In this exclusive WSC Supporters’ Club edition of the podcast, magazine editor Andy Lyons, writer Harry Pearson and host Daniel Gray talk unlucky footballers, classic team line-ups and local derby miscellany. They also discuss half-time entertainment from crowd-invading police Alsatians to inflatable sumo wrestlers and a despised garden shed, strange shirt sponsors and annoying football TV innovations of the 1990s. Meanwhile, Record Breakers takes us to Perugia, Sicily and Blackburn. Expect Billy Cock hats, Flamingo Land and Vic Mobley.
Having adorned countless bedroom walls across the country, the Bartholomew Football History Map still holds a fascination nearly 50 years after it was first published
The former Liverpool, Brighton and Manchester City forward, who died today, is fondly remembered for his presenting skills – as Phil Ball explained in WSC 102, August 1995
Feasting remotely on a box of knock-down Easter eggs, magazine editor Andy Lyons, writer Harry Pearson and host Daniel Gray discuss player brawls, odd chants and brilliant team names from Shredded Wheat FC to West Hartlepool Expansion. There is also a delve into the pages of WSC magazine issue 398 and a glance into the wall-eyed horse world of former Middlesbrough chairman Charlie Amer. Record Breakers takes us to Belgium, Argentina and Hartlepool. Expect Steve Bloomer, one goalkeeper’s infatuation with posts and an exclusive insight into sharing a make-up room with Norman Hunter.
In this exclusive WSC Supporters’ Club edition of the podcast, magazine editor Andy Lyons, writer Harry Pearson and host Daniel Gray discuss footballers’ hair, from great red-headed players to the damaging reputation of Bobby Charlton’s wisp. Plus, Sunderland ’Til I Die, tongue-ties and namesakes, strange stadium announcements and misanthropic players. Record Breakers takes us to Austria, France and Fife, and Harry worries about the whereabouts of David Batty.