In this exclusive WSC Supporters’ Club edition of the podcast, magazine editor Andy Lyons, writer Harry Pearson and host Daniel Gray crack open the toxic sludge bars and chew over Teams on Tour, from Dallas Tornado’s 26-country adventure to QPR in New Caledonia via Lancelot Vidal. Record Breakers brings soldier beats from Salford, and we continue our perky feature, The Final Third, in which a guest contributes a match, a player and an object to the WSC Museum of Football. Joining Dan as our visiting curator this time is Alan Wares from the Brighton & Hove Albion radio show, Albion Roar.

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Mark Noble carries Ander Herrera off the pitch; Jordan Pickford performs his trademark flop; Alessia Russo keeps the ball in the corner as England hang on to a 2-1 lead in the Euro 2022 final. Offside, Alamy, Getty

Running down seconds during a match is no longer simply a case of taking the ball to the corner, with the famous Pickford Flop one of many modern methods

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Pason Pount indulges one of his fans. Alamy

The age of social media banter between rival fans has created its own distinct dialect, where “finished players” and winning the transfer window reign supreme

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Uwe Seeler captains West Germany in the 1966 World Cup final. Offside

The countless goals scored for both Hamburg and Germany by “Our Uwe”, who died in July, were matched by off-field charm as he became a national institution

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Arsenal goalkeeper Pat Jennings holds aloft the champagne presented to him to celebrate 1,000 appearances. Alamy

After a trophy-laden spell at White Hart Lane ended in shock relegation the supposedly declining Northern Ireland No 1 found a new lease of life at Highbury

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