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Late Tackle
/ 3 years agoWELCOME TO LATE TACKLE
IT’S easy to get caught up in the Premier League and Champions League hype, isn’t it? True, it’s the elite level...
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EFL
/ 3 years agoUP FOR THE CUP
JOHN LYONS SAYS THE FA CUP HASN’T LOST ITS MAGIC FOR LOWER LEAGUE AND NON-LEAGUE CLUBS... Sharp-shooter: Mark Cullen scores for...
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Features
/ 3 years agoTHE SOCIAL DILEMMA
BARNABY ROSTANT LOOKS AT THE MIXED FORTUNES OF FOOTBALLERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS SUCH AS TWITTER... IT WOULD seem the days...
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Features
/ 3 years agoMILLS AND BOOM
EUROPEAN CUP WINNER GARY MILLS TELLS CHRIS DUNLAVY ABOUT HIS AMAZING CAREER... GARY Mills made his debut at 16, won two...
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EFL
/ 3 years agoTIM’S GRECIANS DELIGHT
JOHN LYONS TALKS TO EXETER CITY MIDFIELDER TIMOTHEE DIENG ABOUT HIS SUCCESSFUL EARLY DAYS IN DEVON... Taking control: Frenchman Timothee Dieng...
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Fans View
/ 3 years ago‘WOR’ JACKIE AND THE TOON’S FA CUP TREBLE
COLIN ALLAN RECALLS WHEN THE LEGENDARY JACKIE MILBURN AND NEWCASTLE UNITED WERE CUP KINGS IN THE EARLY 1950S... Full stretch: Jackie...
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EFL
/ 3 years agoMAGIC MITRO
JOHN LYONS LOOKS AT FULHAM STRIKER ALEKSANDAR MITROVIC’S INCREDIBLE START TO THE SEASON... Rising to the challenge: Fulham hitman Aleksandar Mitrovic...
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Features
/ 3 years agoCANARIES’ SHAKY PERCH
SAM TODD EXAMINES NORWICH CITY’S DIFFICULTIES IN HOLDING ON TO THEIR TOP-FLIGHT STATUS... THE start of the current Premier League season...
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EFL
/ 3 years agoFAN VILLAGE PHENOMENON
ROB BRADLEY EXPLAINS HOW WATCHING THE GAME IS NOW ONLY PART OF THE EXPERIENCE... Crowd scene: Supporters at the World Cup...
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EFL
/ 3 years agoWILD AT HEART
JOHN LYONS REPORTS ON CHRIS WILDER’S RETURN TO MANAGEMENT WITH MIDDLESBROUGH... Have a word: Middlesbrough manager Chris Wilder gives instructions to...
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Features
/ 3 years agoTHE WRONG MESSAGE
FORMER LEICESTER CITY CEO BARRIE PIERPOINT SAYS FOOTBALL IS FACING A DANGEROUS PROBLEM AS SOCIAL MEDIA ABUSE GROWS... IN 1991, Leicester...
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Late Tackle
/ 3 years agoSUPER SACCHI
ROBERT J WILSON LOOKS AT HOW ITALIAN MASTERMIND ARRIGO SACCHI TRANSFORMED THE WAY 4-4-2 WAS PLAYED AND LED AC MILAN TO...
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Features
/ 3 years agoENGLISH MANAGERS’ PREMIER PAIN
HARRY GORDON LOOKS AT WHY HOMEGROWN BOSSES HAVE FAILED TO CONQUER THE DOMESTIC MOUNTAIN... So close: Kevin Keegan took Newcastle to...
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EFL
/ 3 years agoBRING ON THE SHAKERS
HARRY PHENSHAW ON THE PLIGHT OF BURY FC AND A NEW DAWN FOR THE GIGG LANE CLUB... Before the storm: Bury’s...
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EFL
/ 3 years agoMAKING HIS MARK
BOURNEMOUTH AND REPUBLIC OF IRELAND GOALKEEPER MARK TRAVERS TELLS CHRIS DUNLAVY ABOUT HIS BURGEONING CAREER... One to watch: Cherries keeper Mark...
