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Issue Three contains 21 articles in 10 different sections:
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Spartak
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* Fallen Idol, by Igor Rabiner -- The decline of Spartak Moscow is inextricably bound up with the fortunes of their former coach, Oleg Romantsev
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Interview
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* Zagallo and Tostão -- Mario Zagallo and Tostão talk to Tim Vickery about 1970, Pelé and the Brazilian style
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New Beginnings
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* A Crisis of Legitimacy, by Brian Oliver -- Kenyan clubs are leading the fight against corruption in their football association
* For Richer, For Poorer, by Shaul Adar -- How nationalism has shaped the rise and fall of Beitar Jerusalem
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In Appreciation of... -----------------------------
* Angelo Di Livio, by Michael Cox -- How the midfielder's loyalty inspired Fiorentina's return from bankruptcy
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Theory
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* The Mind has Mountains, by Lars Sivertsen -- Egil Olsen talks about his conception of the game, Wimbledon and geographical trivia
* The Harmony of the Sphere, by Philippe Auclair -- An exploration of the links between football and music
* Smash and Thunder, by Alexander Jackson -- How a change of approach helped Newcastle cast off their chokers tag in the 1910 FA Cup final
* The Head Case, by John Sinnott -- Standard Liège's Michel Bruyninckx leads the way in developing footballers' mental capacity
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Foreign Soil
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* The Bomb and the Bowler Hat, by Barney Ronay -- How modern football was shaped in an internment camp in Berlin
* Tour of Duty, by Davidde Corran -- With the Vietnam War at its height, Australia sent a team to play in a tournament in Saigon
* The Kennedy Conundrum, by Paul Doyle -- Ireland's 1986 tour of Iceland brough their first international trophy, but ended an international career
* The Midfield, by David Ashton -- A veteran remembers the no-man's-land football of the First World War
* The Youth of Today, by Jonathan Wilson -- Clouds, clubs and the collective: reflections on the Under-20 World Cup
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Polemics
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* Comparing Apple with Oranje, by Simon Kuper and David Winner -- Were Johan Cruyff and Ajax the John Lennon and Beatles of Amsterdam?
* The Race Card, by Gabriele Marcotti -- Racist chanting is deplorable, but does the rush to condemn it obscure deeper issues?
* The Dawson's Creek Principle, by Musa Okwonga -- Could it be that a US teen drama helps explain anomalies of football history?
* What's a Vote Worth?, by Steve Menary -- How Fifa's attempts to devolve power could be a bribers' charter
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Football Manager
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* The Ballad of Bobby Manager: My Autobiography", by Iain Macintosh -- When somebody takes their game of Football Manager just a little too seriously... --------------------------
Greatest Games
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* Denmark 4 USSR 2, by Janus Køster-Rasmussen -- World Cup qualifier, Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, 5 June 1985
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Eight Bells
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* Great Finishes in Japan, by Ben Mabley -- A selection of the most gripping climaxes to the J.League and JSL season

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• Publication Date: December 1, 2011
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• Print Length: 271 Pages
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