WSC 236 October 2006
Editorial English football – under new ownership
Diary Beckham booted out; Reading’s dazzling debut; Chelsea toppled
on Teesside; Hammers’ shock signings
Shot! Views of the Hornets, home and away
Sidelines No laughs from Lawro; Obafemi Martins and an age-old
problem; Livingston and others presume to set up SPL2; Peterborough’s
property proposal
Roy Keane at Sunderland Why Niall Quinn put aside a long feud and
put his trust in an old team-mate
Football and the Law In the wake of the Ben Thatcher affair, why
do players rarely end up in court?
WSC Exclusives! Our lawyers are watching
European Clubs Juventus try to resist their relegation; Bayern
– no longer a big name in Europe; Salzburg suffer under corporate
control
Shot! Archive The Northern Ireland squad are welcome back to Belfast
after their successful showing at the 1982 World Cup
Match of the Month Crewe walk away with a win at Brighton’s
unloved temporary home, the Withdean
Letter From Montenegro, about to join UEFA thanks to football’s
role in the independence debate
As Good As It Got For Blackburn Olympic, the first working-class
team to win the FA Cup
Strange Case Rogerio Ceni, the record-breaking free-kick specialist
goalkeeper from Brazil
Non-League in London Common causes behind the sharp decline of
semi-professional clubs in the capital
Reviews Danny Wallace copes with serious illness; diary of a fictitious
Man Utd fan; Derek Ferguson, the roving Ranger; Frank Lampard sounds off
Season In Brief Man City’s surprise League championship, decided
on the last day of 1967-68
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