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Late Tackle
/ 5 years agoRAMSEY TO THE RESCUE
LOOKING BAC COLIN ALLAN RECALLS WHEN ENGLAND MAINTAINED A PROUD UNBEATEN HOME RECORD BY THE SKIN OF THEIR TEETH Mr Cool:...
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Late Tackle
/ 5 years agoIT’S!A!NUMBERS GAME
MIXING THINGS UP CHRIS!SERGEANT!EXAMINES HOW!SHIRT!NUMBERS HAVE!CHANGED!BEYOND !ALL!RECOGNITION… THE allocation of shirt numbers can be a source of consternation among footballing purists....
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Late Tackle
/ 5 years agoTHE!TEAM!BEHIND THE!TEAM
GETTING THE BALANCE RIGHT EXPERIENCED!NON-LEAGUE!PHYSIO!GAVIN!BLACKWELL CONSIDERS!THE!IMPORTANCE!OF!BACKROOM!!STAFF!AND THE!UNCERTAINTY!THEY!SOMETIMES!FACE… HAVING been involved in football for many years, I have worked for a number...
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Late Tackle
/ 5 years agoTHE!PRIDE!OF!THE!CHAGOS!ISLANDS
INTERNATIONAL SCENE MAT!GUY!REPORTS!ON!A!TEAM!PREPARING!FOR!THE!WORLD!CUP!-!AND!THEIR!WIDER!GOALS THE 3G pitch at Broadfield Stadium, Crawley, is teeming. Beneath the arc of the floodlights, myriad games and...
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Late Tackle
/ 5 years agoYOU’RE!A!DISGRACE KLOPP
FA CUP IN CRISIS EXPERIENCED!JOURNALIST!JOHN!WRAGG SAYS!THE!LIVERPOOL !MANAGER’S!FA!CUP NO-SHOW!CROSSED!THE!LINE Stern-faced: Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp at the 2-2 draw between his side and...
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Late Tackle
/ 5 years agoSHOW!THE!CUP SOME!RESPECT
FA CUP IN CRISIS ROB!WILSON!LAMENTS!THE!WAY!THE!FA!CUP!HAS!BEEN!MARGINALISED!IN!THE!CHASE!FOR!MEGABUCKS THE first ever FA Cup final took place in 1872 at the Oval Cricket Ground. Wanderers...
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Late Tackle
/ 5 years agoTHE!POWER OF!URUGUAY
SOUTH AMERICA DYLAN!KRAIN!EXPLAINS!HOW!THE!SMALL!SOUTH! AMERICAN!COUNTRY!PUNCH!ABOVE!THEIR!WEIGHT Star quality: Uruguay produce top quality strikers like Luis Suarez and, left, Diego Forlan IN LATE October...
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Late Tackle
/ 5 years agoRISING!TO!THE!! !CHALLENGE
STEPPING UP IN STYLE STUART!STEELYARD LOOKS!ATTHE! CLUBS!WHO!HAVE SHONE!ON!THEIR! ARRIVAL!IN!THE! TOP-FLIGHT!OF ENGLISH!FOOTBALL… THE prime objective of a newly promoted club in the...
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Late Tackle
/ 5 years agoBILL!GLAZIERSKY! BLUES!LEGEND
COVENTRY CITY KEVIN!HALLS!RECALLS!A!GOALKEEPER!WHO!WOWED THE!FANS!AT!COVENTRY!WITH!!HIS!BRILLIANCE… Standing tall: Former Coventry goalkeeper Bill Glazier at the Legends Parade at the Ricoh Arena in April...
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Late Tackle
/ 5 years agoBUZZING!!BEES
BRENTFORD ON THE RISE LUKE!!PHELPS!!EXAMINES!!HOW!!BRENTFORD’S!!SHREWD RECRUITMENT!!HAS!!HELPED!!THEM!!CLIMB!!HIGH… BRENTFORD´S steady ascent up the Football League is one to be both studied and applauded....
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Late Tackle
/ 5 years agoWELCOME!TO! LATE!TACKLE
WE’VE all got our favourite memories of the FA Cup, haven’t we? It’s a competition that has meant so much to...
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Late Tackle
/ 5 years agoHOLLANDV BRAZIL -A!WORLD CUP!RIVALRY
CLASH OF THE GIANTS ROSS!KILVINGTON!LOOKS!BACK!AT!THE!CLASHES BETWEEN!TWO!OF!FOOTBALL’S!GIANTS… THE third place play-off at the World Cup is often seen as an afterthought, a...
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Late Tackle
/ 5 years agoBACK!TO THEIR!ROOTS
SOUTHEND UNITED IT’S!OFTEN!SAID!THAT!FOOTBALL!CLUBS!FORGET!ABOUT!THEIR!OLD!PLAYERS,!THE HEROES!WHO!ACHIEVED!GREAT!FEATS!AND!SPILT!BLOOD!FOR!THE!CAUSE.!LATE!TACKLE! REPORTS!ON!HOW!SOUTHEND!UNITED!ARE!ONE!CLUB!ATTEMPTING!TO!BUCK!THE!TREND… Big reunion: Former Southend players met up last March and, inset, Derek Spence, left, and Andy...
