CONTENTS
When Saturday Comes No 328 June 2014
Matchday by the River Trent
REGULARS 5 Editorial English players have always dived too
6 Sidelines Wolves at the door; Wakefield on the move;
women’s league goes commercial; grassroots not getting greener; statue books
12 Shot! Cefn Druids on a roll at The Rock
15 Harry Pearson column Old faces will bemissed on Brazil’s touchlines
24 Focus on... Argentina please their leaders in 1978
Paul Trevillion captures football in snapshots ranging from messy aerial duals to a centreback’s panicky tug at a turning forward You Are The Ref p18
38 Euro view
Lille’s bizarre stadium name choice; Istanbul’s famous rivals unite in political protest
40 Books Tasty Danish team; Secret Footballer stays hidden; King on his knees; Schaedler mystery
42 Letters “Here’s away to improve the game...”
46 Last word The football manager is becoming redundant
FEATURES 16 National pride If Ryan Giggs managesWales he needs to show more commitment than he did as a player
17 Community resources Non-League Salford City welcome new owners from an illustrious club nearby
18 Comic genius HowYouAre The Ref has spent over 50 years enlightening us on officials’ dilemmas
20 Match of the month Stuart Pearce is back at Nottingham Forest while Birmingham find themselves in trouble
26 Second nature Torino’s Turin shroud; Croatia’s split cities;
Espanyol’s homage to Catalonia
SIMON GILL
If the season can’t end soon enough for Blues supporters, it seems that Forest can’t even be bothered with the World Cup Nottingham Forest v Birmingham City p20
30 Walking away The only wayto save Cardiff from Vincent Tan is to turn your back on the whole club
31 Learning curve Portsmouth’s new fan-owners settle in
32 Automatic transmission Broadcasting theWorld Cup in the 1950s
34 Election recall The impossibility of being nominated for FIFA
president; Brazil’s relationship with football
36 Portuguese conquest Remembering Celtic’s famous European Cup victory over “invincible” Inter in Lisbon
