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Editorial All aboard the City gravy train?
Sidelines Contract disputes; video goals galore; clubs in financial crisis; Newcastle’s non-League blues; club website networks fold
Shot! Bangor City’s one-date European tour
A familiar face returns Notts County fans give Sven-Göran Eriksson a cautious welcome Switching channels Who’s who and where on a busy summer for the media merry-go-round
Second chances How one former England manager is rebuilding careers
Mystery plays Why very little knowledge is a good thing when it comes to modern football
Match of the month A long and painful weekend at Wembley
Shot! archive Behind the scenes during Alex Ferguson’s early days at Manchester United Getting shirty Trying on the new season’s kits for size
The strange case of... Celtic’s forgotten hero, Bobo Balde
Crisis management The further trials and tribulations of Graham Taylor revealed in a new book
Foreign adventures Everton and Tottenham’s 1909 South American tour remembered
Euro view Betis fans on the march; the Dreyfus affair Germany v Germany How the Cold War played out on the pitch
Good for the game? WSC’s scientific analysis of the pros and cons of the burning issues
World view Hooliganism in Argentina; protest in Iran; Beckham brouhaha; Timor-Leste emerge
Reviews Charlton’s England days; Claridge part two; Mark Ward’s inside story; comic heroes
Letters Dear WSC, I couldn’t help noticing...
Season in brief The Soviet Supreme League, 1975

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Match of the month:"There was a spirit about the game that almost vindicated the decision to award South Africa the World Cup"South Africa v Spain

Crisis clubs: Charlton: where did it all go wrong, Darlington: back from the brink

Around the world: Boavista broke, New low for Bolivia, Australia World Cup bid, Brazil's 1991 championship, the other national team in Italy

Plus: Martínez returns to Wigan, Steve Marlet: Fulham flop, Walsall's season to remember, the collapse of Setanta - ESPN examined, first match trauma

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Season review
How to get out of the Championship
Big clubs v small in League One
Fighting for survival in League Two
East AngliaTurmoil at Ipswich and Norwich


Around the world
Serbia’s young superstars
A home grown team in Ecuador
Battle for power at Real Madrid
Japan & South Korea: paying the price of World Cup 2002


Plus
Man Utd fall short in Europe
Torquay back in the Football League
Fans’ fears at West Ham & Brighton
Cardiff say farewell to Ninian Park
Eric Cantona the actor

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North East Facing relegation from the Premier League

East Anglia Turmoil at Ipswich and Norwich

Around the world South Africa prepares for 2010, Internet takeover in Germany, Greek FA investigated, ID cards in Argentina, Steaua owner arrested, Dutch merger fails

Plus

Managers bickering again

Football & the miners’ strike

Scottish players banned

Leicester’s finest moment

Hooligans on screen

Man Utd 1970s revival

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Editorial England’s lack of strength in depth

News watch Benítez and Ferguson’s spending; leisurewear wars in the boardroom
Shot! The women’s FA Cup semi-finals
Sidelines MOTD interruptions; technological touting; Stockport’s financial saga; disused football grounds online
Fan tragedy Ivory Coast mourns the deaths of 19 spectators in a stadium disaster
Europe’s power games Super League plans return; Barcelona’s amazing production line
Match of the month West Brom’s fans put on a brave face as Bolton visit The Hawthorns
Losing the love The sixth-tier of German football provides a grim day out
Shot archive Internazionale celebrate Sixties success with a cartoon mouse
Men in black Goalline officials experiments; refereeing’s PR problems
Hillsborough remembered The day that will forever define Liverpool Football Club; the long-term impact of the tragedy on the sport
Continental concerns Belgium’s linguistic schism; football takes a backseat in Kazakhstan; an Englishman in the USSR
As good as it got Stoke City’s 1946-47 title push is derailed by Stanley Matthews’ departure
World view Boca’s suspect goalscoring records; the keeper with a thirst for goals
Reviews A Southampton stalwart; the story of the Islington Corinthians; the Footballers’ Battalion go to war; Swanny’s sad story
Letters Dear WSC, have you ever noticed...
Season in brief Derry City withdraw from the Irish League as the Troubles hit their peak in 1972-73

