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Late Tackle
/ 7 years agoATLETI’S GLORY DAYS
STEPHEN BRANDT LOOKS AT THE TIMES WHEN ATLETICO MADRID HAVE SHONE ON THE DOMESTIC AND EUROPEAN STAGE… EUROPEAN SCENE What a...
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/ 7 years agoThe Gentle Giant
David Docherty takes a look back to when John Charles captured the hearts of Italian football fans… LOOKING BACK Flying high:...
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/ 7 years agoIT’S ALL ABOUT THE SEVEN POINTS!
JOHN LYONS EXAMINES A RADICAL PLAN THAT WOULD CHANGE THE FOOTBALL LANDSCAPE FOREVER… CHANGING THE GAME All over: Man City’s Leroy...
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/ 7 years agoNEIL WARNOCK – MR MARMITE
KEVIN HALLS REFLECTS ON THE CAREER OF A CONTROVERSIAL MANAGER WHO PEOPLE TEND TO EITHER LOVE OR HATE… PROFILE OF A...
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/ 7 years agoRAINBOW LEADS TO POT OF GOLD
HUGO VARLEY REPORTS ON HOW THE FA LAID ON WEMBLEY TO PROMOTE DIVERSITY IN GAME THE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY Rainbow arch:...
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/ 7 years agoFESTIVE MEMORIES
SIMON SHELDON LOOKS BACK AT WHAT SANTA USED TO BRING A YOUNG FOOTBALL FAN… LOOKING BACK GROWING up in the 70s...
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/ 7 years agoTHE FLYING PIG, BITES YER LEGS, CRA ZY HORSE AND THE ROMFORD PELE
DAVID DOCHERTY TAKES A LOOK AT SOME OF THE BEST PLAYER NICKNAMES DOWN THE YEARS BEST OF THE NICKNAMES Full stretch:...
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/ 7 years agoHASHTAG UNITED GO VIRAL
HUGO VARLEY REPORTS ON HOW A PIONEERING CLUB ARE MAKING WAVES IN NON-LEAGUE… FOOTBALL REVOLUTION In fine form: Hashtag United celebrate...
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/ 7 years agoWELCOME! TO! LATE! TACKLE
WELL, another year is almost over – and what a year it’s been. The World Cup naturally sticks in the mind...
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/ 7 years agoSTEPHEN CONSTANTINE A FOOTBALL ODYSSEY
JOHN LYONS TALKS TO AN ENGLISH MANAGER WHO HAS ENJOYED A REMARKABLE CAREER WORLD SCENE SOME people might feel the pressure...
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/ 7 years agoPROUD TO W E A R THE COLOURS
COVENTRY FAN KEVIN HALLS EXPLAINS WHY HE OFTEN FEELS LIKE AN OUTSIDER IN HIS OWN CIT Y… SUPPORTER’S VIEWPOINT Sky Blue...
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/ 7 years agoPHYSIOS’ CHRISTMAS STRAIN
VASTLY EXPERIENCED NON-LEAGUE PHYSIO GAVIN BLACKWELL EXPLAINS WHY THE FESTIVE PERIOD CAN BE A TESTING TIME… FESTIVE GRAFT Snow joke: Physios...
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/ 7 years agoCup of cheers – and tears!
Former Non-League Paper editor Stuart Hammonds, now the press and communications manager at Luton Town, reached the FA Cup first round...
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/ 7 years agoMATT IS JUST GLAD ALL ROVER
BOOK REVIEWS LIFELONG Tranmere fan Matt Jones was so happy when the club won promotion that he decided to write a...
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/ 7 years agoMourinho & Pogba the shift in power
Robert J Wilson sugggests that players tend to hold the upper hand these days… BROADLY speaking, it can be quite difficult...
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/ 7 years agoMAKING!THE! IMPOSSIBLE! POSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JOHN!LYONS!LOOKS!AT!THE LEGACY!OF!THE!LATE! LEICESTER!CITY!OWNER! VICHAI!!SRIVADDHANAPRABHA Kings of England: Leicester celebrate their title success with an open-top bus ride YOU only have to...
