WSC No 268, June 2009

A nervous day for Norwich fans at Portman Road

Contents

If being the best in the country is no longer attainable, being the best in the region assumes even greater importance Match of the month, Ipswich v Norwich p18

4 Editorial

Football’s financial frailties 6 News watch

Rangers and Celtic invited to join EPL2 8 Shot!

Eastlands hosts Hamburger SV 10 Sidelines

The highly qualified England coach; Conference criticised over points penalties 15 Managers feuding

Why do the bosses blather on? 16 North-east

The region’s three Premier League clubs dally with the drop; award-winning programmes from local non-League sides 18 Match of the month

Norwich edge closer to relegation after defeat in the East Anglia derby 22 Scotland scandal

The fallout from a drinking session after a World Cup match against Holland 23 Leeds v ACMilan

An MEP’s bid to have the result of the 1973 Cup-Winners Cup final overturned 24 Shot! archive

A view of Man Utd in the 1970s

Leicester in Europe p28

SIMON GILL

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26 Football violence

Two new films offering different perspectives on hooliganism 28 As good as it got

Leicester City ’s trip to Madrid in 1997, an outstanding moment in Martin O’Neill’s time at the club 32 Euro view

A fan-owned club in Germany; Greek FA head’s controversial legacy; foiled merger in Holland; Steaua chief faces investigation 36 Players in the pit

A look at mining’s connections with football, 25 years on from the NUM strike 38 World view

Argentina’s anti-hooligan measures; South Africa getting set for 2010 40 Reviews

Clough’s departure from Derby; Brad Friedel looks back; Mercer and Allison, the odd couple; the story of Arsenal 42 Letters

Dear WSC, have you ever noticed... 46 Season in brief

Jimmy Hill’s Coventry City win Division Three in 1963-64