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