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Late Tackle
/ 7 years agoBIG IN JAPAN
JOHN LYONS TALKS TO DIARMUID LINEHAN ABOUT WHAT IT’S LIKE TO PLAY FOOTBALL IN THE FAR EAST… WORLD SCENE GARY Lineker...
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/ 7 years agoA-ZOF WORLD CUP TRIVIA
SIMON SHELDON COMES UP WITH SOME USEFUL, OR USELESS, BITS OF WORLD CUP HISTORY (DEPENDING ON YOUR POINT OF VIEW) TO...
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/ 7 years agoFAMOUS FIVE
Ian McFarlane reckons there are a handful of genuine contenders for the biggest prize in football … RIVALS FOR THE CROWN...
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/ 7 years agoScotland’s World Cup own-goal
Colin Allan recalls when the Scots turned down the chance to play in the 1950 finals… LOOKING BACK Crucial goal: Roy...
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/ 7 years agoDON’T IGNORE VARDY
CHRIS DUNLAVY EXPLAINS WHY THE LEICESTER SPEEDSTER COULD HAVE A CRUCIAL ROLE TO PLAY IN!RUSSIA TACTICAL MATTERS Shooting stars: Leicester striker...
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/ 7 years agoESSAM EL-HADARY FOOTBALL’S PETER PAN
STEVE KENNEDY LOOKS AT THE AMAZING CAREER OF THE VETERAN EGYPT GOALKEEPER… KING OF THE PHARAOHS EGYPT are unlikely to break...
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/ 7 years agoIT’S A WEIRD WORLD
MAT GUY TAKES AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT SOME OF THE MORE UNUSUAL STORIES FROM FOOTBALL’S SHOWPIECE EVENT STRANGE TALES THE World...
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/ 7 years agoSHATTERED DREAMS
MATT BELL REFLECTS ON THE IMPACT OF THE MUNICH AIR DISASTER ON THE NATIONAL TEAM… ENGLAND’S LOST STARS THE 1958 World...
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/ 7 years agoWELCOME TO LATE TACKLE
IF YOU’RE a regular reader, thanks for your continued support. If you’re a new reader… then where have you been? (Only...
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/ 7 years agoKenilworth Road a dying breed
Mat Guy takes a close look at one of the old-style grounds that is likely to soon bid farewell… CHANGING STADIA...
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/ 7 years agoKENNY DALGLISH’S CELTIC GLORY DAYS
David Docherty looks back at a time when a young Scottish striker was making his name… LOOKING BACK I HAVE never...
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/ 7 years agoVILLAGE PEOPLE
PAUL ARMSTRONG REFLECTS ON THE CHARM OF VILLAGE FOOTBALL AND THE ‘AGRICULTURAL!GAME’… VILLAGE Football. Don’t you just love it? Well, probably...
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/ 7 years agoPROUD TIBET SEEK RETURN
MAT GUY REFLECTS ON WATCHING THE TIBETANS PLAY A DOZEN YEARS AGO AND EXPLAINS HOW THEY’RE TRYING TO GET BACK IN...
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/ 7 years agoTHE MADNESS OF FOOTBALL
KEVIN!HALLS PONDERS IF THE GAME IS BECOMING EVER-MORE CRAZY AS TIMES GOES BY… CAUGHT IN THE CHAOS The price you have...
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/ 7 years agoCOVENTRY CITY THE INVISIBLE CLUB
JOHN WRAGG TAKES A LOOK AT HOW THE SKY BLUES HAVE BECOME OUTSIDERS IN THEIR OWN HOME JOHN WRAGG SKY BLUE...
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/ 7 years agoEverybody Loved Raymond
ROBERT J WILSON pays tribute to the late, great Ray Wilkins… ROBERT J WILSON MIDFIELD MAESTRO BORN in Hillingdon, west London...
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/ 7 years agoTHE RISE AND FALL OF FREDDY ADU
STEVE KENNEDY LOOKS AT HOW A TEENAGE PRODIGY HAS FOUND IT TOUGH TO FULFIL HIS TALENT!… STEVE KENNEDY FADED DREAMS AT...
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/ 7 years agoStanley Matthews Scourge of the Scots
COLIN ALLAN recalls when an England winger repeatedly tormented the Auld Enemy… AN ABIDING stereotype claims Scots are tight-fisted. Yet in...
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/ 7 years agoARSENE DESERVES RESPECT
ROBERT J WILSON SAYS WHAT ARSENAL MANAGER ARSENE WENGER HAS ACHIEVED WITH THE GUNNERS SHOULDN’T BE FORGOTTEN EVEN IF THE END...
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/ 7 years agoCrisis? try York City…
SAM RADCLIFFE explains why fans of the big clubs have no need to whinge about their problems NON-LEAGUE West Ham’s Mark...
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/ 7 years agoTHE RISE OF FOOTBALL TECHNOLOGY
Spencer Buchan takes a look at how the game has changed – and is changing now… PATH TO THE FUTURE Spencer...
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/ 7 years agoTONY’S TALES MAKE FOR A TOP READ…
Irish Soccer Migrants – A Social and Cultural History, by Conor Curran, published by Cork University Press, price: £24 (hardback), Rating...
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/ 7 years agoKING KEV
JAMES RICHARDS CATCHES UP WITH EVERGREEN MORECAMBE STRIKER KEVIN ELLISON TO DISCUSS THE 39-YEAR-OLD’S!CAREER AND HOPES FOR THE FUTURE GOAL-DEN OLDIE...
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/ 7 years agoTHE TOP 10 FOOTBALL FILMS EVER…
MICHAEL RENOUF GIVES US HIS TAKE ON THE MOVIES THAT HAVE HIT THE TARGET MICHAEL RENOUF AT THE MOVIES 10. MIKE...
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/ 7 years agoSwindon fans Keeping it Real
JACK LOWERS says supporters of lower league clubs are the heartbeat of the game FOOTBALL PASSION ENGLISH football is very much...
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/ 7 years agoTHE MAGIC OF MO
LIVERPOOL FAN CHRIS WILLIAMS HAILS THE IMPACT OF NEW REDS HERO MOHAMED SALAH… KING OF THE KOP SHOOTING STAR: Liverpool’s Mohamed...
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/ 7 years agoTHE MIGHTY MAGYARS
KEITH DIXON RECALLS WHEN SHELL-SHOCKED ENGLAND WERE OUTCLASSED AT WEMBLEY STADIUM… LOOKING BACK IN THE FIRING LINE: England keeper Gil Merrick...
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/ 7 years agoEVANS SPICES UP POSH
IAN MCFARLANE TAKES A LOOK AT THE EXTRAORDINARY CAREER OF PETERBOROUGH UNITED’S NEW MANAGER MANAGER ON MOVE Glory day: Steve Evans...
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/ 7 years agoMeeting George Best
STUART BOLTON recalls the day he briefly met a football legend A GLIMPSE OF FAME ACOUPLE of days after one of...
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/ 7 years agoIT’S TIME THE THREE LIONS ROARED!
MATT BELL reckons England should be able to perform better than in recent times in Russia this summer… ENGLAND’S MISSION Frozen...
