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Despite its ability to raise public spirits, maintaining a coherent league programme proved problematic between 1939 and 1945 – and not just because of the constant threat of air attack
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Wednesday, November 8th, 2017 - Stories
by Duncan Alexander
Cornerstone, £16.99
Reviewed by Gordon Cairns
From WSC 369, November 2017
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Wednesday, October 25th, 2017 - Book reviews
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Players use a variety of tactics to agitate for moves but they don’t always work out, as Forest fans who remember Van Hooijdonk’s transfer saga can testify
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Thursday, October 19th, 2017 - Stories
A proper football ground should have prominent floodlights, argued Simon Inglis in WSC 196, June 2003 – otherwise how will away fans find the match?
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Monday, September 25th, 2017 - Stories
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Many early FA Cup triumphs are footnotes of a bygone age but, as Tom Green explained in WSC 236, Blackburn Olympic’s 1883 win was a turning point for the game
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Tuesday, May 23rd, 2017 - Stories