In this exclusive WSC Supporters’ Club edition of the podcast, magazine editor Andy Lyons, writer Harry Pearson and host Daniel Gray talk Long-Serving Managers, from Guy Roux to Johnny “Codger” Madden via Kenny Dalglish’s window cleaner. There is also chatter about near death experiences while leaving Hartlepool and Swindon’s blackout strip, while Record Breakers brings a lullaby from Leoben. We continue our once-new 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 Tom Moore, editor of Everton fanzine, The Black Watch.
Taking a toffee hammer to life’s great stick of rock, magazine editor Andy Lyons, writer Harry Pearson and host Daniel Gray discuss Trial Rules, Experiments and Fleeting Innovations, from a Norwegian pioneer to Yugoslav penalty points via the Diadora League’s offside misadventure. WSC Assistant Editor Ffion Thomas probes the pages of magazine issue 420, Record Breakers brings verses from Vienna, and we continue our state-of-the-art 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 Cliches writer and podcaster, Adam Hurrey.
In this exclusive WSC Supporters’ Club edition of the podcast, magazine editor Andy Lyons, writer Harry Pearson and host Daniel Gray discuss Tipsters and Tricksters from Terry Ramsden and his helicopter to the Asparamanca via Crocs Nightclub. There is also chatter about revolving stadiums and branded bolt cutters, while Record Breakers brings melodies from Medellín. In our Final Third feature, Nick Hart from the Achtung! Millwall podcast donates a match, player and object to the WSC Museum of Football.
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Reviewed by Tom Lines
From WSC 418, March 2022
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