WSC 225 November 2005
Editorial It’s time for football to forget fantasy and return
to reality
Diary Everton struggle at home and abroad; Rooney sees red; Spurs
beaten at Blundell Park; Michael Owen nets for Newcastle
Shot! The mixed fortunes of five Premiership
sides in the ever-popular Carling Cup
Sidelines Hearts shaking up the SPL; a football comedy from Spain;
Leeds fans’ verdict on Ken Bates; laugh-a-minute television
Luton v Watford The derby match that is too hot to be shown on
Sky
World Cup Is Sven’s regime in its death throes?
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Will John Toshack turn Wales around? Bedlam in Belfast as England are
beaten
British Asian Players A new report asks why Asian footballing talent
is still not being spotted
Shot! Archive Communal bath time for Raich Carter’s 1947 Hull
City team
Match Of The Month Demos at Derby as they take on east midlands
rivals Coventry
Football Politics Asia’s ambitions to stop being a cash-cow
for Europe and to stage the 2018 World Cup; Latvia captain Vitalijs Astafjevs
blows the lid on bribery rumours in Russia
Letter From.... Australia, where a new national league has had
a promising start and a World Cup play-off could transform the game’s
future
Half-Decent Football Book An extract from the new WSC-compiled
reference book, which celebrates British football culture
Strange Case Of... Marco Negri, who had an astonishing goalscoring
record for Rangers, but all achieved in half a season
Book Reviews Suffering with East Stirlingshire; Liverpool’s
big night out; Lee Sharpe, heroic under-achiever; memories of Bobby Moore
A Season In Brief The Football League in 1888-89, when Preston
were the best team in the world
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