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/ 7 years agoSKY BLUE HEAVEN AND HELL
KEVIN HALLS REFLECTS ON MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY OF FOLLOWING COVENTRY CITY… Pioneer: Jimmy Hill I’VE been supporting my club...
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/ 7 years agoMOSES!ODUBAJO!- MAKING!MUM!ROUD
John Lyons finds out how the Brentford defender has overcome personal heartache to make a differebce on and off the pitch…...
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/ 7 years agoMIND!HOW!YOU!GO
JOHN!!LYONS!!LOOK!!AT!!HOW!!FOOTBALL!!IS!!PLAYING!!ITS!!PART!!IN!!TACKLING!!MENTAL!!HEALTH!!PROBLEMS Doing their bit: From left, Luke Prosser, Darius Charles, Deji Oshilaja and James Shea THE issue of mental health problems...
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/ 7 years agoLOLLEY’S JOLLY AGAIN
PLAYER INTERVIEW CHRIS!DUNLAVY!CATCHES!UP WITH!A!WINGER!ENJOYING LIFE!IN!THE!CHAMPIONSHIP WITH!NOTTINGHAM!FOREST Ecstatic: Joe Lolley celebrates scoring for Forest ASIZE really matters in some sports. For example,...
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/ 7 years agoALTITUDE SICKNESS? DON’T RISE TO IT
CHRIS DUNLAVY LOOKS BACK AT WHEN FIFA BLUNDERED IN TO A SOUTH AMERICAN SQUABBLE HIGH LEVEL CONTROVERSY FEBRUARY, 2007. The players...
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/ 7 years agoHE!ORIGINAL!BANKSY
DAVID!!!DOCHERTY!!!TAKES!!!AN!!!IN-DEPTH!!!LOOK!!!BACK!!!AT! THE!!!CAREER!!!OF!!!AN!!!ENGLAND!!!GOALKEEPING!!!LEGEND… ENGLAND’S NUMBER ONE On top of the world: England’s Gordon Banks shows off the Jules Rimet Trophy and, inset,...
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/ 7 years agoMERRY-GO-RO UND MAYHEM
SAM COX SAYS SOME FAMILIAR FACES COULD BE ABOUT TO REAPPEAR… IN THE HOTSEAT IT’S that time again in the season...
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/ 7 years agoWELCOME!TO! LATE!TACKLE
LIKE everyone, we were shocked by the recent death of Leicester owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha in the helicopter accident following the Foxes’...
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/ 7 years agoCHEERS TO ENGLAND!
WORLD CUP MEMORIES Drowning their sorrows: England fans put on a brave face after the semi-final MIDDAY – I am in...
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/ 7 years agoTHE RISE AND FALL OF TONY KAY David Docherty looks back at an infamous better scandal that rocked football in the 1960s…
LOOKING BACK Before the storm: Tony Kay at Everton TONY Kay will always be remembered as the man who threw away...
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/ 7 years agoCome on, Ref!
Mike Fenton recalls his days as a referee – and wonders what could have been… THE MAN IN BLACK Ready for...
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/ 7 years agoSUPER SAMPDORIA!
STEPHEN BRANDT RECALLS WHEN AN UNHERALDED ITALIAN CLUB SHOCKED THE TRADITIONAL HEAVYWEIGHTS… LOOKING BACK Double act: Roberto Mancini, left, and Gianluca...
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/ 7 years agoJIMMY HOGAN HUGO MEISL – FOOTBALL VISION ARIES
SIMON SHELDON EXAMINES HOW AN ENGLISH COACH AND AN AUSTRIAN MANAGER TRANSFORMED THE CONTINENTAL GAME… MANAGERIAL DOUBLE ACT WHENEVER there are...
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/ 7 years agoKEV’S!OUT! NO!PROBLEM
DANNY!PRYER!SAYS! MANCHESTER!CITY! SHOWCASED!THEIR! WORLD-CLASS!SQUAD DEPTH!IN!KEVIN! DE!BRUYNE’S!RECENT ABSENCE!AND!THE PREMIER!LEAGUE AND!EVEN!EUROPE SHOULD!BE!SCARED But Kevin De Bruyne is back from injury now Let’s see...
