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When Saturday Comes No 419 April 2022

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REGULARS 5 Editorial

Everywhere you look football is awash with dirty money ignored by authorities 6 Sidelines with

Arnold Clark Cup attracts new fans; asking questions of Clyde; non-League crowds; talking politics with David Wheeler 12 Shot!

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Storm Eunice disrupts games in Sussex 19 Harry Pearson column

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Sean Dyche, a leader at Chesterfield, Millwall, Watford and Northampton

28 World view

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Lessons Conifa’s appoint 42 Lett

Lessons to be learnt as Russia is frozen out of football; Conifa’s breakaway states controversy; an unexpected appointment for the Polish national team 42 Letters

Have y they h 46 Season

Have you ever smelled a goalkeeper’s hands after they have played a match? It’s disgusting... 46 Season in brief

Alex Fergu

Alex Ferguson’s Aberdeen shake up Scotland in

FEATURES 16 Drop and go Players released by professional academies are thriving in non-League 20 Match of the month A windy afternoon at Prenton Park as

Tranmere Rovers host Port Vale 26 Meal deal The good and bad of football food 31 Pet hate

West Ham’s Kurt Zouma dilemma

At half time, as the

At half time, as the referee fends off remonstrations, it’s hard to tell which set of fans are chanting “You don’t know what you’re doing” Tranmere Rovers v Port Vale p20

32 All played out A retirement without fanfare 34 Winter is coming

How Doha’s Aspire Academy has transformed Qatar’s national team; Norway spread their boycott message 38 Eastern flavour

Bridlington Town staying resilient; crowds on the up at Hall Road Rangers 40 Object lessons

The lost cigarette card that tells a story of Cyprus’ fight for independence