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Late Tackle
/ 5 years agoGORDON!ASTALL ENGLAND’S!OLDEST
BIRMINGHAM!CITY!FAN!KEITH!DIXON!REFLECTS!ON!THE!CAREER!OF!A!BLUES!HERO WHEN Ivor Broadis died in April last year, the accolade of being the oldest living England International footballer fell to...
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Late Tackle
/ 6 years agoIT’S NO ALDER- NARY STORY
GOING FOR GLORY MATT BADCOCK REPORTS ON THE ISLANDERS LOOKING TO BREAK A 100-YEAR DUCK HEARD the one about the football...
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Late Tackle
/ 6 years agoWHEN A SIMPLE GAME OF FOOTBALL MEANS A LOTMORE…
90 Minutes of Freedom, by Jamie Grundy, self-published (www.jamiegrundy.net), Price: £7.99 MOST of us take being able to play football for...
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Late Tackle
/ 6 years agoPETER TAKES A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE
Spurs… and the Swinging Sixties, by Peter Jouning, self-published (available on Amazon), Price: £9.99 SUPPORTING Tottenham runs in the family for...
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Late Tackle
/ 6 years agoBOXING DAY BONANZA
KEVIN HALLS RECALLS A CRAZY DAY OF GOALS ALMOST 60 YEARS AGO… WELL, we are now into a new year and...
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Late Tackle
/ 6 years agoDUNCAN EDWARDS STILL THEY COME…
MIKE FENTON RECALLS THE AWESOME ABILITY OF DUNCAN EDWARDS AND REPORTS ONHOW THE TOWN OF DUDLEY HAS REMEMBERED ITS GREATEST FOOTBALLER…...
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Late Tackle
/ 6 years agoANCELOTTI BIDS TO UNSTICK THE TOFFEES
EVERTON’S NEW ERA DAVID DOCHERTY EXAMINES THE TASK AHEAD FOR EVERTON’S NEW BOSS AND TAKES A LOOK BACK AT HIS REMARKABLE...
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Late Tackle
/ 6 years agoWOW WHAT A DECADE,
HIGHS AND LOWS JACQUES LE-BON TAKES A LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THE KEY MOMENTS AND STORIES OVER THE LAST TEN...
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Late Tackle
/ 6 years agoTHANKS BALD EAGLE
FOOTBALL LEGEND TOM BLACKETT LOOKS BACK AT THE LIFE OF THE LATE JIM SMITH IT WAS a sign of how popular...
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Late Tackle
/ 6 years agoPAUL TAIT BLUES GOLDEN GOALS AND THAT T-SHIRT
WEMBLEY WINNER BIRMINGHAM CITY FANATIC KEITH DIXON TALKS TO THE FORMER MIDFIELDER ABOUT HIS COLOURFUL CAREER IT’S hard to believe it’s...
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Late Tackle
/ 6 years agoBACK HOME THE 2007 FA TROPHY FINAL
NEW WEMBLEY WONDERS CHRIS LINCOLN RECALLS PREMIER LINKS, ONE-GAME WONDERS AND FREESTYLING SAVIOURS Ecstasy: Stevenage celebrate beating Kidderminster in a thrilling...
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Late Tackle
/ 6 years agoTHE MAGIC OF FORT WILLIAM
SHOWING TRUE SPIRIT MAT GUY REPORTS ON AN ISOLATED CLUB STAYING STRONG IN THE FACE OF DVERSITY… Keeping an eye on...
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/ 6 years agoMY EFLTEAM OF THE DECADE
A CLASS APART CHRIS DUNLAVY OF OUR SISTER PUBLICATION THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE PAPER SELECTS HIS ALL-STAR XI FROM the rise of...
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Late Tackle
/ 6 years agoREDS IN THE USA
GOING ON TOUR STEPHEN BRANDT LOOKS BACK AT WHEN LIVERPOOL FIRST HEADED TO THE STATES WHEN we see European clubs tour...
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Late Tackle
/ 6 years agoMICK’S TOP STOPPERS
IN SAFE HANDS WHEN it comes to top Mick Payne has worked with some of the best in the game.The England...
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Late Tackle
/ 6 years agoWARMING UP FOR ‘66
PREPARING FOR GLORY COLIN ALLAN LOOKS BACK AT HOW ALF RAMSEY HONED HIS SQUAD IN READINESS FOR THE WORLD CUP ON...
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Late Tackle
/ 6 years agoRUNNING REPAIRS
EXPERIENCED PHYSIO GAVIN BLACKWELL ON THE VARIETY OF ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE DEALT WITH Pain game: Charlton’s Erhun Oztumer receives...
