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10/01/2025

Considering a European football trip in 2025? Join like-minded enthusiasts in Turin and Seville with Aficionados Football Travel – WSC subscribers save £75! https://aficionadosft.com

25/12/2024

Merry Christmas everyone, from all of us at WSC

02/12/2024

Our 2025 calendar is out now – featuring fantastic images taken by our team of photographers. A perfect Christmas gift for any football fan!

Free UK delivery: https://www.wsc.co.uk/shop/wsc-2025-calendar/

29/11/2024

Nice little story in the When Saturday Comes – The Half Decent Football Magazine about how the french league title of the 92-93 season remains unattributed due to the championship being stripped from Marseille because of a bribery scandal and how 2nd placed PSG refused it...zoom in to read why. Subscribe to WSC and get a £75 discount off our tours and a great monthly read.

12/11/2024

WSC 448 out now!

• When managers are sent off
• Decision time on St James' Park
• Tuchel: the view from Germany
• Non-League in Shropshire
• The Rochdale revival
• A memorable night at France 98

Plus much more – subscribe and make big savings: https://www.wsc.co.uk/subscribe/

Features Commercial break Manchester City’s lawyers have struck the Premier League an early blow Tuched up The perception of Thomas Tuchel in his ho

11/10/2024

We've teamed up with Aficionados Football Travel, who offer immersive group travel for football fans seeking far more than a ticket to a match away from home – taking in matches, history and culture, all accompanied by a football expert on tour to provide maximum insight

WSC subscribers and Supporters' Club members save £75!

Find out more and book: https://aficionadosft.com

12/09/2024

"Both sides represent two parts of my life, my relationship with two father figures – Arsenal the past, Huddersfield the present"

By Brady Frost for WSC 445, now on wsc.co.uk 👇

A matchday souvenir which represents the complex web that is family and football

12/09/2024

WSC 446 is out now – order online with free UK delivery or subscriber and make big savings on the cover price

Features Development cycle The problem with the PSR loophole; Emile Smith-Rowe’s Arsenal impact Match of the month Ayr United host Hamilton Academic

09/08/2024

WSC 445 is out now – with 2024-25 season guide and Euro 2024 review! In shops now, order online with free UK delivery or subscribe and make big savings on the cover price

NEW SEASON SPECIAL! How will you do? What one act changed your club's fortunes? What should you sell in the club shop? Premier League, EFL, National L

28/05/2024

Join us next week for the AT THE MATCH exhibition and book launch!

• Wednesday June 5
• Photobook Cafe, Shoreditch, London EC2A 4DQ
• Open 1pm-6pm
• Talks/Q&A with the photographers at 2pm and 4pm
• Copies of the book available to purchase
• Free entry – all welcome!

For more info and to RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/at-the-match-book-launch-tickets-906620986777

14/05/2024

On 22nd May I'll be hosting one of our regular Sixbysix Socials at Ropes & Twines for a special exhibition and book launch of the new When Saturday Comes – The Half Decent Football Magazine publication At The Match.

Join us for an evening of photography chat in the centre of Liverpool.

All the details are here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sixbysix-social-at-the-match-book-exhibition-by-colin-mcpherson-tickets-902211558057?aff=oddtdtcreator

01/05/2024

AT THE MATCH is officially published today!

Our landmark photobook celebrates two decades of images captured by our team of photographers Simon Gill, Colin McPherson and Paul Thompson. A huge thanks to all the Kickstarter backers who helped make the book a reality.

Only available direct from WSC – order yours now!

Pre-order now with free UK delivery

24/01/2024

10/11/2023

The 2024 WSC calendar features 12 images taken by our photographers Simon Gill, Colin McPherson and Paul Thompson. You'll never miss WSC's on-sale dat

01/11/2023

YOU DID IT!

Nearly 400 people have backed the book by supporting the When Saturday When Saturday Comes – The Half Decent Football Magazine Kickstarter campaign.

We are excited to begin work on publishing a unique collection of images commissioned by the magazine over the last 20 years. THANK YOU!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wsc/at-the-match-football-photobook

27/10/2023

Our photobook At The Match will be published next year. The Kickstarter crowdfunding closes on October 31 so you have a final chance to back the book now and get some great rewards including a discounted price, signed copies, postcards, prints and more 👇

Photography from When Saturday Comes magazine

10/10/2023

"We want this work to stand the test of time and the book would be the ideal format for that, as a culmination of all our work over these years"

Watch the AT THE MATCH film on Kickstarter now and back the book: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wsc/at-the-match-football-photobook

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England's most miserable footballer is Harry Maguire, according to a fascinating press release in Andy Lyons' inbox – as discussed in episode 58 of the WSC podcast Join the WSC Supporters' Club on Patreon to listen to the full episode and catch up on all the bonus and extended podcasts so far: https://patreon.com/whensaturdaycomes

