WSC 223 September 2005
You Are The Owner 2005-06 Season preview
Editorial Enough hype already
Diary Steven Gerrard finally stays; Patrick Vieira finally goes; Mourinho
moans about fixtures; Joey Barton gets in a spot of bother
Shot! Spotlight on the quirky world of
the football mascot
Sidelines Wembley budget bungles; TV deal bonanza in France; West
Ham chairman under fire; GB Olympic team row
Footballers’ Cribs The lavish lifestyles of the rich and moderately
famous under the microscope
Wright-Phillips joins Chelsea Winger’s departure disappoints
Man City fans; plus Mathias Svensson’s parting shot and the rapid
fall of the journeyman player
Green Street Hollywood goes hoolie in new Elijah Wood film shot
at Upton Park
Shot! Archive Manchester United beat Fulham the 1958 Cup semi-final,
two months after Munich
Match Of The Month North meets south as Glentoran lose at home
to Shelbourne in the all-Ireland Champions League encounter
Football and Poverty The Homeless World Cup; Brazilian players
put a bit back; Inter hook up with the Zapatistas
Letter From.... Austria, where corporate interests have been running
amok in Salzburg
Reformed Clubs FC United of Manchester take their bow; the AFC
Wimbledon story is brought to the stage
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Book Reviews The story of the Busby Babes; the game in the Second
World War; a sketchy portrait of Frank Lampard; football in Iraq, before
and after Saddam
A Season In Brief Northern Premier League, 1977-78: when Wigan
won promotion to the Football League, despite despite not winning the
title
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