WSC 226 December 2005
Editorial They mention the war and they shouldn’t get away
with it
Diary Neil Warnock flies high, and off the handle; Xavier’s Xanthi
excess; Liverpool humbled at the Palace; Man Utd’s Teesside tonking
Shot! Derby days up and down the country
Sidelines Hats in the air at Brighton, Chesterfield and Wrexham;
Melvyn Bragg, rules; the anti-racism campaign heads for the grass roots;
Ian Wright explodes on television
In And Out The World Cup What next for Ireland after Brian Kerr
bores his way to the sack; joy in Togo as new faces head to Germany from
Africa
Standing Up For Their Rights Twenty years of hits and misses since
the founding of the Football Supporters Association; the call for safe
terracing
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Hello! To A Fifties Flashback The glamorous world of football celebrity
in an era of false teeth and zinc baths
Shot! Archive Jimmy Greaves, caught in wax as his career began
slowly to wane
Match Of The Month played in front of 125 people on a wet night
in west Berks
Net Gains, TV Losses How Sky are buying up new media while they
face losing exclusivity on their Premiership TV deal
Letter From.... Brazil, where a bribes scandal involving a top
referee has forced a series of rematches
FIFA Politics Sepp Blatter is bidding to tie up the line of succession,
but faces a threat from the court case dubbed "Bosman II"
Strange Case Of... Michael Ricketts, who’s suddenly popular
Book Reviews A voyage round Gary Imlach’s father; Joe Royle’s
revenge mission; Terry Butcher plugs washing powder; Ryan Giggs gets away
with murder
A Season In Brief The Soviet Union in 1991, a league carrying on
as a country prepares to fall apart
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