Introduction
Editor’s Note – Jonathan Wilson
Jonathan Wilson’s Editor’s Note from Issue Ten
Forgotten
The Dreamers – Philippe Auclair
Amid the protests of 1968, a group of journalists took French football leaders hostage
The Silenced Crowd – Richard Fitzpatrick
When Manchester United and Liverpool colluded to fix a match
The Reluctant Cabbie – Michal Petrak
The tragically curtailed career of the Czechoslovak great Rudolf Kučera
The Unmarked Grave – Tom Adams
What really happened to Andrew Watson, British football’s first black star
The Talent Spotters – Mike Calvin
A glimpse into the murky and unglamorous world of football scouts
Interview
Fatih Terim – Andy Brassell
The Emperor on the rise of Turkish football and breaking the glass ceiling with Galatasaray
Nationalisms
Anyone But China – Henryk Szadziewski
Football plays a vital role in establishing a sense of identity for the Uyghur people
The Hamburg Factor – Simon Kuper
The Euro 88 semi-final marked the peak of the Dutch-German football rivalry
No Man’s Land – Jonathan Wilson
Siniša Mihajlović, Vukovar and the compromises of war
Photo Essay
Golden Vision – Felix Lill and Javier Sauras
The Olympic dream that fires the world’s greatest blind footballer
Theory
Notes on Street Football – Aleksandar Hemon
What kickabouts reveal about the tortured artists of neoromantic myth
A Man for all Seasons – Aleksandar Holiga
Tomislav Ivić pioneered pressing and won league titles in five different countries
Writers
The Thinker – Vladimir Novak
Ivan Ergić on the competing draws of football and philosophy
More Important than That – Anthony Clavane
David Peace discusses Red or Dead, his novel about the life of Bill Shankly
Polemics
Literally on Fire – Jonathan Liew
How the game’s relationship with smoking has changed over the generations
The Death of Mystery – Rory Smith
Is the modern thirst for knowledge taking the fun out of football?
An Extra Edge – Colin O’Brien
Is football really clean, or does the sport have its head in the sand?
Importing “¡Puto!” – Nicolas Poppe
What a chant reveals about attitudes to homosexuality in US stadiums
The Voice of a Nation – Dan Edwards
The commentator Victor Hugo Morales is controversial, but makes football matter
Fiction
Los Cincos y los Diezes – Rupert Fryer
A letter changes the life of a young footballer forever
Greatest Games
AC Milan 2 Benfica 1 – Miguel Delaney
European Cup final, Wembley Stadium, London, 22 May 1963
Eight Bells
Computer Games – George Osborn
A selection of key moments in the development of the football simulation