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Features
Full volume How stadium anthems went from communal singing to forced fun
Blue velvet Birmingham City are turning heads as League One’s big spenders
Match of the month Hope still prevails in Cumbria as Carlisle United host Fleetwood Town
Six of the best Toto Schillaci, the man who came from nowhere to win the Golden Boot
Confined space Rebounding goalnets and chocolate boxes at The Dell in Southampton
Men of Kent Tonbridge Angels pitching upwards; derby delight for Folkestone Invicta
Doctor’s note Getting back out on the six-a-side pitch after a health scare
Bratwurst summer 2024 WSC readers’ survey results
Object lessons Flicking through the pages of a Forest-filled scrapbook

Regulars
Editorial Threats to strike over their workload show how players have power
Sidelines Ticket prices sour Villa’s Champions League adventure; retelling the Munich air disaster; why the new National League Cup won’t be drawing big crowds; the debate over WSL players’ pitchside autographs
Shot! Under the Heathrow flightpath as Bedfont host PFC Victoria London
Cameron Carter column Life is a list of teams to “keep an eye on”
The perfect shot QPR fans march to Wembley in 1967
World view Dundalk’s financial spiral; a Serbian top division tie-in; San Marino celebrate a win at long last
Letters Banksy approached me in the gardening part of the store…
Season in brief IFK Gothenburg win Sweden’s championship play-off in 1990