(Ed’s note - When Saturday Comes have been in touch to ask us to mention a new book of theirs featuring covers from the lifetime of the half decent football magazine. As they were good enough to send a freebie copy here to Gooner Towers, for us to run the following just shows how cheaply we can be bought… here’s the PR blurb with details of where to buy.)

The sensible way to start a magazine is to collect a few people with some of the relevant skills: writing, editing, photography, design, marketing, accounts. When Saturday Comes did not begin the sensible way. Instead, we decided the crisis facing football was so deep and what we had to say so urgent that we should publish first and acquire the skills later. Up Front is proof of this as it brings together nearly 100 WSC covers from 1986 to 2009. Trace a monumental period in the history of game with the help of Maxwell, Thatcher, Venables, Pelé, Maradona and a number of mascots.

UP FRONT
WSC covers from two decades that changed football
£6.99
100 pages
Available exclusively from WH Smith and wsc.co.uk

About WSC
When Saturday Comes began in March 1986. It aims to provide a voice for intelligent football supporters, offering both a serious and humorous view of the sport, covering all the topics that fans are likely to talk about, whether serious or trivial. Current sales are around 20,000 copies per month. wsc.co.uk includes daily comment, an archive of magazine articles and a vibrant message board debating football and much more.