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I wrote about UEFA turning a blind eye to frequently poor and dangerous conditions for away fans in their competitions for issue 462 of @wsc.co.uk
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A photograph of a football ground in Belfast, with players on the pitch and the floodlights are on. In the background is the Cave Hill or Ben Madigan, looming over the city.
Great photos of Dundela and their mystical home at Wilgar Park, the Hen Run to you and I. It's been a wick season so seeing the place in the pages of @wsc.co.uk has been a bright spot.
Up the rip roaring Duns.
"Goin' Down Shoddys" and the final farewell: as Boston's derelict York Street home is finally due to be demolished, my piece about the beloved old ground appears in this month's @wsc.co.uk as part of their regular "Lost Stadiums" series.
Out now!
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All the best James! cc @camsell59.bsky.social
Hello, it should have arrived by now – email us at orders@wsc.co.uk with your name and address and we'll have a look
WSC 462 is out now!
• West Ham – still hoping to survive
• AFCON: Mayhem in Morocco
• Ballboy controversies
• Last days of an Everton pub
• Policing problems in Europe
• Lost Stadiums: York Street
Plus much more – in shops now or subscribe and save 👇 www.wsc.co.uk/shop/wsc-462/
I made some observations on the state of football, transport, supporters, stadia, scarves etc on completing the 92 for @wsc.co.uk
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Wow. What a superb resource
This looks great. As a veteran of the broken down bus to Tirana, I’ll be searching for the reports about that.
(But if anyone can offer a home to hundreds of back issues, dating back to single digit numbers, they’re yours if you can collect from Birmingham.)
WSC 461 is out now!
• Infantino: the Swiss view
• Mexico happy to host?
• What I learned doing the 92
• Cotterill's rousing #CTFC return
• New Hillsborough report
• Team Spirit: #TRFC
• Football in the rain
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this is great. been browsing all weekend. hard to beat having a paper copy in hand, but the odds of me venturing into the loft and sorting out boxes of back issues are quite long now. interesting to see the early issues especially. don't think the magazine has moved from its core message since.
New WSC digital archive screenshot with recent issues
We're turning 40 in 2026 and to mark the occasion we’ve relaunched our digital edition:
• Every issue since 1986
• Mobile friendly
• Save and read offline
• Article audio
• Fully searchable
• Free access for print subscribers
Find out more: www.wsc.co.uk/digital-edit...
I enjoyed this piece from the @wsc.co.uk writers' competition about doing The 92.
www.wsc.co.uk/stories/spre...
WSC 460 is out now!
• Scotland's memorable night
• Reinventing football?
• Morecambe in recovery
• The problem with subs
• Non-League in Northumberland
• Mary Earps book row
• Tribute to Boothferry Park
Plus much more - in shops now or subscribe and save 👇
HAPPY NEW YEAR?
It will be if you purchase the superb @wsc.co.uk 2026 calendar, featuring #football #photography by myself, Simon Gill and Paul Thompson - and designed by Doug Cheeseman.
Grab your copy while stock last: www.wsc.co.uk/shop/wsc-202...
Photo of a magazine, a blue smoke going off behind the goal of a football pitch. Text reads: "A rare meeting between the acrimonious Enfield clubs emphasised how their paths have diverged"
Pleased to confirm that my words are in @wsc.co.uk this month, I barely even need you to guess on what subject.
By me, in the November issue of @wsc.co.uk (WSC 458), out now: Match of the Month, featuring Derby v Preston - ruminations on TikTok, statues, subtly altered retro shirts and time wasting. Includes perhaps the season's most hapless throw-in so far. The photos by Paul Thompson are excellent as ever.
WSC 458 is out now!
• Spurs boardroom shake-up
• Match of the Month: #DCFC v #PNEFC
• The Enfield derby returns
• Non-League in Berkshire
• Goldstone Ground memories
• Tribute to Matt Beard
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Just read this on the train. It’s a brilliant piece of emotive football writing that you all should read* The article captures the sheer joy of playing football so well. It’s convinced me to get back out there and play. Thanks for a superb piece, Tom 👏
* @wsc.co.uk is always packed full of it.
When I’m not scribbling my thoughts about the mighty #CFMTL, I also write about French football. I was so pleased to see my short piece on Rennes’ away kit (2010-11) published in the latest @wsc.co.uk, a fantastic football magazine in England. Merci WSC!
Harry Pearson on music over the maych-day PA in the new issue of @wsc.co.uk.
"I cannot hear T-Spoon's Sex on the Beach without thinking of a freezing night in Cumbria when whoever was in charge of the music at Brunton Park had either an extremely cruel sense of irony, or none whatsoever."
It was lovely to revisit Ayresome Park for the new issue of @wsc.co.uk. The perfect article for helping cats get to sleep.
Been a really rough year mental health-wise, so here’s an article I wrote for the new @wsc.co.uk about how I’ve been able to self-medicate by playing football. It’s in the shops now! Was really cathartic to write so I’m very grateful to WSC for letting me do it.
WSC 457 is out now!
• What now for women's football?
• The Sarina Wiegman effect
• #SWFC in crisis
• The power of playing
• Harry Kane's days at Orient
• Tribute to Ayresome Park
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Harvey's Best, @wsc.co.uk to read and a country pub garden in the sun. Winning at life 🍻
Had the honour of writing the National League preview for @wsc.co.uk; it's hard to mention all the teams with proper insight so apologies to Halifax for the snarky bit about the pitch but hey ho, I was ruder about York (sorry @jim.londoncentric.media). Honourable mention for my new local team.
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• How will each team get on?
• What were the best and worst moments of last season?
• What song should your club run out to?
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WSC 456 is out now – our New Season Special!
• Season ticket scandal
• The 1985-86 TV blackout
• Writers' competition winners
• Tribute to Diogo Jota
• History of goalie gloves
• Team Spirit: #FulhamFC
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This has made my day.
@galloping-gourmet.bsky.social was watching a stream of Surrey vs Durham earlier today, and spotted someone in the crowd reading my article on Belle Vue in @wsc.co.uk issue 449
