Issue 368 (Summer 2022)

Published v Sheffield United, the last QPR home game of the 2021/22 season, this 64-page print edition sees us through May and what is a shorter than usual close season, with the 2022/23 campaign starting early in this World Cup year. 

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So what's in it?

Which unlucky Championship club this season was obliged to play its final home game of the season on a Friday evening, rather than the scheduled Saturday? The same one messed around by Sky all season, that's who. QPR, in other words. Not that the game itself had much riding on it for us, with Rangers' form having fallen off a cliff in recent weeks - all of which we comment on in various ways.

 

Elsewhere, Ray Eaton reviews a new book on the life and career of Don Howe, John O'Mahony reflects on being back inside Loftus Road once again after eighteen months of football being played behind closed doors, and explains why he was shaking a bucket outside the ground on Easter Monday. In separate articles, Ray recalls an inspired choice of opponent for Simon Barker's testimonial some years back, while John concludes his two-part feature on former club photographer John Brough. 

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And as always, there's plenty more besides...