Introduction
Issue 37: Editor’s Note – Jonathan Wilson’s Editor’s Note from Issue Thirty Seven
Life and Death
All Things to All Men – Dermot CorriganThe goalkeeper Ricardo Zamora was both honoured and imprisoned by both sides in the Civil War
A Cup of Tea then Blank – Tom HarveyHow a badly installed boiler almost killed the Fulham midfielder Robert Wilson
Interview
Interview: Sepp Blatter – Osasu ObayiuwanaThe former Fifa president on ageing, his enemies and his fight to clear his name
Legends
King of the Flipflap – Peter Speetjens
The Brazilian great Roberto Rivellino on his memories of three World Cups
When Puskás came to Selhurst Park – Jo Harman
The night in 1962 when third-division Crystal Palace pushed Real Madrid to the limit
The Age of the Shadow – Michael Yokhin
The Danish midfielder Søren Lerby once played two games in different countries in the same day
Photo Essay
The Legend of Atalanta – Paolo Vezzoli
Paolo Vezzoli with the photos from Atalanta
Periphery
The Atomic Boys – Ewan Flynn
After the Second World War, Blackpool had the first organised fan club in the country
The Rise and Fall of the ShowBiz XI – John Harding
The club that featured Sean Connery, Tommy Steele and Des O’Connor in the same line-up
Out of the Hotbed – Paul Brown
The journalist David Taylor remembers Jackie Milburn, Hughie Gallagher and Millwall’s hooligans
Prisoners 1 Screws 0 – Jon Spurling
How the sitcom Porridge reflected changes in football in the 1970s
War Minus the Shooting – Callum Rice-Coates
George Orwell’s famed essay of football shows how little he understood it
Abroad
The Club of Second Chances – Sean Cole
The Swedish side Ytterhogdal are developing players released by English academies
The Brief Glory of Ronnie Ekelund – Mark Sanderson
The Danish forward who became Matt le Tissier’s favourite teammate
The Pioneer – Roger Domeneghetti
Jozef Vengloš’s reign at Aston Villa was short but he was the first foreign top-flight manager
Polemic
The Green Future – Tim Walters
If carbon emissions targets are to be met, football’s relentless expansion must stop
Time for a Change? – Michael McCann
Would a stopped clock system help eliminate the scourge of time-wasting?
Helping the Giants Escape – Elliot Turner
How Mexico and Argentina have tried to ensure big sides are never relegated
Greatest Game
Barcelona 5 Atletico 4 – Emile Avanessian
Copa del Rey quarter-final second leg, Camp Nou, Barcelona, 12 March 1997