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    The future of football ... from 40 years ago

    According to Wikipedia it ran from 1972 to 1976. It was pretty widely available - it occasionally used to be sold outside the Goldstone on match days. I had loads of copies, wish I hadn't thrown out all my issues. According to this article, it's one of the 10 most influential British magazines...
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    The future of football ... from 40 years ago

    Yes, not quite sure how many working class supporters there are these days. The definition would have switched a bit since the 70s. That's a fair point, Arsenal are certainly taking the piss. I used to live 5 minutes from Highbury and remember deciding to go for a game at 2.50 and just popping...
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    The future of football ... from 40 years ago

    Really? Brighton's attendances now are getting for treble what they were then (10,864 in 73/74) - not many signs of people getting priced out down here
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    The future of football ... from 40 years ago

    The Football Man is an excellent book but The Third Policeman is something else - you'll never look at bicycles in quite the same way
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    The future of football ... from 40 years ago

    Been clearing up and found a copy of the Foul* annual from 1974. There's a letter from one Andy Kenrick that really caught my eye. "What the hell is all this we keep hearing about family football? ... Football is not about covered stadiums, padded seats, ice cream, women and kids. It's about...
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