Late Tackle

WELCOME TO LATE TACKLE

WOW, it’s been quite a season, hasn’t it? If anything summed it up, it was Manchester City’s remarkable last day […]

MY SEVEN DEADLY SINS

STEVE TOLMIE EXPLAINS WHY HE COULD NEVER HAVE BEEN A PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLER… TOUCH, speed, mindset, game intelligence, physique… ask the […]

THE GREAT ESCAPE

DAVE COLMER REPORTS ON HOW HULLBRIDGE SPORTS AVOIDED THE DROP… Here we go: Handshakes before Hullbridge vs TilburyIF THIS is […]

STICKY TOFFEES

LUKE BIRCH LOOKS AT EVERTON’S FORTUNES OVER THE PAST DECADE… IN JULY 2013, Everton manager David Moyes was head-hunted by […]

MY FOOTBALL LIFE

LATE TACKLE CONTRIBUTOR JOE ACKLAM DISCUSSES HIS FOOTBALLING LIKES, DISLIKES, FIRSTS AND MEMORIES, WITH THE CONDITION THAT HE WAS IN […]

THE AMERICAN DREAM

HARRY GORDON ON THE RISE OF THE MLS AND US SOCCER… Trend-setter: David Beckham brought great publicity to MLS MLS, […]

CROSSING THE BRIDGE

DAVE COLMER LOOKS FORWARD TO NEW ADVENTURES WATCHING NON-LEAGUE SIDE HULLBRIDGE SPORTS… AFTER years of thinking about it, the wife […]

A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK

BILLY LAWRENCE LOOKS AT FAMILY TIES IN THE FOOTBALL WORLD… Smile please: Cristiano Ronaldo Jr is following in dad’s footsteps […]

DAN THE PHOTO MAN

NOTTS COUNTY FAN IAN KIRKE SALUTES PHOTOGRAPHER DAN WESTWELL’S EFFORTS TO CAPTURE THE CLUB’S AND SUPPORTERS’ SPECIAL MOMENTS… WITH Nottingham […]

CHELSEA 0 WEDNESDAY 2

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YOUTH CUP OF DREAMS

IN ADVANCE OF THE PUBLICATION OF HIS BOOK ON THE FA YOUTH CUP, JONNY BRICK FINDS THE TOP CAT AMONG […]

LEONE STARS SPARKLE

GEORGE BUTLER REPORTS ON SIERRA LEONE’S RETURN TO THE BIG TIME… THE sun has now set on the 33rd edition […]

THE BEAT GOES ON

EFFORTS TO REMEMBER IPSWICH TOWN LEGEND KEVIN BEATTIE ARE GOING FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH… Powerhouse: Ipswich Town’s Kevin Beattie THE […]

WELCOME TO LATE TACKLE

IT’S hard to believe we’re approaching the business end of the season, isn’t it? Yet time is flying by and […]

THE UGLY GAME

SAM TODD REPORTS ON THE WORRYING RISE IN INCIDENTS OF POOR BEHAVIOUR BY SUPPORTERS… THE FA Cup fourth round weekend […]

LIFE AFTER FOOTBALL

KIT PARSONS TALKS TO FORMER OXFORD UNITED STRIKER JAMES CONSTABLE ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES PLAYERS FACE WHEN THEY HANG UP THEIR […]

TOMMY’S THE TOPS

KEVIN HALLS EXPLAINS WHY TOMMY HUTCHINSON IS HIS COVENTRY CITY ALL-STAR… Class act: Tommy Hutchison in Coventry colours playing for […]

NOT SO SUPER SUBS

JOE ACKLAM SAYS THAT CALLS FOR FIVE SUBSTITUTES TO BE REINTRODUCED IN ENGLISH FOOTBALL ARE WIDE OF THE MARK… At […]

THE LIFE OF A FAN

TORQUAY UNITED SUPORTERS’ TRUST SUPPORTER LIAISON OFFICER NICK BRODRICK EXPLAINS WHAT IT REALLY MEANS TO BE A FOOTBALL FOLLOWER… Star […]

THE BIG FREEZE

KEVIN HALLS RECALLS WHEN FOOTBALL WAS FROZEN OUT IN THE WINTER OF 1963… Snow joke: When football was put on […]

WINNING VS ENTERTAINMENT

JOE ACKLAM GIVES HIS VIEW ON THE BALANCE BETWEEN WINNING AT ALL COSTS AND LOSING IN STYLE… Attacking intent: Raphinha […]

SOARING SEAGULLS

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION FAN TOBY REED-MCGILL REFLECTS ON HIS CLUB’S UPWARDLY MOBILE JOURNEY IF YOU had told Brighton fans […]

CUP CLASSICS

JOHN LYONS REFLECTS ON A MEMORABLE FA CUP THIRD ROUND WEEKEND… What a feeling! Cambridge celebrate beating Newcastle Lewis Grabban […]

THE NAME GAME

BILLY LAWRENCE TESTS HIS BRAIN POWER TO SELECT A TOP ALLITERATIVE XI… THOMAS Tuchel has been a revelation since taking […]

BILLY’S CANARIES STRIFE

RICHARD SAYELL EXAMINES TALENTED MIDFIELDER BILLY GILMOUR’S UNEXPECTED PROBLEMS AT NORWICH CITY THIS TERM.. WHILE nobody has covered themselves in […]

EXPECTED JOY

JONNY BRICK EXPLAINS WHY FOOTBALL STATS SHOULD BRANCH OUT IN A DIFFERENT WAY… LOOK, I don’t know if you like […]

THANK YOU DAVE

DAN BONNINGTON PAYS A PERSONAL TRIBUTE TO THE LATE AUTHOR AND BROMLEY FAN DAVE ROBERTS… I’VE always been an avid […]