Pleased to confirm that my words are in @wsc.co.uk this month, I barely even need you to guess on what subject.

By me, in the November issue of @wsc.co.uk (WSC 458), out now: Match of the Month, featuring Derby v Preston - ruminations on TikTok, statues, subtly altered retro shirts and time wasting. Includes perhaps the season's most hapless throw-in so far. The photos by Paul Thompson are excellent as ever.

WSC 458 is out now! • Spurs boardroom shake-up • Match of the Month: #DCFC v #PNEFC • The Enfield derby returns • Non-League in Berkshire • Goldstone Ground memories • Tribute to Matt Beard In shops now or subscribe and make big savings 👇

Just read this on the train. It’s a brilliant piece of emotive football writing that you all should read* The article captures the sheer joy of playing football so well. It’s convinced me to get back out there and play. Thanks for a superb piece, Tom 👏 * @wsc.co.uk is always packed full of it.

When I’m not scribbling my thoughts about the mighty #CFMTL, I also write about French football. I was so pleased to see my short piece on Rennes’ away kit (2010-11) published in the latest @wsc.co.uk, a fantastic football magazine in England. Merci WSC!

Harry Pearson on music over the maych-day PA in the new issue of @wsc.co.uk. "I cannot hear T-Spoon's Sex on the Beach without thinking of a freezing night in Cumbria when whoever was in charge of the music at Brunton Park had either an extremely cruel sense of irony, or none whatsoever."

It was lovely to revisit Ayresome Park for the new issue of @wsc.co.uk. The perfect article for helping cats get to sleep.

Been a really rough year mental health-wise, so here’s an article I wrote for the new @wsc.co.uk about how I’ve been able to self-medicate by playing football. It’s in the shops now! Was really cathartic to write so I’m very grateful to WSC for letting me do it.

WSC 457 is out now! • What now for women's football? • The Sarina Wiegman effect • #SWFC in crisis • The power of playing • Harry Kane's days at Orient • Tribute to Ayresome Park In shops now, order direct or subscribe and make big savings 👇

Harvey's Best, @wsc.co.uk to read and a country pub garden in the sun. Winning at life 🍻

Had the honour of writing the National League preview for @wsc.co.uk; it's hard to mention all the teams with proper insight so apologies to Halifax for the snarky bit about the pitch but hey ho, I was ruder about York (sorry @jim.londoncentric.media). Honourable mention for my new local team.

WSC 456 is out now – our New Season Special! • Season ticket scandal • The 1985-86 TV blackout • Writers' competition winners • Tribute to Diogo Jota • History of goalie gloves • Team Spirit: #FulhamFC In shops now – or order direct from us 👇

This has made my day. @galloping-gourmet.bsky.social was watching a stream of Surrey vs Durham earlier today, and spotted someone in the crowd reading my article on Belle Vue in @wsc.co.uk issue 449

Still a buzz seeing my name in @wsc.co.uk after all these years. In the latest issue (455) I’ve written about how weird (and ultimately rubbish) it is not being there for your hometown team’s big day. Available in shops & online now, with a free Euro 2025 wall chart included! They’re spoiling us.

Who doesn't love a wall chart? Scotland might not be at the 2025 Euros but @wsc.co.uk certainly are. Their Euro 2025 special issue is out now. 🛒 Available in newsagents or direct from WSC www.wsc.co.uk/shop/wsc-455/

Another excellent @wsc.co.uk issue … with the added bonus of a summer tournament preview and wallchart. #WEURO2025

Want to win £250 and have your work published in the magazine this summer? Entries are now open for our 2025 writers' competition, with a closing date of July 9 – find out more: www.wsc.co.uk/wsc-writers-...

WSC 455 is out now – with #WEURO2025 wallchart! • Can England retain the trophy? • Wales make their debut • Every group assessed PLUS: • EFL season review • Goodbye to Goodison • Palace's FA Cup joy • #OAFC win at Wembley And much more – in shops now or order direct! 👇 www.wsc.co.uk/shop/wsc-455/

Finished the latest @wsc.co.uk and it's a real treat. Loads of good stuff but to highlight the lovely piece on PNE's 'gentry Day' and arguably Dave Robinson's finest Scenes From Football History yet. No spoilers, read it.

The #football season may be over, but there’s still time to catch up on my latest #photography feature for @wsc.co.uk In April, I visited the Butcher’s Arms for Droylsden’s @nwcfl.bsky.social play-off match with Holker Old Boys. Order your copy of the magazine or souvenir prints today!

Very happy to write for @wsc.co.uk for the first time. Read my piece on multi-club ownership in Scottish football in Issue 454: wsc.co.uk/shop/wsc-454/

All set for the ⁦‪#SPFL‬⁩ League One play-off final second leg between ⁦‪Annan Athletic‬⁩ and ⁦‪East Fife‬⁩ at a sun-drenched Galabank. On assignment for ⁦‪@wsc.co.uk‬⁩ - the half-decent football magazine. #football #photography #annanathletic

Delighted to feature in the latest edition of @wsc.co.uk www.wsc.co.uk/shop/wsc-454/ Available now online or at your favourite local newsagent!

WSC 454 is out now! • Secrets of Arne Slot's success • What happened to Walsall? • Spoiling the party on the final day • Preston's unique tradition • Salute to the Victoria Ground Plus much more – subscribe and make big savings! 👇 www.wsc.co.uk/shop/wsc-454/

The Voice of the Fans exhibition at Leeds Central Library opens today – it runs until August 10 and entry is free. Check out the full list of events here: www.leedsinspired.co.uk/collection/v...

