WSC 235 September 2006
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Editorial Reasons to be cheerful
Diary Newcastle’s Intertoto glory; Ashley’s wedding belle;
Liverpool open a reform school; Pelé comes to England
Football Fan Quiz Are you completely crazy
about soccer?
Shot! Eve of the season at Layer Road, Colchester
Sidelines Wayne Rooney, in his own words; Dinamo Zagreb play at
politics; Martin O’Neill is back; the pitfalls of Friday night football
Steve McClaren What we can expect from the new England manager,
and his surprising choice of assistant
MK Dons The Franchise’s needlessly large new stadium; plus
St Albans building for the future
Two Referees Why FIFA should reject a proposal to have an extraman
in the middle
Reserves The gradual disappearance of second-string football and
what it might mean for the game
Shot! Archive Father and son photographers at Villa Park
Match of the Month Derry City knock some former UEFA Cup winners
out of this year’s competition
The Middle East Iranian women demand the right to watch football
matches; how the Lebanese game is being affected by the current conflict
Chelsea & Real Madrid The signs that Roman Abramovich is now
dictating his club’s transfer policy; a controversial change of regime
at Real
Letter From Hungary Where the most popular club, Ferencváros,
have been demoted over debts
Reviews Arsenal leave Highbury; an Italian perspective on English
football; funny business at FIFA; Pelé’s life story
Season In Brief The Hammers’ Second Division title and the
death of two points for a win, in 1980-81
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