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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoSEE EVERY GOAL? NOT ON SKY YOU WON’T
Like fingernails down a chalkboard, Sky’s latest advert for its football coverage caused many of us to wince. ASHLEY GREB was...
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/ 13 years agoBEHIND THE ENEMY LINES
MARK SANDERSON on how a bitter rivalry is set aside every time Portsmouth pull on their training kit A15-MINUTE DRIVE is...
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/ 13 years agoRON OF THE BEST
Ron Atkinson’s reputation is permanently stained by the low point of his 2004 racist gaffe but PETER BATEMAN says it’s still...
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/ 13 years agoTHE NUMBER ONE ONES OF NUMBERS
SAM HUGHES pays tribute to Lev Yashin, the goalkeeper known as The Black Spider “What kind of a goalkeeper is the...
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/ 13 years agoTHE MANAGER KNOWS ALL, FANS KNOW F*** ALL!
Managers come in for a lot of stick but PAUL CANTWELL says supporters get their fair share of flak as well...
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/ 13 years agoPEDIGREE PIGS IN A POKE…AND OTHER KINDS
CHRIS DUNLAVY charts some unseen big-money buys that came good...and some that didn’t WHEN Steve Kean announced that he hadn’t even...
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/ 13 years agoTHE BIG DEBATE… CRISIS CLUB OR FRONT RUNNER
CAN a football club be in crisis with just 90 minutes of the season on the clock? It seems so if...
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/ 13 years agoWELCOME TO LATE TACKLE
I’VE written before about something I call ‘the football bubble’. It’s a simple concept – inside it anything goes. People take...
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/ 13 years agoEDUCATE MINDS AS WELL AS FEET
JONATHAN NORTH juggles being a university student with playing semi-pro for Wealdstone United. But previously he was a professional at Watford....
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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 13 years agoUNSUNG HEROES OF THE EUROS
CHRIS DUNLAVY contemplates the star wars that resulted in players with silky skills crashing off the international radars WE all remember...
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/ 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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/ 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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MEMORY LANE – FEBRUARY 1983, BY BOB BOND
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