Good piece in the new @wsc.co.uk magazine about goalkeepers feigning injuries to allow for tactical breaks. You'll have to buy the mag to read the whole thing! What law changes would YOU adopt, listeners, to prevent the practice? #NicksTacticalTumble 🧤 #ncafc 🧡🖤

Hey pop pickers, Spurs own avant garde jazzers named after Ledley. From latest When Saturday Comes @wsc.co.uk

Podcast episode 119: Rochdale's birthday wishes, alphabet floodlights and the Brexit keeper @andylyons.bsky.social / @camsell59.bsky.social / @danielgraywriter.bsky.social Listen FREE! Site wsc.co.uk/podcast/ Apple apple.co/2R61BGD Spotify spoti.fi/33WKGdg

An excellent reason to go to Leeds! 😉. Next Friday, the @leedslibraries.bsky.social & @britishlibrary.bsky.social football fanzine expo, Voice of the Fans, opens. Cracking events leedsinspired.co.uk/collection/v... Quality video. Nailed what 'zines are about. Can't wait. Is that the programme? NO😅

The May edition of @wsc.co.uk magazine is OUT NOW featuring @icshc.bsky.social Prof. Matt Taylor @matttayl.bsky.social writing on 'Local heroes' and the heyday of schools football. #sportshistory #footballhistory

Always a dream come true to write for the legendary @wsc.co.uk (first recommended to me by A-Level Economics teacher in 1989) for whom I met up with jazz duo Ledley to find out why the hell they have done a free music tribute to a centre back

Hooray for article in latest @wsc.co.uk about the tiresome goalie-feigning-injury timeouts which have become a tedious feature of the game.

By me for @wsc.co.uk (WSC 453, May 2025 issue): Substitute stadiums on TV and film - when one football ground stands in for another, convincingly or not. Featuring Alan Carr's Changing Ends, Ted Lasso, The Damned United, Porridge and, most famous of all, Fist of Fun's 'York City are magic' sketch.

WSC 453 is out now! • A long-awaited trophy for #NUFC • #SaintsFC's shocking season • Burnley v Bristol City • Football grounds on screen • Time-wasting keepers • The joy of a non-League raffle Plus much more – subscribe and make big savings! 👇

All set in east #Manchester for the Bloods v the Old Boys… as Droylsden take on Holker in the North West Counties League play-offs. #Photography for @wsc.co.uk

We are now accepting entries for the 13th annual WSC writers' competition. There's a cash prize of £250 for the winner and their article, which can be on any aspect of football, will be published in the magazine this summer. Find out more: www.wsc.co.uk/wsc-writers-...

Podcast episode 118: David Hasselhoff's kick-off, football scarves in the theatre & guest Mark Perryman of Philosophy Football Listen FREE! Site wsc.co.uk/podcast/ Apple apple.co/2R61BGD Spotify spoti.fi/33WKGdg

I have shared some reflections on music, life, and Ipswich v Spurs in the new issue of @wsc.co.uk. I hope #itfc fans like it, or at least find some catharsis therein

SPRING SALE! Pick up a T-shirt or calendar for just £6 each (£5 for subscribers) with free UK delivery, while stocks last 👇

The scene is set for today’s #football #photography assignment for @wsc.co.uk as Glenavon host Larne in the #SportsDirectPrem Northern Irish Premiership.

WSC 452 is out now! • Manchester United's debt mountain • #ITFC v #THFC • Youth football shake-up • In praise of Elm Park • WSL to scrap relegation? • The reality of being a scout Plus much more – subscribe and make big savings! 👇

Go old school with our new T-shirts: www.wsc.co.uk/filter/t-shi...

"To an extent the non-League boom is a positive by-product of an otherwise negative development in English football, with many supporters feeling excluded from the game at higher levels"

Great issue. I have a piece in this one on Tommy Lawton’s Football is my Business, one of the earliest and most interesting player autobiographies.

Podcast episode 116: Bruce Rioch's family men, West Brom at the Great Wall and the Brunton Park barrier hunt 🚨 Including an Exciting New Feature Listen FREE! Site wsc.co.uk/podcast/ Apple apple.co/2R61BGD Spotify spoti.fi/33WKGdg

A new issue of @wsc.co.uk means a new @camsell59.bsky.social column. This month, Harry revisits the much-missed contested drop ball, "a legalised mayhem of shin-hoofing and elbow-digging, which harked back to football's medieval past in which the game was dominated by farriers and swineherds".

I get to jabber about a favourite conversational hobby horse - late 80s/early 90s football (sub)culture - like some kind of old person, on the latest @prorevsoccer.bsky.social podcast. Thanks to Juliet and Tom for inviting me on. www.patreon.com/posts/bring-...

Have written about Blackpool's remarkably enduring East Stand - obstructed views, underfoot bounce and all - for the new issue of @wsc.co.uk (WSC 451, March 2025). As the saga of its proposed rebuild plays out, I suspect it'll keep the excellent Shelagh Parkinson in stories for a bit longer yet.

We’re saddened to hear of the death of Patrick Barclay and send our condolences to his family and friends. We’ve made a roundtable discussion he contributed to in WSC 165 (November 2000) on football and the media free to read: tinyurl.com/4uhhchs3