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Late Tackle
/ 6 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
/ 6 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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Late Tackle
/ 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...
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Late Tackle
/ 6 years agoWATCHING BRIEF
IAN MCF ARLANE LOOKS AT THE WAY WE VIEW FOOTBALL-AND PREDICTS HOW IT COULD CHANGE… YOU can’t avoid the mainstream appeal...
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Late Tackle
/ 6 years agoROONEY AND THE RAMS
DERBY COUNTY JOHN WRAGG TAKES A LOOK AT THE CHALLENGE FACING THE!ENGLAND LEGEND AT PRIDE PARK On the burst: Wayne Rooney...
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Late Tackle
/ 6 years agoADDING COLOUR TO OUR GREAT GAME
What They Wore – Football League Club Colours 1888 to 1988, by John Suggett, www.johnsuggett.com, Price: £20 TO SAY that ‘What...
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Late Tackle
/ 6 years agoSUPER SHREWS
SHREWSBURY TOWN STEPHEN BRANDT RECALLS WHEN SHREWSBURY TOWN ENJOYED A SEASON TO REMEMBER… Leader of the pack: Shrewsbury manager Graham Turner...
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Late Tackle
/ 6 years agoSTERLING V GOMEZ IT’S NOTHING NEW
FOOTBALL BUST-UPS EXPERIENCED FOOTBALL JOURNALIST JOHN WRAGG TELLS US ABOUT SOME SCRAPES AND JAPES Clash: Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling and Liverpool’s...
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Late Tackle
/ 6 years agoMY ENGLAND ALL-STARS
DREAM TEAM KEVIN HALLS!SELECTS HIS BEST-EVER TEAM TO HAVE WORN THETHREE LIONS KEV’S KINGS: (4-4-2) Gordon Banks Jimmy Armfi eld Rio...
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Late Tackle
/ 6 years agoLUKE!VARNEY GOAL–DEN OLDIE
PLAYER INTERVIEW CHRIS DUNLAVY TALKS TO THE VETERAN STRIKER ABOUT HIS RENAISSANCE AT CHELTENHAM TOWN Still got it: Luke Varney, front,...
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Late Tackle
/ 6 years agoTHE ROAD TO WEMBLEY
FOOTBALL JOURNEY CHRIS LINCORN TALKS TO FOOTBALL FANATIC ANDY ABOUT HIS ADVENTURES… Glory day: Arsenal celebrate winning the FA Cup in...
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Late Tackle
/ 6 years agoBREAKING FREE
FREESTYLE FOOTBALL PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL FREESTYLER AND THREE-TIME WORLD RECORD! HOLDER BEN NUTTALL. 19.TELLS US ABOUT HIS WORLD Top venue: Showing off...
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Late Tackle
/ 6 years agoUNIVERSITY CHALLENGE
THE POWER OF FOOTBALL MATT O’CONNOR-SIMPSON EXPLAINS HOW SIMPLE GAME OF FOOTBALL HELPED HIM THROUGH TOUGH TIMES Take a break: Little...
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Late Tackle
/ 6 years agoTHE 90S A GOAL-DEN ERA FOR FO ENGLISH STRIKERS
SHOOTING STARS STUART STEEL YARO LOOKS BACK AT WHEN OUR FORWARDS RAN AMOK… Salute: Coventry’s Dion Dublin BORN in the early...
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Late Tackle
/ 6 years agoWELCOME TO LATE TACKLE
SINCE our last edition, it’s been all-change in north London with Mauricio Pochettino being axed by Tottenham and Unai Emery departing...
