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  • West Ham play Blackpool for a Premier League place 19 May ~ It is not by chance that West Ham find themselves as one of the two Championship teams whose summer holidays will start that little bit later. Top of the table in February, the Hammers quickly self-destructed courtesy of seven consecutive home...
  • Bayern Munich prepare for the visit of Chelsea 18 May ~ After a disastrous performance in last weekend's German cup final, Bayern Munich will be hoping to make home advantage count by overcoming Chelsea in the Champions League final tomorrow night at the Allianz Arena. The team and coaching sta...
  • Badge of the week ~ Arsenal de Sarandi, Argentina (content/view/8591/33/)The message here is simple and shocking – not all castles are big. The legend tells that in the Argentine port of Avellaneda, long ago, before mankind stopped making non-crime-based drama, there lived a gnome. Yes, that&#...
  • What do the York City community need in a stadium? 17 May ~ York City fans spent last Saturday at Wembley, where much of the crowd chatter was about how awful the ground was – all-seater, soulless and inaccessible. Today, supporters find out whether such qualities will be recreated at future home...
  • Kenny Dalglish had no coherent plan for Liverpool 17 May ~ It is hard not to note the cosmic irony of Kenny Dalglish being sacked on the same day that Roy Hodgson drew almost universal derision for including Stewart Downing in England's Euro 2012 squad. If the fates of Liverpool's two most rec...
  • Kenny Dalglish leaves Liverpool again 16 May ~ Not for the first time in his managerial career, Kenny Dalglish has left Liverpool. Back in April 1991 (WSC 50), a Liverpool supporter wondered if he was simply too nice to be a boss. Couldn't take the pressure. As a Liverpool fan, watc...
  • Giovanni Trapattoni's motivational management Giovanni Trapattoni joins some of his players in encouraging a young Irish supporter to eat his greens. It's not clear what he's saying, but it's sure to be well-intentioned4kSbCCpdLgU
  • Dietmar Hamann, Richard Lee, David Weir & Pohnpei The book reviews from WSC 303 are online now. Dietmar Hamann's autobiography, The Didi Man (content/view/8585/28/), shows the player to be a true romantic who is in love with Liverpool and in awe of the club's former boss Rafa Benitez. Graduati...
  • Oxford United v Leyton Orient, League Two, 2006 My favourite match ~ Si Hawkins could not bring himself to watch much of the game, but Leyton Orient's visit to Oxford United on the last day of the 2005-06 season remains the most breathtaking day of football he has ever seenIt may be lacking ...
  • Discord at Lincoln as the Imps limp to safety 15 May ~ Many clubs are finding it difficult to keep even their most loyal supporters happy these days. But at Lincoln City, times are particularly hard. In addition to suffering dwindling attendances, the Imps recently found themselves the subject of...
  • Hibs face Hearts in the all-Edinburgh Cup final 15 May ~ This Saturday Hibs take on Hearts in the Scottish Cup final. If you can’t remember the last all-Edinburgh final, don’t worry – it was in 1896. Hibs last won the Cup in 1902. Anticipation is high in the capital for the salt ...
  • Some things from the weekend ~ 14-05-12 Premier League ~ Man City take the title as Bolton go downThe superlatives have been exhausted already. It wasn't that Manchester City won their first top-flight title since 1968, nor that they did it by beating their cross-city rivals on goal dif...