporters’ Club edition of the podcast, magazine editor Andy Lyons, writer Harry Pearson and host Daniel Gray discuss celebrity investors in football from Tommys Cannon and Trinder to Uri Geller and the Rake of the Riviera. There is discussion of Chicos, a terrible version of Subbuteo and notable football merchandise, and Record Breakers takes us to Copenhagen, Stockholm and Tokyo. Plus, Luca Toni, Ron Webster and a bevy of other late blooming players.

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Episode 25: Toothless wonders and beetroot pickling with Rickie Lambert

Elated that a fourth goalkeeper named Ross has joined Ross County, magazine editor Andy Lyons, writer Harry Pearson and host Daniel Gray discuss players’ pre-football careers from bricklayer Tony Book to beetroot pickler Rickie Lambert. The three pay tribute to the late Nobby Stiles and salute other toothless players, and delve into the pages of WSC magazine issue 404. Record Breakers takes us to La Rioja, North Rhine-Westphalia and the London Borough of Merton, and Tom Lines from Walsall’s One Pod Beyond podcast chats with Dan about the Saddlers.

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Episode 24: Hapless goalkeepers and the Dutch Ron Greenwood

In this exclusive WSC Supporters’ Club edition of the podcast, magazine editor Andy Lyons, writer Harry Pearson and host Daniel Gray talk all things hapless goalkeepers, from Gary Walsh’s reverse legs to a blancmange David Icke. There is discussion of stage fright at non-league urinals, the Dutch Ron Greenwood and the German Brian Clough, plus players and managers who simply didn’t fit in at certain clubs. Record Breakers takes us to Belgrade, Gelsenkirchen and Gillingham.

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