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Ode to Joy: England’s Lionesses shunned the rules to spread jubilation and hope

England players and staff celebrate on the Wembley pitch as fans hold up flags and banners, photo taken from the stands looking towards the pitch

Joy erupts around Wembley as supporters, players and support staff enjoy England’s victory over Germany. Getty Images

For 160 years women have been denied the opportunities afforded to men, but now the fightback is on

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Episode 66: Referees’ kazoos, Nobby Stiles’ dolls & guest Ian Plenderleith

High on a surprise package of CBD gummies and pondering Nobby Stiles’ doll collection, magazine editor Andy Lyons, writer Harry Pearson and host Daniel Gray discuss technological changes in the game, from crossbars to scoreboards via lethal rattles and referees’ kazoos. WSC Assistant Editor Ffion Thomas delves into the pages of magazine issue 423, Record Breakers brings tunes from Trondheim, 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 Ian Plenderleith, long-time WSC writer and author of a brand new book, Reffing Hell: Stuck in the middle of a game gone wrong.

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WSC 423 out now with 2022-23 Season Guide

423 covers 800

August issue available now online and in store

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Episode 65: Friendship cups, mascot romances & guest Jessy Parker Humphreys

In this exclusive WSC Supporters’ Club edition of the podcast, magazine editor Andy Lyons, writer Harry Pearson and host Daniel Gray crack open the tinned potatoes and talk Pointless Tournaments from the Anglo Franco Scottish Friendship Cup to the St Mungo mermaid via Whitley Bay versus Metalist Kharkiv. Record Breakers brings harmonies from Hamburg and we continue our sprightly 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 football writer and co-host of the Box to Box WSL podcast, Jessy Parker Humphreys.

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Karen Carney & Rachel Yankey – England’s unsung heroes who inspired a generation

422 Posters

A pair of posters that adorned a bedroom wall in 2007 tell a story of how far the women’s game has come

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