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Fans View
/ 7 months agoMartin Mazur on Diego Maradona’s drug ban and comeback
Martin Mazur reflects on when Argentina legend Diego Maradona was banned for drug use and then made his comeback at Boca...
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Features
/ 7 months agoHow Mark Robins saved Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United job
Michael Stewart recalls when Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United future was hanging by a thread 35 years ago.
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Features
/ 7 months agoMichael Cheek’s long journey to reaching the EFL with Bromley
Barnaby Rostant takes a look at Michael Cheek's lengthy journey to reach the EFL and his stunning impact in it.
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Features
/ 7 months agoWelcome to Late Tackle! Edition #99
Can Sarina Wiegman’s Lionesses overcome change and challenge to retain their European crown in Switzerland this summer?
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Features
/ 7 months agoEuro 2025: Can Lionesses defend title in Switzerland?
John Lyons reports on England women's prospects as they prepare to defend their European title in Switzerland this summer.
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Features
/ 7 months agoUnderdog season: Crystal Palace, Newcastle, Tottenham and more
Trying to predict football is a tricky business as there always seems to be one team that lets you down, one...
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Book Reviews
/ 9 months agoBook review: Last Boy of ’66, by Sir Geoff Hurst
Hat-trick hero Sir Geoff Hurst is the last surviving member of England’s 1966 World Cup winning team and his latest book...
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Book Reviews
/ 9 months agoBook Review: Chris Towers finds right mix
Return to the Hinterlands, by Chris Towers, published by Big White Shed, Price: £10 A follow-up to ‘Hinterlands’, Chris Towers once...
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Book Reviews
/ 11 months agoFEARS FOR OUR GAME: A review of States of Play by Miguel Delaney
THE Independent’s chief football writer Miguel Delaney has produced a forensic investigation into sportswashing and how it has damaged the beautiful...
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Book Reviews
/ 11 months agoA DECADE TO REMEMBER: A review of Don’t Cry For Me, Next Door Neighbour, by Michael Fahey
IN Don’t Cry For Me, Next Door Neighbour, Michael Fahey charts the fortunes of the national sides of England, Scotland, Wales,...
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Features
/ 11 months agoEnding the backpass farce
BRIAN CORRY ON A FOOTBALL LAW CHANGE THAT BREATHED NEW LIFE INTO THE GAME It’s mine: Denmark’s Peter Schmeichel claims the...
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Book Reviews
/ 1 year agoPREVIEW: Go To War, by Jon Spurling
My new book is about 1980s football, in particular its prime movers and shakers at clubs like Liverpool, Everton, Aston Villa,...
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Book Reviews
/ 1 year agoJoe McGinniss: Recalling ‘The Miracle of Castel di Sangro’
If the study of football was on the national curriculum, then Joe McGinniss’ The Miracle of Castel di Sangro would be...
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Book Reviews
/ 1 year agoREVIEW: Come on Marine! by Barry Lenton
Come on Marine! A personal history of the Mighty Mariners - Barry Lenton, published by Barry Lenton, price: £32.
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Book Reviews
/ 1 year agoREVIEW: Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom by Adam Hurrey
Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to use (and abuse) the language of football - Adam Hurrey, published by Headline, Price:...
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Book Reviews
/ 1 year agoREVIEW: Badger’s Football Slang & Banter by Niall Edworthy
Badger’s Football Slang & Banter - Niall Edworthy, published by Badger Books, price: £9.99.
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Book Reviews
/ 1 year agoREVIEW: Benno, My Life in Football by Dave Bennett
Benno: My Life in Football - Dave Bennett with Rich Chamberlain, published by Pitch Publishing, price: £25.
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Fans View
/ 1 year agoAn ode to the fractious border between home and away fans
Here follows a passionate footballing ode to that small strip of seats, that unstable gap, which separates away fans from home...
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Book Reviews
/ 1 year agoBook review: Panini Legends, by Greg Lansdowne
If you are a big fan of Panini stickers, then it is going to be hard to find a better Christmas...
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Fans View
/ 1 year agoFlint Mountain FC and the joys of Welsh football
The club intrigued me as I had never come across a team with ‘mountain’ in the name and from the outset...
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Book Reviews
/ 1 year agoREVIEW: Head for the Floodlights, by Giles Goford
Head for the Floodlights: Around the 92 in the 1980s - Giles Goford, published by Conker Editions, price: £16.
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EFL
/ 1 year agoThe highs and lows of following a match on social media
One of the best aspects of football is that we follow our teams through thick and thin, in all kinds of...
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Features
/ 1 year agoA groundhopper’s guide to good grub
Trevor Heft discusses an important and tasty part of the matchday ritual...
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Features
/ 1 year agoSwedish shock: Recalling England’s home humbling by Sweden
Colin Allan recalls when England were stunned on home turf by Sweden 65 years ago...
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Book Reviews
/ 1 year agoBook review: Munichs by David Peace
DAVID Peace has had varying degrees of success with his three football novels.
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Book Reviews
/ 1 year agoBook 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...
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EFL
/ 1 year agoVoices of the Vic: Jonny Brick on Watford fan podcasts
Jonny Brick listens in as Watford fan podcasts try to make sense of where the club they love finds itself...
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Book Reviews
/ 1 year agoBrian Moore Saved our Sundays – The Golden Age of Televised Football by Matt Eastley
Matt Eastley’s book is a joyously nostalgic journey through the golden days of regional televised football in the 1970s.
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Book Reviews
/ 1 year agoThe Claret Pals by Evan Baldock
Published by the Book Guild Ltd, price: £8.99 They say you should write about what you know and Evan Baldock has...
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Book Reviews
/ 1 year agoFoul and Fair by Steve Coach
Published by the Book Guild Ltd, price: £9.99 Anyone who has been involved in kids’ football will know that it can...
