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EFL
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Hull City were 3-0 up in the last five minutes of this vital Christmas Day match before Rotherham made it 3-2...
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Late Tackle
/ 6 months agoEngland and the managers who turned down the national job
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Book Reviews
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EFL
/ 6 months agoRegis Le Bris has Sunderland dreaming of promotion again
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Book Reviews
/ 6 months agoREVIEW: Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom by Adam Hurrey
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EFL
/ 6 months agoCAREER REVIEW: Peter Higham
Fratton Park, February 1950. Defending First Division champions Portsmouth had an injury crisis. Enter 19-year-old Marine Peter Higham.
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Book Reviews
/ 6 months agoREVIEW: Badger’s Football Slang & Banter by Niall Edworthy
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EFL
/ 6 months agoCARTOON: Preston North End 3-3 Wolverhampton, 1954
A cartoon illustrating the 3-3 draw between Preston North End and Wolverhampton Wanderers at Deepdale on 13 November 1954.
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Book Reviews
/ 6 months agoREVIEW: Panini Legends by Greg Lansdowne
Panini Legends: A Celebration of the World's Greatest Football Stickers - Greg Lansdowne, published by Bloomsbury Sport, price: £16.99.
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Europe
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Late Tackle
/ 6 months agoThe rise of SE Dons – One of the most popular YouTube football teams
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Book Reviews
/ 6 months 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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EFL
/ 6 months agoTRIVIA: 20 unusual but totally true football facts
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Book Reviews
/ 6 months 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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Fans View
/ 6 months 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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Europe
/ 6 months agoEngland v Italy, 1934: Battle of Highbury remembered for brutality
On November 14, 1934, England met reigning World Cup winners Italy in a game that became known as the Battle of...
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Fans View
/ 6 months 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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Late Tackle
/ 6 months agoWelcome to Late Tackle – December & January Edition
It’s never easy taking a managerial job mid-season and moving to another country only adds to the challenge. But when Manchester...
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EFL
/ 6 months 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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Late Tackle
/ 6 months agoSuperclasico: A young man’s experience of La Bombonera
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Late Tackle
/ 7 months agoRobert Wilson reflects on Sven-Goran Eriksson’s career
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/ 7 months agoAlan Knight’s Portsmouth 1 Liverpool 1 graphic
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Late Tackle
/ 7 months agoCallum Humphrey: Erling Haaland, Harry Kane last of a dying breed
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EFL
/ 7 months agoVoices of the Vic: Jonny Brick on Watford fan podcasts
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Late Tackle
/ 7 months agoMichael Stewart on the weird and wonderful world of goalkeepers
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Late Tackle
/ 7 months agoRyan Reynolds, Tom Brady, Stormzy: Famous owners in the spotlight
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Late Tackle
/ 7 months agoCareer review: Japhet Tanganga
BARNABY ROSTANT TAKES A LOOK AT DEFENDER JAPHET TANGANGA'S HIGHS AND LOWS... In the big time: Japhet Tanganga, right, playing for...
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Features
/ 7 months agoA groundhopper’s guide to good grub
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Late Tackle
/ 7 months agoBrentford – Flying with the Bees
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Late Tackle
/ 7 months agoRETURN TO THE HINTERLANDS
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