Football magazines

[SeagullEd]

Which ones do you buy and read?

I read World Soccer (though I hate the word Soccer - arghhhhhhh pseudo intellect!), 442 (fantastic magazine but too many adverts and perhaps too professional, WSC (fantastic vibe from it and great journalism) and Shoot (though that can be quite poor).

 

[Simon Morgan]

Used to get 442 a lot, don't really have time for football magazines now, unfortunately, with all the other reading I have to do! Having said that, did get a copy of world soccer recently.

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

Have been a WSC subscriber for years and still enjoy the read. I get 442 as it is good to keep in the bathroom for reading in peace and quiet! Sometimes get Total Youth Football for coaching tips.

 

[eastlondonseagull]

KiCK!, the best read for eight to 12-year-olds

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[Spunk Bubble]

Shoot & Match (although this was back in the early 80s)

 

[bright1064]

I occasionally get 4-4-2

But to be honest I very rarely read football magazines.

The net and 24 sports news is much more up to date for me

 

[house your seagull]

442 is the only tolerable magazine but my christ how boring is another interview with kaka - the lad is intolerable off the pitch.

i find WSC boring -

i like the papers really, the times is good as is the guardian - and you can get them online.

 

[Soul Finger]

442 has gone downhill.

The last issue I read had a group of 'fans' - Arsenal, Tottenham, Man Utd and Chelsea - who only watched games on the TV in pubs. One said 'in the not too distant future, pub watchers will be seen as the real fans [as opposed to those who go to matches]'. What a crock.

WSC is a great read but can drag on a bit.

 

[SeagullEd]

thedonkeycentrehalf are you a coach?

 

[Yoda]

Used to get 442 but it's a load of shite now.

Only get Calcio Italia now.

 

[dougdeep]

I only read them in the barbers, and I wont even get that opportunity for much longer.

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

442's special reports are brilliant I find, one this month on away trips featuring a group of Luton fans who had trectched upto Oldham on a weeknight, t'was superbly written.

 

[Easy 10]

WSC is a good read, although I do glaze over a bit at their in-depth 3-page spread on the Somalian League Division 2 reserve game between Ombyabaa AyREE-AyREE and the Indomitable Wilderbeasts.

On the whole its a good bog read though, and I continue to be a subscriber.

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

It's between WSC and fourfourtwo - but they've both gone downhill i think, particularly 442. It hardly justifies £4, there's little in any depth any more, other than stuff about foreign football, which doesn't really interest me.

 

[Frutos]

FourFourTwo for me.

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

thedonkeycentrehalf are you a coach?

Yep - volunteer (ie unpaid) coach with the Albion Soccer School in Worthing on a Saturday morning. We have about 80 five to nine year olds each week and are linked with Worthing Town Youth FC who I help out occasionally.

 

[SNOOBS]

I used to always get Match when I was younger. I don't really like reading anyway apart from the net so I rarely get a magazine. If I had to get one it would be 442 though

 

[Norman Potting]

WSC for me. I agree that the articles about football overseas do sometimes leave me cold but I still read them. The covers always raise at least a smile and at best a chortle.

 

[empire]

442 and match,i read striker in the sun everydayyyyyyyyyyyy

 

[SeagullEd]

Yep - volunteer (ie unpaid) coach with the Albion Soccer School in Worthing on a Saturday morning. We have about 80 five to nine year olds each week and are linked with Worthing Town Youth FC who I help out occasionally.

I think I worked with you! Do you do it up at the Norwich Union buildings? If so, I wa stehre one saturday with Dave Green on work experience.