When Saturday Comes
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| Editor | Andy Lyons |
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| Staff writers | Tim Bradford, Lance Bellers, Dan Brennan, Cameron Carter, Phillip Cornwall, Tom Davies, Al Needham, Harry Pearson, Ian Plenderleith, Dave Robinson, Barney Ronay, David Stubbs, Mike Ticher, Roger Titford, Josh Widdicombe. |
| Categories | Sport |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Circulation | 20,151 |
| Publisher | Richard Guy |
| First issue | March 1986 |
| Company | When Saturday Comes Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Website |
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When Saturday Comes (WSC) is a monthly magazine about football, first published in London in 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."[1] WSC is still edited by Andy Lyons, who originally founded the magazine along with Mike Ticher.
History
The magazine started out in 1986 as a bi-monthly, independently published fanzine. However, by 1988 it had developed and came to prominence, available in newsagents nationwide.
The following year its profile was raised again by its coverage of the Albania vs. England World Cup qualifying match, and its circulation reached 20,000.[1]
In the early-1990s the magazine began to take on advertising, and increased to 48 pages.
Writers
While the magazine now employs professional writers (the September 2009 issue credited 15 journalists as being "regular contributors")[2] it still commissions articles by fans. A number of guest writers have also written for the magazine, including Cris Freddi, Nick Hornby and Simon Kuper.
The WSC website lists 408 writers.[3]
Books
In the 2000s, WSC branched out into book publishing. WSC Books has so far published 14 books,[1] including Tor!, a history of German football.
References
External links
- WSC official website
- Articles marking the 25th year of publication were published in April 2011 by The Guardian and Independent newspapers