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Fans View
/ 3 years agoOH DANNY BOY
COVENTRY CITY FANATIC KEVIN HALLS RECALLS ONE OF HIS FAVOURITE SKY BLUES PLAYERS, WHOSE CAREER WAS CRUELLY CUT SHORT... Making his...
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EFL
/ 3 years agoTHE UNEXPECTED RISE OF SWINDON TOWN
SWINDON SUPPORTER JOE ACKLAM ADMITS THE ROBINS’ FINE FORM IN LEAGUE TWO THIS SEASON HAS CAUGHT EVEN DIE-HARD FANS BY SURPRISE......
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Book Reviews
/ 3 years agoTHE VARDY LINE FOOTBALLERS’ MEMOIRS IN 2021
JONNY BRICK GIVES US HIS TAKE ON THE BEST OFFERINGS IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR CHRISTMAS READING MATERIAL… Setting the benchmark: Jamie...
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Features
/ 3 years agoAFRICA’S WAITING GAME
HARRY GORDON REFLECTS ON A PREDICTION BY PELE AND LOOKS FORWARD TO THE CONTINENT’S FUTURE... Lion-heart: Roger Milla celebrates one of...
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Fans View
/ 4 years agoSECOND SEASON SYNDROME IN REVERSE
SAM TODD LOOKS AT CLUBS WHO HAVE THRIVED FOLLOWING THEIR OPENING CAMPAIGN AMONG THE BIG BOYS... Outfoxed ’em: Leicester savour their...
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Fans View
/ 4 years agoDON’T WRITE OFF THE REDS
FEW PUNDITS HAVE BACKED LIVERPOOL TO WIN THE PREMIER LEAGUE BUT THE FORMER CHAMPS ARE AS GOOD AS ANYONE ARGUES THOMAS...
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Fans View
/ 4 years agoMUSCLING UP FOR BATTLE
EUAN BURNS EXPLAINS HOW FOOTBALLERS CAN TAKE THEIR GAME TO THE NEXT LEVEL WITH AN INTELLIGENT PLAN AND HARD WORK Looking...
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Fans View
/ 4 years agoGOING UPSTAIRS
BARNABY ROSTANT REPORTS ON SOME FORMER FOOTBALL STARS WHO HAVE TAKEN INFLUENTIAL ROLES AT CLUBS OF DIFFERING SIZES... ROBBIE Savage is...
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Book Reviews
/ 4 years agoCLIVE REVEALS HIS VOICE
Not for me, Clive – Stories From the Voice Of Football, by Clive Tyldesley, published by Headline, Price: £20 CLIVE Tyldesley...
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Book Reviews
/ 4 years agoTIMELY SALUTE TO SUPPORTERS
Football is Better with Fans, by Tony Rickson, published by Pitch Publishing, Price: £12.99 IT WAS somewhat ironic that we only...
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Fans View
/ 4 years agoJIMMY GREAVES ENGLAND’S GOAL KING
ROBERT J WILSON LOOKS BACK AT THE LIFE OF THE LEGENDARY MARKSMAN WHO DIED IN SEPTEMBER AGED 81... Home comforts: In...
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Fans View
/ 4 years agoUNITED NEED TASTY RICE
BARNABY ROSTANT SAYS MANCHESTER UNITED SHOULD BEEF UP THEIR MIDFIELD WITH THE WEST HAM AND ENGLAND MAN IF THEY WANT TO...
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Europe
/ 4 years agoGLORY, GLORY TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
COLIN ALLAN RECALLS WHEN SPURS LED THE WAY FOR BRITISH CLUBS IN EUROPE... HIBERNIAN had been the first British club to...
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Fans View
/ 4 years agoMY WATFORD WOBBLE
JONNY BRICK EXPLAINS WHY HE’S QUESTIONING HIS SUPPORT FOR HIS FAVOURITE FOOTBALL TEAM.. So valuable: Watford winger Ismaila Sarr fights for...
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Fans View
/ 4 years agoDON’T RUIN THE WORLD CUP FIFA
HARRY HENSHAW EXPLAINS WHY PLANS FOR A BIENNIAL TOURNAMENT WOULD BE A MASSIVE OWN-GOAL... On top of the world: France savour...