In this exclusive WSC Supporters’ Club edition of the podcast, magazine editor Andy Lyons, writer Harry Pearson and host Daniel Gray talk football and illness, footballers’ houses and landladies, and WSC magazine front covers of yore. Plus, Record Breakers takes us to Belgium, Italy and Czechoslovakia. Expect the Badger of Prudhoe, George Best making a Mother’s Day card and Esmond Million, corrupt goalkeeper.
We are now accepting entries for the 2020 WSC writers’ competition. By way of inspiration, here is Steve Keene’s winning entry from 2019, about his rediscovery of playing the game
Magazine deputy editor Tom Hocking, writer Harry Pearson and host Daniel Gray discuss soft-spot teams, acting footballers and player trends, from tassels to snoods. Plus, a theatrical dive into the pages of issue 396 of When Saturday Comes magazine, including FA Cup replays, Gala Fairydean Rovers and farewell, maybe, to Bootham Crescent. And, Record Breakers takes us to Germany, Sheffield and Prague. Expect nasal strips, monkey glands and schnitzel westerns.
