Introduction
Editor’s Note – Jonathan Wilson
Jonathan Wilson’s Editor’s Note from Issue Twenty Four
Crossword – Tifo
The cryptic crossword from Issue Twenty Four
Cup of Nations
The Glory and the Grief – Jonathan Wilson
Cameroon’s brilliantly unexpected victory couldn’t eradicate doubts about Gabon’s hosting of the tournament
A New Broom – Nick Ames
Hugo Broos on how he made Cameroon side derided as the worst in a generation into champions
Yorkshire
The Old Divide – Tim Wigmore
Beyond the obvious big four, northern football is struggling against the economic tide
The Death of Hope – Anthony Clavane
The decline of heavy industry, the collapse of Yorkshire football and the sad logic of Brexit
Identity Crisis – Gary Hartley
Leeds United, playing the right way and what we demand from our clubs
A City Apart – Richard Lapper
Wednesday, United and the strange case of football in Sheffield
The Rise of the East
The Shifting Axis – Peter Frankopan
In politics, in economics, in football, the role of Asia is becoming more significant
Raising the Dragon – William Bi
After all the investment in the league, is the China national team showing signs of improvement?
Inside the Revolution – Joshua D Bateman
Demba Ba and Ryan Johnson discuss their experiences playing in the Chinese League
After the Killing Fields – Rob Kirby
Cambodian football is on the way back after being all but destroyed under the Khmer Rouge
Just a Football Ground – David Shaw
After a grim past, Phnom Penh’s Olympic Stadium is finally just being used for sport
A Question of Identity
Leaving La Familia – Shaul Adar
David Mizrahai explains why he left Beitar’s notorious Ultra group and what has happened since
1996 and All That – David Stubbs
The glorious summer when all things seemed possible, and the failure of promise
The Sad Success of Dinamo Tbilisi – Michael Yokhin
David Kipiani, Vitaly Daraselia and how death haunted Georgia’s greatest team
The Not-So Crazy English – Martin da Cruz
How a British-inspired tactical reform transformed Uruguay into football’s first global power
East Germany
The Ost Boys – Kit Holden
Twenty-six after reunification, there is only one East German club in the Bundesliga – and they’re hated
The Real Leipzig? – Matt Ford
As RB Leipzig challenge in the Bundesliga, the city’s old derby still takes place
Greatest Games
Luton Town 3 Grimsby Town 2 – Tom Reynolds
League Division One, Kenilworth Road, Luton, 10 February 1996
Eight Bells
Inauspicious Starts – Richard Jolly
A selection of successful managerial careers that began in chaos and defeat