MICHAEL STEWART ON THE AT TIMES ZANY WORLD OF FOOTBALL… WE ALL have something that fascinates us about football. That […]
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The rise of SE Dons – One of the most popular YouTube football teams
CAM HOWE REPORTS ON THE SUNDAY LEAGUE YOUTUBERS NOW ATTEMPTING TO TAKE NON. LEAGUE FOOTBALL BY STORM Ten years ago, […]
ADVENTURE NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN
Head for the Floodlights, by Giles Goford, published by Conker Editions Ltd, price: £16 IN 1988 and 1989, Giles Goford […]
THE CHANGING FACES OF THE TOP STARS
Panini Legends, by Greg Lansdowne, published by Bloomsbury Sport, price: £16.99 IF YOU’RE a big fan of Panini stickers, then […]
BENNO TALE TAKES US TO SKY BLUE HEAVEN
Benno –My Life in Football, by Dave Bennett with Rich Chamberlain,published by Pitch Publishing, price: £25 IF YOU’D told Dave […]
FOOTBALL CHATTER THAT HITS TARGET
Badger’s Football Slang & Banter, by Niall Edworthy, published by Badger Books, price: £9.99 IT’S only when you flick through […]
HURREY SPOT ON WITH LANGUAGE OF GAME…
Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom -How to use (and abuse) the language of football, by Adam Hurrey, published by Headline, […]
DEDICATED BARRY DOES MARINE PROUD
Come on Marine! Apersonal history of the Mighty Mariners, by Barry Lenton, price: £32 THERE can’t be many people who […]
TIGERS, CHRISTMAS CRACKER
COLIN ALLAN RECALLS WHEN HULL CITY HOSTED ROTHERHAM UNITED ON CHRISTMAS DAY 76 YEARS AGO… IT WAS Hull City 3-0 […]
Hilltop Climb
MICHAEL GRIMES REPORTS ON A CLUB WITH SOMALIAN ROOTS WHO ARE DETERMINED TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON AND OFF THE […]
THE CHOCOLATE BOX
YOICHI IGAWA RECALLS A DREAM TRIP TO LA BOMBONERA… COUNTLESS confetti, tinted in the colours of the setting sun, flutter […]
IT, S WORSE THAN BEING THERE!
DAVE COLMER ON WHAT IT, S LIKE FOLLOWING YOUR TEAM ON SOCIAL MEDIA… WE FOLLOW our team through thick and […]
NO MOUNTAIN,NO PROBLEM
POET AND WRITER CHRIS TOWERS TREKKED TO NORTH WALES TO WATCH FLINT MOUNTAIN IN ACTION IN JD CYMRU NORTH… Impressive: […]
ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH
TREVOR HEFT TELLS US ABOUT THE FUNNIEST SIGHT IN FOOTBALL… A safe distance apart: Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund fans […]
Recalling the miracle of Castel Di Sangro
JONNY BRICK CELEBRATES THE SILVER ANNIVERSARY OF A FOOTBALL BOOK SET IN ITALY AND WRITTEN BY AN AMERICAN CRIME WRITER […]
BEFORE THE NEW DAWN
JON SPURLING RECALLS WHAT FOOTBALL WAS REALLY LIKE IN THE 1980S…… MY NEW book Go To War is about 1980s […]
PNE 3 WOLVES 3
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HANDSOME PETER
BOB BOND TAKES A LOOK BACK AT THE CAREER OF FORMER PRESTON AND NOTTINGHAM FOREST FORWARD PETER HIGHAM… Commitment: Nottingham […]
Sunderland on the prowl
BARNABY ROSTANT TAKES A LOOK AT SUNDERLAND’S REVIVAL AND THE IMPACT OF FRENCH BOSS REGIS LE BRIS Championship frontrunners Sunderland […]
England’s last foreign manager wasn’t fabulous
SAM SHEPPEY RECALLS THE REIGN OF ENGLAND’S LAST FOREIGN MANAGER… With Thomas Tuchel becoming just the third overseas manager of […]
Thomas Tuchel time for England
CALLUM HUMPHREY REFLECTS ON ENGLAND’S DECISION TO APPOINT A GERMAN MANAGER AND LOOKS AT HIS CHANCES OF LEADING THE THREE […]
Robert Wilson reflects on Sven-Goran Eriksson’s career
Robert J Wilson reflects on the life and times of the late England manager… If Gareth Southgate was judged as […]
Book review: Boot money & end of shamateurism by Jeff Brooks
JEFF Brooks has written three books about the club he supports, Tooting & Mitcham United, and it was while he was researching the latter two that the subject of ‘boot money’ caught his attention.
Book review: Munichs by David Peace
DAVID Peace has had varying degrees of success with his three football novels.
Isle of Man and Isle of White – Islands of opportunity
SAM TODD REPORTS ON A NEW TOURNAMENT DESIGNED TO GIVE FOUR WOMEN, S TEAMS VITAL COMPETITIVE MATCH ACTION… Champion feeling: […]
The joy of going away: Middlesbrough match sparks passion for road trips
Daniel Gray recalls a Middlesbrough match at Notts County in August 1993 that sparked a passion for further road trips…
John Lyons on Unai Emery’s transformation of Aston Villa
John Lyons reports on the remarkable transformation at Aston Villa over the last two years… If you had predicted a […]
Philip O’Rourke on the forgotten giants of international football
Philip O’Rourke looks at the changing face of the World Football map
Swedish shock: Recalling England’s home humbling by Sweden
Colin Allan recalls when England were stunned on home turf by Sweden 65 years ago…
The life of a Basingstoke Town Fan
LIAM HARDING ON THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF FOLLOWING BASINGSTOKE TOWN Good times: Basingstoke Town celebrat For most of my […]