When Saturday Comes No 438 January 2024
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REGULARS 5 Editorial
Multi-club ownership is creating a Premier League split 6 Sidelines
Concern at local media cuts; Bradford’s non-League scene; one Suffolk charity’s cross-generation aim; tribute to Terry Venables 12 Shot!
Lye Town welcome Gresley Rovers to the Black Country 15 Harry Pearson column
Not all Premier League trends will trickle down
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A L A M Y
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CO L I N M C P H E R S O N
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S C P H O T O S
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S I M O N G
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M AT T L I T T L E R
24 The perfect shot
Leicester City kick back on their new club coach in 1974 38 World view
Luxembourg dreaming big; troubled times for Basel
40 Books
Les Sealey’s story; revisiting 1966; Jim White’s transfer deadline day tales
42 Letters
Perhaps it was just a scrumpyinduced dream... 46 Season in brief
QPR win Division Three in 1967
FEATURES 16 Conflict management
Palestine players speak out; Hungary play host to Israel’s fixture catch-up 18 High performance
The authorities may not yet have scratched the surface of doping 20 Match of the month
Stevenage are enjoying life in League One as they host Lincoln City 26 Hype man
No one has defined the “whoop-up”, but you know one when you see it
A sparse smattering of Stevenage fans begin to wave their lit-up mobile phones like fireflies. As a spectacle, it’s not exactly Tina Turner playing live in Rio Stevenage v Lincoln City p20
28 Thursday club
On tour with Brighton for a Europa League group stage adventure 29 Points panel
Why Everton fans are feeling punished 30 Goal rush
How a very unlikely scoreline earned Spain their place at Euro 84 33 Object lessons
An ordinary penny from a special day 34 Team spirit: Sunderland
A first trip to the Stadium of Light; the club’s troubled times in League One
