Late Tackle

Basqueing in the glory

WALSH’S WORLD Kristian Walsh on matters abroadThere’s nothing better in football than watching a team which typifies the city it […]

A reluctant champion

In an extract from excellent new book ‘Joe Fagan, a reluctant champion’ ANDREW FAGAN and MARK PLATT recall the drama […]

The good doctor

STEPHEN TUDOR pays a personal tribute to the football genius that was Socrates After a long battle with illness, the […]

Pop down the local

CHRIS MARTIN wishes most Manchester United fans still came from Salford Prawn sandwiches, floppy jester hats, a brand new replica […]

The missing Lincs

ALAN JOHNSON reports on a torrid time for Lincolnshire that has seen four league clubs reduced to just one When […]

Cruyff ’s funny turn

LIAM MILNER on the trials and tribulations of one of Europe’s biggest clubs that has seen some of its greatest […]

Story of the Blues

MICK RATHBONE spent 35 years as a player and physio at Birmingham, Blackburn and Everton. This extract from ‘The Smell […]

Goodbye Ceefax

Blocky, slow, clumpy but a much-loved source of vital information. MIKE MARTIN mourns the passing of analogue Ceefax to the […]

Come on Pool City!

PAUL BROWN with the tale of the league “everyone was talking about” in 1978 — but only for 15 weeks […]

In praise of the gaffer

OLLY RICKETTS argues that even today, success requires more than just money As Roger Domeneghetti argued in his excellent piece […]

Who’s the boss?

ROGER DOMENEGHETTI of whoateallthegoals.com wonders just how big a part football managers play in the suceess or otherwise of their […]

Breaking Koln tradition

WALSH’S WORLDKristian Walsh on matters abroad ON the banks of the Rhine stand ornate market places, museums and a cathedral […]

Getting stuck in

MERV PAYNE remembers the days when all he wanted was a silver foil badge Ihave a family escape plan in the […]

Heroes and villains

CHRIS MARTIN wonders why fair play usually goes out of the window in football In the modern age football is […]

The true burger king

DAN ROBERTS has tasted the best and worst of footy “cuisine” on his travels around the nation — he’s forgotten […]

HAIR WE GO

WE’RE as guilty as anyone for mourning all that’s gone from the game, but there’s one thing that has remained […]

RANDOM…

with Patrick John DID YOU KNOW: Wycombe Wanderers’ mascot, Bodger, is based on a real person, former striker Tony ‘Bodger’ […]

The one-cap wonder

PATRICK JOHN on the player that epitomised a decade and was loved by fans of two very different clubs, if […]