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The club owner revolution False excitement at Man City? Everton look for a billionaire‘Boutique football’ at QPR

Match of the month West Ham v Newcastle "Fate moves in cruel circles and there is an air of perpetual damnation about both clubs"

Around the world Rivaldo in Uzbekistan, USA cash crisis, Lyon-Marseille row, Luxembourg win again,Uruguayan ref blows up

Plus What’s going wrong at Spurs? Danny Baker back on 6.06, Jimmy Sirrel remembered, Youth football: Millwall scrap their academy Wales begin a new era

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Match of the month QPR v Doncaster Rovers "Whatever has has changed at Loftus Road it hasn't trickled down to the fans"

The entertainment game History of the Showbiz XI. When football and music mix

Respect for officials Footballers try to be nice to refs. Stop swearing in the north-east.

Around the world Mark Bosnich returns. Russian League revamp. Brazil’s Olympic flop. Football and war in Georgia

Plus Life inside Chelsea. The return of the long throw-in. Gretna start again. Anyone for Premier League motor racing?

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Thaksin Shinawatra, a law unto himself

Newswatch & Webwatch Karren Brady quizzed, while transfer talk intensifies; Euro 2008 builds up online

Shot! The FA Cup semi-final crowds at Wembley

Sidelines David Sullivan’s TV grilling, somewhat underdone; summer football, heading for Wales; the ever-mysterious Johan Cruyff Fulham & Chelsea Mohamed Fayed’s faded dream; why Avram Grant is a national hero in Israel

Points Deductions Leeds battle to reclaim their 15 points, while Bournemouth struggle to stay afloat

Corruption in Italy Luciano Moggi, the former Juventus executive, goes on trial

Match of the Month Stoke City meet Bristol City, with a Premier League place at stake

Shot Archive Park football to a backdrop of Manchester’s cooling towers

TV Tantrums Ian Wright quits the BBC; Eamon Dunphy and Liam Brady square up in Dublin

Football Franchises A Mexican club owner’s global plans combine football and cola, plus Ajax’s South African offshoot chase a title

As Good As It Got Leyton Orient are promoted to the top flight for the only time – so far – in 1962

Sticker Dilemma An excerpt from a new WSC book on African football charts the problems in assembling a Cup of Nations Panini album

Letter From Belgium where the good times are back in Liège after 25 years

Reviews Willie Miller the winner; Jules Rimet robbery; West Ham’s American idols; tough old Tommy Smith

Letters Dear WSC, I really have to say...

Season In Brief Argentina, 1991, where River Plate are the first winners in a new league format

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Editorial The nightmare plan to rename Mansfield after Dream Team’s Harchester United

Newswatch & Webwatch Player dissent and the fretting press; Ebbsfleet, the internet club, reach Wembley

Sidelines Grand Slam Sunday again; Gillingham’s ground plans; FA Cup ticket cock-ups; another points deduction for Rotherham

Shot! A day in the life of the Tranmere physio

Playing the Game Pitfalls of a new scheme to boost the grassroots game; plus England flop at five-a-side

FIFA Football’s governing body are bottom of an international league table and they’re in trouble over alleged corruption

Match of the Month Promotion contenders West Brom visit fading Charlton who can only hope for the play-offs at best

Shot! Archive West Ham players at the end of the pier in 1925

Ken Monkou The Dutch defender looks back on a decade in English football

Media Matters The changing face of football magazines for kids; the BBC loses live football

Gretna & East Stirling Struggling clubs at either end of the Scotish league, plus the rapid rise and fall of Colne Dynamoes

As Good As It Got The Saarland, whose national team nearly upset the future World Cup winners

Reviews Two takes on Best; the Corinthian spirit; football murder in Scotland; ball games in British history

Season In Brief The Premier League 1997-98, where Arsène Wenger made an immediate impact