"Clough did that not to level things out, but because he thought his players had the skill to flourish on that type of pitch anyway" Jon Spurling on how Derby County outplayed Benfica in 1972 (with the help of a hosepipe) in episode 57 of the WSC podcast Listen free: https://wsc.co.uk/podcast

"You get up towards the players and you think, 'This is the biggest person I've ever seen in my life!'" Torquay United AFC fan and comedian Charlie Baker celebrates the joy of childhood pitch invasions in episode 55 of the WSC podcast Listen free at wsc.co.uk/podcast or subscribe and download on your usual app

"I wrote that they began as the works team British Empire Meat Paste Products. I probably wasn't taking it as seriously as Sky were" Harry Pearson on writing the backstory for Dream Team's Harchester United, in ep. 50 of the WSC podcast This episode is exclusive to members of the WSC Supporters' Club on Patreon – join from £2 a month to listen and catch up on all the bonus and extended episodes so far: https://patreon.com/posts/58891098

"Gareth Bale slides on his chest, right in front of my son and I. And I thought, 'If you don't get into football now, I don't think there's much hope'" Nige Tassell puts a FA Wales comeback in the Cardiff rain into the brand new WSC Museum of Football in our new podcast feature, The Final Third! Episode 50 of the WSC podcast is exclusive to members of the WSC Supporters' Club – join now on Patreon from £2 a month and catch up on all the half-decent bonus episodes so far: https://patreon.com/posts/58891098

Footballer turned barrister – Harry Pearson shares the story of how Nottingham Forest's Tinsley Lindley took on the Football League in court in episode 47 of the WSC podcast Listen free: http://wsc.co.uk/podcast Enjoying the free episodes? Join the WSC Supporters' Club on Patreon for an extra episode every month, plus bonus minutes on every podcast and many more exclusive rewards, from just £2: https://patreon.com/whensaturdaycomes

"If you're walking down you don't want to walk too fast, you get a bit of a vertigo feeling" Laurie Dunsire of Scarves Around the Funnel and Daniel Gray celebrate Tynecastle's steep stands as they talk all things Heart of Midlothian in episode 47 of the WSC podcast Listen free: http://wsc.co.uk/podcast Enjoying the free episodes? Join the WSC Supporters' Club on Patreon for an extra episode every month, plus bonus minutes on every podcast and many more exclusive rewards, from just £2: https://patreon.com/whensaturdaycomes

"That famous goal against Manchester United where he accelerates past defenders and passes the ball into the net makes him look very modern" Andy Lyons, Harry Pearson and Daniel Gray pay tribute to Jimmy Greaves in episode 46 of the WSC podcast Listen free at http://wsc.co.uk/podcast or find us on your usual podcast app Enjoying the free episodes? Join the WSC Supporters' Club on Patreon for an extra episode every month, plus bonus minutes on every podcast: https://patreon.com/whensaturdaycomes

"Sky Sports bigging him up has drawn the focus away from the rest of the fans, who are incredible" Hugh Bunce of PompeyNewsNow's PO4cast and Daniel Gray discuss Fratton Park's most famous fan as they talk all things Portsmouth Football Club in episode 46 of the WSC podcast Listen free at http://wsc.co.uk/podcast or find us on your usual podcast app Enjoying the free episodes? Join the WSC Supporters' Club on Patreon for an extra episode every month, plus bonus minutes on every podcast: https://patreon.com/whensaturdaycomes

"I imagine that when they opened the cupboard, light shone out and there was celestial music playing" Harry Pearson shares secrets of the orange ball in episode 45 of the WSC podcast Join the WSC Supporters' Club on Patreon to listen to the full episode and catch up on all the exclusive episodes so far: https://patreon.com/whensaturdaycomes

From Hetton-le-Hole to the Chota Valley via how Burnley's north-east scouting helped them to 1960s success, Andy Lyons, Harry Pearson and Daniel Gray go on a tour of Hotbeds of Soccer in episode 44 of the WSC podcast Listen free at http://wsc.co.uk/podcast or subscribe via your usual podcast app Enjoying the free episodes? Join the WSC Supporters' Club on Patreon from £2 a month and get an extra episode every month, plus bonus minutes, exclusive merchandise, free and discounted WSC Live tickets and more: https://patreon.com/whensaturdaycomes

"I leathered it, as much as you can do in size 26 foam boots. It was the ball Barry Conlon was training with..." Gary from The Stacey West tells Daniel Gray about the occupational hazards of wearing the Poacher the Imp mascot costume as they talk all things Lincoln City in ep. 44 of the WSC podcast Listen free: http://wsc.co.uk/podcast

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