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CONTENTS When Saturday Comes No 382 January 2019 Fans file through the gates to The Hawthorns REGULARS 5 Editorial Both Richard Scudamore and the biggest clubs have done well out of his Premier League reign, though his successor has a tricky job 6 Sidelines Mad Hat t e r s ; Manchester C i t y ’s t r u s t f und ; equal opportunities in the Netherlands; passing on Barça’s film; arrested development 12 Shot! Beautiful views from Jamie Vardy’s old club as Stocksbridge take on Pickering 15 Harry Pearson column Te r r i ble s u r f ac e s may be ch a r m i ng a nd unpredictable, but that’s no good for football 24 Focus on Julio Arca, the loyal Argentinian who found a happy home in England’s north-east A punt in the build-up to kick-off has become as common as a prematch drink. In fact, they’re now intertwined Football and gambling p16 36 World view Ethnic Hungarians cause a stir in Romania; s t a r s of B e t h l ehem r i s e a g a i n i n Pen n s ylv a n i a ; old Sochaux friends become rivals in Paris 40 Books Peter Crouch stands tall; Maya Yoshida’s unbeatable philosophy; picture perfect; in-depthFIFAinvestigation 44 Letters On t he s ubje c t of c lub s i z e s … 46 Season in brief An unusual all-Bristol battle for the 1989-90 Division Three title FEATURES 16 Place your bets Money from gambling companies is infecting a l l a r e a s of t he g ame; i f f ootba l l want s be t t i ng cash it must do more to tackle addiction in f a n s ; t he pool s showed t he r e i s a not he r way 20 Match of the month Marcelo Bielsa’s rampaging Leeds travel to Darren Moore’s stuttering West Brom 26 Prussian grippe Hamburg’s Oberliga is awash with grand old names who have little interest in promotion 28 Remember the name James Coppinger – Doncaster record holder; how Terry Fleming rose above his station COLIN MCPHERSON/WSC PHOTOS Few fans are so sardonic and so merrily selfdeprecating; everything tends towards the humorously downbeat West Bromwich Albion v Leeds United p20 30 Ticket masters Fulham have cashed in on the Premier League but damaged their relationship with fans 31 Sin city Temporary time-outs for players have had huge s ucce s s i n c u r b i ng d i s s ent at g r a s s r oot s l e ve l 32 Team spirit: Oldham Athletic It’s only when your team start to struggle that you realise how much you care; long-distance supporting comes with plenty of challenges 39 Still with us A l de r shot h ave a lo t of Footba l l L e a g ue experience, but getting back there is hard work 42 The long goodbyes Wayne Rooney isn’t the only international star given an elaborate send-off, with everyone from Pelé to David Silva getting grand honours

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When Saturday Comes No 382 January 2019

Fans file through the gates to The Hawthorns

REGULARS 5 Editorial Both Richard Scudamore and the biggest clubs have done well out of his Premier League reign, though his successor has a tricky job 6 Sidelines Mad Hat t e r s ; Manchester C i t y ’s t r u s t f und ;

equal opportunities in the Netherlands; passing on Barça’s film; arrested development 12 Shot! Beautiful views from Jamie Vardy’s old club as

Stocksbridge take on Pickering 15 Harry Pearson column Te r r i ble s u r f ac e s may be ch a r m i ng a nd unpredictable, but that’s no good for football 24 Focus on Julio Arca, the loyal Argentinian who found a happy home in England’s north-east

A punt in the build-up to kick-off has become as common as a prematch drink. In fact, they’re now intertwined Football and gambling p16

36 World view Ethnic Hungarians cause a stir in Romania;

s t a r s of B e t h l ehem r i s e a g a i n i n Pen n s ylv a n i a ; old Sochaux friends become rivals in Paris 40 Books Peter Crouch stands tall; Maya Yoshida’s unbeatable philosophy; picture perfect; in-depthFIFAinvestigation 44 Letters On t he s ubje c t of c lub s i z e s …

46 Season in brief An unusual all-Bristol battle for the 1989-90

Division Three title FEATURES 16 Place your bets Money from gambling companies is infecting a l l a r e a s of t he g ame; i f f ootba l l want s be t t i ng cash it must do more to tackle addiction in f a n s ; t he pool s showed t he r e i s a not he r way 20 Match of the month Marcelo Bielsa’s rampaging Leeds travel to

Darren Moore’s stuttering West Brom 26 Prussian grippe Hamburg’s Oberliga is awash with grand old names who have little interest in promotion 28 Remember the name James Coppinger – Doncaster record holder;

how Terry Fleming rose above his station

COLIN MCPHERSON/WSC PHOTOS

Few fans are so sardonic and so merrily selfdeprecating; everything tends towards the humorously downbeat West Bromwich Albion v Leeds United p20

30 Ticket masters Fulham have cashed in on the Premier League but damaged their relationship with fans 31 Sin city Temporary time-outs for players have had huge s ucce s s i n c u r b i ng d i s s ent at g r a s s r oot s l e ve l 32 Team spirit: Oldham Athletic It’s only when your team start to struggle that you realise how much you care; long-distance supporting comes with plenty of challenges 39 Still with us A l de r shot h ave a lo t of Footba l l L e a g ue experience, but getting back there is hard work 42 The long goodbyes Wayne Rooney isn’t the only international star given an elaborate send-off, with everyone from Pelé to David Silva getting grand honours

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