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Life during wartime: how the Second World War exposed football’s regional divides

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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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Going to school with a future England captain – who was not the most talented player

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How could the best footballer in the school end up doing DIY while a wet-nosed, scabby-kneed boy went on to much bigger things? Howard Pattison explained in WSC 266, April 2009

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From the archive ~ The Home Internationals always meant more to Scotland

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On the 20th anniversary of the devolution referendum we look back at the Home Internationals between Scotland and England, of which Ian Plenderleith demanded a return

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Photo of the week ~ The Stamford programme seller sets up his stall

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Stamford AFC 2 Marine 4, 29/03/2014, Wothorpe Road, Northern Premier League

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Herbert Chapman: the Huddersfield and Arsenal manager who shaped English football

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Few football men can be claimed to have died as a result of their desire for power and few have had as lasting an impact as Herbert Chapman, as Barney Ronay explains

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