The Square Ball magazine’s 32nd season is ready for the business end.

Our new issue six is going on sale when Tottenham turn up at Elland Road on Saturday 26th February 2022. You’ll be able to get a copy for yourself from our sellers outside the ground. And if you love the cover, see below (or click here now!) to find out about getting it as a print.

One of the best things about fans being back at Elland Road is fanzines being back at Elland Road, so this issue will be on sale outside before the kick-off. Look out for our windswept but friendly sellers by the Lowfields tunnel, Billy’s Statue, the Kop gates, and anywhere else someone is holding a fanzine in the air.

Getting a copy delivered to your home is still a very good idea, as it will arrive free of beer stains and torn corners, unless your postie is having a bad morning. Details on how to support us by subscribing can be found here.

As always our now nine times-nominated and two-times FSF Award winning fanzine (plus one for the podcast) includes lots of pages of articles and artwork about what used to be the pain but now is the glory which still involves pain of being a Leeds United supporter, for more than 100 long, long years.

In this issue we’ve got a big feature by Rob Conlon, following a myth around the city of Leeds, the perfect place for people who want to be alone. We know that’s Marcelo Bielsa, being left alone to shop in Morrisons, but could we once have said the same about legendary hip-hop artist MF DOOM? We’ve made this feature free to read here.

Speaking of legends, the magazine also includes articles on Jonny Howson and Yosuke Ideguchi, our place in the disciplinary table, Pascal Struijk, SeatGeek, Lewis Bate and much more.

The cover artwork from this issue, by John Tregoning, features Raphinha wearing the words of his reputation on his heart and soul. It’s available as a print here.

Even though we’re back selling at Elland Road, subscriptions are the best way to help TSB’s world keep going round.

The best way to buy The Square Ball this season is to subscribe and get every issue delivered to your home.

That way we know how many to print, and we have the money up front to pay the printer. We’ll post anywhere in the world and you won’t miss an issue.

You can get £10 off a subscription to the paper magazine if you buy an annual subscription to TSB+. TSB+ gets you all our podcasts advert free, early access to The Match Ball podcast and YouTube live stream, digital access to the magazine, a daily email, discounts and more — and that tenner off getting the paper version delivered.

There’s more information about subscriptions here, and our easy subscription builder will walk you through the process here.

If you just want paper or digital versions of this single issue, you can buy them here.

Subscribers can read all the new articles on our website, handy on the phone on the bus to the match or when you’re skiving at work.

Just log in and find the new issue in the main menu under Magazine, This Season.

Thanks as always for supporting The Square Ball. We hope you enjoy the mag. ⬢