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From the archive ~ Football’s odds have always been stacked against defenders

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It’s often said that football has gone soft. However Philip Cornwall, in May 2004, believed the history of the game has been one of taming the back line

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Badge of the week ~ Charleston Battery, USA

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Outfield players in goal is one of football’s great unexpected joys

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The steady increase in the number of permitted substitutes has made one of the most exciting parts of the game an ever rarer occurrence

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Touched By God: How we won the Mexico ’86 World Cup by Diego Maradona

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and Daniel Arcucci
£20, Constable
Reviewed by Rob Kemp
From WSC 365, July 2017
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Photo of the week ~ New imposes on old at Tottenham’s White Hart Lane

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Tottenham Hotspur 4 Watford 0, 08/04/2017, White Hart Lane, Premier League

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