From the publisher:
First published in June 2021, Issue Forty One contains eight sections of articles including how escaping Roland Duchâtelet took Charlton to the edge of extinction, how recent handball controversies have made football ask what it believes law to be and a selection of players who have abandoned one club to join their biggest rivals.
Introduction
Issue 41: Editor’s Note – Jonathan Wilson
Jonathan Wilson’s Editor’s Note from Issue Forty One
Ownership
The President Ultra – Aleks Eror
Aleksandar Vučić and the uneasy relationship between football and politics in Serbia
Out of the Frying Pan – Heather McKinlay
How escaping Roland Duchâtelet took Charlton to the edge of extinction
The Forgotten Founder – Reiss Tigwell
Preußen Münster played in the first Bundesliga season. Where are they now?
The Liar – Ewan Flynn
Oxford United, Derby County and the rise and fall of Robert Maxwell
Photo Essay
Capturing Covid – Stuart Roy Clarke
Chronicling the highs and lows of football fandom in an unprecedented year
Outsiders
The Professionals – Gunnar Persson
Oscar Berndtson, Per Kaufeldt and their groundbreaking adventures in France
An Effective Aggressor – Bill Hern and David Gleave
The story of Willie Clarke, the first black goalscorer in the Football League
Tainted Gold – Thore Haugstad
Nicolae Ceaușescu and the curious high point of Romanian club football
Underlying Causes
The Molesworth Hall Revolution – David Owen
How a drab Cup semi-final provoked the split between the two Irish football associations
Damage Limitation – Sean Cole
The inside story of Doncaster Rovers’ relegation out of the League in 1997-98
Two-headed Eagles – Luke Connelly
How the ramifications of the Greco-Turkish War continue to be felt in football
Home from home – Will Magee
The surprising influence of Cypriot immigrants over local London football
The Magic of Mr Schmidt – Michael Wagg
How a scoreboard operator and his visual tricks embody the spirit of Stahl Brandenburg
Theory
The Letter and the Spirit – Daisy Christodoulou
How recent handball controversies have made football ask what it believes law to be
Big Men – Richard Jolly
Rodney Marsh on Malcolm Allison’s bizarre plan to improve the standard of US football
Greatest Game
England 2 West Germany 3 (AET) – Andrew Downie
World Cup quarter-final, Estadio de Guanajuato, León, Mexico, 14 June 1970
Fiction
Content Provider – Scott Oliver
When a wealthy state buys a Portuguese club, everybody has to make compromises
Eight Bells
Turncoats – Jo Harman
A selection of players who have abandoned one club to join their biggest rivals
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