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/ 7 years agoVIRTUAL REALITY THE NEW REALITY
IAN MCFARLANE EXAMINES THE BURGEONING FOOTBALL VIDEO GAMES MARKET AND ASKS WHETHER IT’S GONE TOO FAR AS A 32-year-old who has...
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/ 7 years agoTHE REAL MAGIC OF THE FA CUP
John Lyons examines whether the heartbeat of the world’s oldest competition is still as strong as ever lower down the ladder...
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/ 7 years agoTHE UPS AND DOWN OF LEAGUE LADDERS
SIMON SHELDON RECALLS WHEN SIMPLE TEAM TABS PROVIDED PLENTY OF AMUSEMENT. Early days: Ladders from the 1974-75 season History: The first...
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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 agoPENALTY KINGS
JOHNLYONS LOOKS BACK!!AT ENGLAND’S DRAMATIC WORLD CUP VICTORY AGAINST COLOMBIA… AND AN OVERDUE SHOOT-OUT SUCCESS BREAKING THE SPELL I’D forgotten what...
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/ 7 years agoGOING UP AND UP
Ian McFarlane looks at how Southampton and Norwich earned successive promotions to climb from League One to the Premier League… THE...
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/ 7 years agoCOME ON CLUBS, GIVE OUR KIDS A CHANCE
Robert J Wilson urges the Premier League top dogs to back England by blooding young players… THE PATH TO SUCCESS Super...
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/ 7 years agoDON’T FORGET THE PHYSIO
LONG-SERVING NON-LEAGUE PHYSIOTHERAPIST GAVIN BLACKWELL EXPLAINS WHY IT CAN BE A PRECARIOUS PROFESSION… UNSUNG HEROES The way it was: Arsenal manager...
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/ 7 years agoIT CAN ONLY BE… BIELSA
John Lyons takes an in-depth look at what’s in store at Leeds United under ‘El Loco’… The eyes have it: Leeds...
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/ 7 years agoWINNING CAND LOSINGJ THEPOOLS
SIMON SHELDON REFLECTS ON THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF A GAME THAT ONCE CAPTIVATED MILLIONS… CASHING IN AT THEIR peak in...
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/ 7 years agoGERRARD AND LAMPARD GO FOR GOLD.
ROBERT J WILSON ON THE CHALLENGE AHEAD FOR TWO FORMER ENGLAND MIDFIELD STARS… TAKING THE NEXT STEP Good times: Frank Lampard...
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/ 7 years agoGREEN LIONS MAULED
STEVE KENNEDY LOOKS AT CHANNEL ISLANDERS GUERNSEY’S TOUGH FIGHT AGAINST THE ELEMENTS… NON-LEAGUE IT PROVED to be a bitter tale for...
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/ 7 years agoTHE GHOST OF WHITE HART LANE
DAVID DOCHERTY RECALLS THE LIFE AND TIMES OF TOTTENHAM AND SCOTLAND STAR JOHN WHITE WHO WAS TAKEN TOO SOON… TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR...
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/ 7 years agoEXPLORINGALL THE BIG ISSUES
BOOK REVIEWS Soccology, by Kevin George, Published by Twinclian Press, Price: £17.99. Rating out of 10: 9 FOR many children around...
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/ 7 years agoGABBY’S FADED GLORY
JOHN WRAGG REFLECTS ON HOW THE ASTON VILLA STRIKER’S ONCE-PROMISING CAREER HAS GRADUALLY PETERED OUT… PROFILE GABBY Agbonlahor left Aston Villa...
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/ 7 years agoTHREE TO WATCH
1. Phil Foden – The fact the 18-year-old midfielder notched up ten appearances, albeit with seven from the bench, for Manchester...
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/ 7 years agoTHECURSE OF SECOND SEASON SYNDROME
SAM COX TAKES A LOOK AT WHETHER CLUBS REALLY ARE AT A GREATER RISK AFTER STAYING UP FIRST TIME AROUND IN...
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/ 7 years agoGAME.for a LAUGH
WE ASKED AUSTRALIAN COMEDIAN AND LIVERPOOL FAN STEEN RASKOPOULOS FOR HIS THOUGHTS ON THE WORLD CUP – AND THE NEW SEASON…...
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/ 7 years agoSIZE DOESN’T MATTER (IN FOOTBALL)!
KEVIN HALLS TAKES A LOOK AT SOME OF THE ‘SHORTER’ PLAYERS WHO HAVE STOOD TALL IN THE BEAUTIFUL GAME DIMINUTIVE HEROES...
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/ 7 years agoYOU DID US PROUD LADS
KEVIN HALLS TIPS HIS HAT TO ENGLAND’S WORLD CUP SQUAD – AND OFFERS AN APOLOGY TO MANAGER GARETH SOUTHGATE… THREE LIONS...
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/ 7 years agoMY FOOTBALL LIFE
FED-UP with ex-players and so-called celebrities having all the fun with their dream teams and memories of the game? Let true...
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/ 7 years agoStars? The Whole Team
MATT BELL SAYS THE FACT RONALDO AND MESSI COULDN’T STAMP THEIR AUTHORITY ON THE WORLD CUP SUGGESTS A SHIFT IN THE...
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/ 7 years agoCHAMPIONS CHANCE
MAT GUY LOOKS AT FOUR UNHERALDED CLUBS WHO ENJOYED AN EARLY TASTE OF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FOOTBALL THIS SEASON… MIXING WITH THE...
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/ 7 years agoWELCOMETO LATE TACKLE
DID that World Cup really happen? Who would have thought that England would win a shoot-out and reach the semi-finals? Argentina...
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/ 7 years agoFLAIR AND DESPAIR
IAN McFARLANE REFLECTS ON A REMARKABLE SEASON IN WHICH THE NORTH-EAST OUTFIT REACHED TWO CUP FINALS AND SUFFERED RELEGATION… LOOKING BACK...
