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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoWIN, LOSE OR SNORE
Critics of Spain’s tika-taka style have branded it boring. For ALEX KEBLE that’s tantamount to blasphemy… SO here are the stats:...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoWelcome to late tackle
TEAM GB’s predictable penalty shoot-out exit from the men’s football at the Olympic Games seemed to sneak under the radar as...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoYOU CAN ALL TWITTER ON WITHOUT ME
For many, Twitter has become as much of a part of football as a dodgy pie and a fat bloke in...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoYOU CALLED IT WHAT EXACTLY?
MARTIN ROBERTS on a naming rights deal with a difference “WHERE the heck’s Parkhouse, mate?” It was an all-too-common cry...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoCHAMPION WHEEZERS OF WORLD
CHRIS DUNLAVY picks his top Xl from those who liked more than the occasional puff behind the bike sheds SMOKING, as...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoPSG-LEE
It’s not just Manchester City that are being bankrolled to success. DECLAN OLLEY reckons it’s only a matter of time until...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoOH MAN, I LOVE AVB
Villas-Boas divides opinions – is he a football genius or a one-season wonder? For JACK HOWES there’s no fence-sitting. In fact,...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoSTAR SIGNINGS THAT CRASHED TO EARTH
CHRIS DUNLAVY looks at some of the joyful early season arrivals who proved to be miserable flops instead Emerson Kevin Davies...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoOUCH! NOW THAT WAS A SENDING-OFF!
CHRIS DUNLAVY looks at the red cards that carried not the slightest hint of rough justice IF you’re going to get...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoTHE ITALIAN JOB
ALAN JOHNSON remembers a competition that allowed some of England’s lower league clubs to pit their wits against the fancy foreigners...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoPITCHING IN FOR FOOTBALL
The Stone Roses and the Euros made this a great summer for an older generation of footie fans who love music...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoJUST NINETY MINUTES OF HEAVEN
It’s what they’re all aiming for – the Premier League. But imagine getting there and playing only ONCE on the big...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoSO YOU THINK YOU’RE ‘ARD DO YOU? THINK ON
CHRIS DUNLAVY says you can forget Roy Keane and Chopper Harris when you want to find the true tough guys of...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoWELCOME TO LATE TACKLE
For footie fans of a certain vintage, it’s easy to feel a little downtrodden. We throw the ‘beautiful game’ mantra around...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoHOW I LEARNED TO LOVE RAT-BOY
STEP HEN TUDOUR admits his secret affection for a man he once detested – Gary Neville EVERY Monday evening, before my...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoRANDOM…WITH PATRICK JOHN
MOST OBSCURE TRIVIA EVER Shinji Kagawa will be the 12th Manches-ter United player under Sir Alex Ferguson whose surname is at...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoPRAISE FOR THE UNSUNG HEROES
In an age where it seems everyone is a footie expert, DECLAN OLLEY was encouraged to see some unknown names take...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoTEN OF THE BEST THAT HIT THE TARGET
Here’s our pick of the goals from Euros past to look up on YouTube THERE were some great goals at Euro...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoWHEN FINISHING THIRD CAN MEAN RELEGATION
DUNLAVY DUNLAVY figures out that the Argentinian method of where teams finish in the league table is a number-crunching game SO,...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoGREEN BY NAME GREEN BY NATURE
ALAN JOHNSON explains how banning bangers has been a recipe for success and made Forest Green hungry to serve more eco...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoRANDOM… WITH PATRICK JOHN
DID YOU KNOW As the European Championship approaches – and thoughts turn to the blessed Germans winning again – it...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoKEEPING THE SHIP AFLOAT
SIMON HUGHES shines light on an appeal to give a team formed in 1894 a bright future THE wooden hub of...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoWHERE’S THE PASSION IN DEAR OLD ROY?
JAMES OWENS just can’t get excited about the new Three Lions boss WATCHING Ricky Tomlinson as the haphazard, heart-on-sleeve gaffer he...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoBRASSED OFF!
LAWRENCE COHEN couldn’t give hoot about the trum pets and drums that follow England The England Band THEY lack wit...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoTHE MANAGERS STRIKES BACK
CHRIS DUNLAVY recalls when passion reached boiling point and trouble brewed Paolo Di Canio VERBAL abuse is as much a part...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoLOVE AFFAIR WITH AN OLD LADY
DAVID HASTINGS on Alessandro Del Piero and Juventus – one of football’s most enduring relationships ON the 25th March 2012, Alessandro...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoGOING SOFT? FOOTBALL IS FEROCIOUS THESE DAYS
PAUL WILLS explodes the myth that the game’s lost its physicality AS MUCH as I'd have liked to get physical with...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoITAL DO NICELY AND ALL FOR A TON
KRIS GRIFFIN does Serie A on a shoestring Stadio Olimpico Toto Schillaci WALKING through the urban sprawl of the Olympic Village...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoIS MESSI BETTER THAN PELE AND WHO CARES?
NEIL SCOTT is sick of the scramble to quantify everything in football Diego Maradona,Lionel Messi,Pele Lionel Messie slaloms through yet another...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoLETS ALL MEET UP IN THE YEAR 2000
DAVID CHILDS reveals his Bhoy-hood memories WHILE walking down Byers Road in Glasgow’s West End, I found myself stopping to enter...
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