When Saturday Comes

Take a moment, please, to applaud this outstanding @wsc.co.uk headline:

"As luck would have it, the film-makers have their cameras running for one of the most high-tension Greenland seasons in recent times" By Terry Staunton for WSC 468 – now on wsc.co.uk

Recognition for pop STAND on the pages of this month’s @wsc.co.uk If only fanzine-selling booths had been a reality. We’d have stayed a lot dryer… but would’ve spent more time explaining that it wasn’t a programme.

I went to Bury v Emley in the Northern Premier League for Match of the Month in the new issue of @wsc.co.uk (WSC 469, Nov 2026). Spoke to one of the cast of Life on Mars. Great photos as ever by @germanocean.bsky.social, who captured an Emley fan with an early contender for banner of the season.

WSC 469 is out now! • Manchester City verdict • Premier League spending spree • Non-League ID dispute • The story of Tony Powell • Bury on the rise • Tribute to White Hart Lane Plus much more – in shops now or subscribe and save 👇 www.wsc.co.uk/shop/wsc-469/

A great evening in London to celebrate the release of @danielgraywriter.bsky.social’s new book Fanzine: The story of football’s alternative press, brilliantly hosted by @sebdwhite.bsky.social and @stanchionbooks.bsky.social Get your copy from the WSC shop: www.wsc.co.uk/shop/fanzine/

“It reminds us that, alongside Daft Punk and Rod Hull’s Emu, Abramovich is one of the very few figures from our post-war culture who is instantly recognisable without ever having uttered a single word in public”. Superb stuff as ever from @wsc.co.uk!

There's an excerpt from Fanzine in the brand new @wsc.co.uk, and handily they are also selling the book here: shorturl.at/3tEPF

This month’s assignment for @wsc.co.uk takes me to Gigg Lane for the Northern Premier League fixture between Bury and Emley. Watch out for the photographs in next month’s magazine.

It’s the new @wsc.co.uk ! In which I argue how timewasting at corners could be eased by getting rid of corner flags.

Out now, the story of the fanzine movement that changed football – as told by WSC contributor and podcast host @danielgraywriter.bsky.social Get your copy (WSC subscribers save £3): www.wsc.co.uk/shop/fanzine/

Photographs from my recent trip to cover Barnoldswick Town versus Colne in the #FAVase are featured in the new edition of @wsc.co.uk. Order your copy today: www.wsc.co.uk/filter/latest/ #football #photography

Nice to see a good feature on City in @wsc.co.uk which arrived today #bcafc #Bantams #BradfordCity

WSC 468 is out now! • FIFA crisis: Decades of scandal • The football fanzine story • Matchday at Valley Parade • Why have corner flags? • Norwich's unique ground • Heatwave hits non-League • Tribute to Franco Baresi Plus much more – in shops now or subscribe and save 👇 www.wsc.co.uk/shop/wsc-468/

And now please to say you can buy the book through @wsc.co.uk as well - another outlet that is a better place to spend your money than Amazon etc! Thanks to the team there for stocking it: www.wsc.co.uk/shop/for-the...

Now available to pre-order in the WSC shop – subscribers save £3! www.wsc.co.uk/shop/fanzine/

First photography assignment of the season for @wsc.co.uk last weekend. A trip to rural Lancashire for a tasty FA Vase derby between Barnoldswick Town and Colne. Good luck to the visitors in the next round and read all about it in the forthcoming edition of the magazine.

New When Saturday Comes mag is out now, looking back at the World Cup and including the eagerly anticipated Season Preview pull-out. All the usual brilliant writers (plus me, doing the National League preview). @wsc.co.uk

A double dose of me in issue 467 of @wsc.co.uk, which is on sale now. I’m in the main mag reviewing UEFA’s summer fortnight in North Wales for the Euro Under 19s finals. And I’m in the 2026-27 season preview pull-out taking a wild stab at #DRFC’s fortunes.

Highlight of the new campaign (it's all downhill from now on) is the season preview from @wsc.co.uk. Always a treat, and the ideal antidote to global football bollocks.

Phew, the interminable absence of football since the World Cup is over! New @wsc.co.uk season guide gleefully received. 😁

Can't wait for the reshuffle that takes Taylor Parkes to Culture and finally gives @camsell59.bsky.social the trade (exotic confectionery) and transport briefs.

😤 Need to let off steam? Have your say on everything you didn't love about the #WorldCup in the Football Action Network survey! ➡️ forms.cloud.microsoft/e/r52HBVw8vW We'll share the findings soon... #WC2026 #WorldCupFinal #FIFA #FIFAWorldCup #Infantino #HydrationBreak

Anyway, until Euro 28, it’s goodbye to the @wsc.co.uk wallchart. A little bit of joy every tournament.

Another wall chart done - thanks to @wsc.co.uk for keeping us right. Not sure if it'll be doable if Gianni gets his 64 team wish.

I bought my first copy of @wsc.co.uk outside the River End in about 1987, And have subscribed pretty much ever since. always good to see a #NCFC article on its pages, and this is very special.

This is a magnificent story, the kind of mad adventure the @lordshortcake.bsky.social Danny Baker phone-in was built on.

What a story! Love the #NCFC link too! 😂

Best story of the day

"We sat staring in shock and awe at the shining gold and silver plunder which lay before us in our living room, amid the dirty teacups, biscuit wrappers and ashtrays" By Richard Stocks for WSC 464

Issue 466 of @wsc.co.uk is out now in newsagents of reasonable repute. Includes me summarising the entire 2026-27 League One season in 750 words while resisting the natural urge to laugh at Rotherham. Plus a @danielgraywriter.bsky.social match of the month and the usual @camsell59.bsky.social joy.

One for the aspiring footie writers… (…and bawling my eyes out at last years winning entry 😭)

No World Cup games today – use that time to enter our writers’ competition! The deadline is this Friday at 5pm www.wsc.co.uk/wsc-writers-...

My reflections on Arsenal’s title winning season have just appeared in the new edition of @wsc.co.uk - although I can’t claim to have coined the excellent strapline!!! magazine is out now. Enjoy!

One week left to submit your entries for our writers' competition – the winner gets £250! Find out more here: www.wsc.co.uk/wsc-writers-...

WSC 466 is out now! • Arsenal's title at last • EFL season review • Southampton spying saga • Agony for Hearts • St Mirren play-off triumph • What's wrong with nil-nils? • Slovakia remembers 1976 Plus much more – in shops now or subscribe and save 👇 www.wsc.co.uk/shop/wsc-466/

Still in need of a wallchart? You can search for local stockists of WSC here: frontline-group.co.uk/store-finder/

Here we ******* go! Old faithful and the new kid on the block. @wsc.co.uk @noscoredraws.com

3 days to go, time to put up this wallchart from the fine folks at @wsc.co.uk

Top @wsc.co.uk reading en route to the @thefsa.bsky.social AGM in the big smoke. Excellent editorial which takes a well-deserved swipe at Infantino, especially his tone deaf nonsense attempt a statemanship at the FIFA Council #RebootFIFA

It's June, so it's time