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Late Tackle
/ 12 years agoSEASON OF THE BIG GOODBYE
LUKE CONSTABLE says the new season looks fresh and exciting as famous names move aside Has any Premier League season ever...
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Late Tackle
/ 12 years agoPELE’S SLEEPING GIANT IS STILL SLEEPING
LIAM BOOTH asks why an African country has not won the World Cup It was arguably football’s greatest ever player, Pele,...
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Late Tackle
/ 12 years agoCLUB SHIRTS? WHY NOT MAKE THEM YOURSELF
GILES METCALFE looks at the massive market for replica kit and has some unusual advice Football clubs make massive deals with...
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Late Tackle
/ 12 years agoBLACK AND WHITE TRUTH OF ALBERT JOHANNESON
DOM SMITH traces the troubled life of the first black man to play in the FA Cup final “Albert Johanneson is...
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Late Tackle
/ 12 years agoWRITE FOR LATE TACKLE
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Europe
/ 12 years agoAJAX SEE THE FUTURE AND IT’ S ORANGE
MICHAEL HENSON looks at the way the Dutch club have dominated the production of star players The De Toekomst Academy The...
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Europe
/ 12 years agoGAZZA, GAGS AND GOLACO BELLISSIMO
JAMES PIERCE has affectionate memories of Channel 4’s Italian fooball coverage ith the nation’s fascination with everything Paul Gascoigne after his exploits...
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Features
/ 12 years agoJAUNDER WHY VERON WAS SUCH A FLOP?
MAX CLAYTON-ROBB on the one big transfer that Sir Alex got horribly wrong at Man Utd Juan Sebastian Veron is considered...
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Features
/ 12 years agoHAIR’S A THOUGHT…
JON WAKEHAM laments the lack of bald players in the Premier League Stephen Ireland Brad Friedel Wayne Rooney James Collins Something...
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Features
/ 12 years agoCALL THAT THE WAY TO RUN A LEAGUE
CAM MELLING looks at the different, and sometimes bizarre, ways other countries organise their football In England we’re all used to...
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Features
/ 12 years agoLET’S HAVE TWO PREM TITLES EVERY SEASON!
JOHN LYONS suggests the South American way could be a hit in England Union Espanola fans Are you, like me, bored...
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Features
/ 12 years agoYES, CHELSEA AND ARSENAL DID TOPPLE MAN UTD
CHRIS DUNLAVY looks at what would have happened if the Premier League season had been divided into two Ah those crazy...
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Features
/ 12 years agoVAN MAN HAS LAMPS IN HIS SIGHTS
MAX CLAYTON-ROBB says Marco van Ginkel is the next Frank Lampard at Chelsea Marco van Ginkel Chelsea’s £9m signing of 20-year-old...
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Features
/ 12 years agoTHIS ITALIAN ROMANCE STARTS IN LANCASTER
CHRIS DUNLAVY looks at the tiny Italian club who have risen to Serie A and wear the same kit as a...
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Late Tackle
/ 12 years agoGREAT EXPECTATIONS?
BARRIE WHITE says Roberto Martinez and Everton were not what he’d hoped for Imagine the job advert: Wanted – intelligent but...
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Features
/ 12 years agoIDIOTS ABROAD?
As Tottenham Hotspur’s Gareth Bale perhaps contemplates a mega-bucks fate of some of his fellow move to Real Madrid, the Wales winger...
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Features
/ 12 years agoYES, FERGIE WAS GREAT, BUT…
CHRIS DUNLAVY looks at the true legacy of Britain’s most outstanding football manager HOW good was Alex Ferguson? On these shores,...
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Features
/ 12 years agoYOU GOT CLEARANCE CLARENCE
IAIN PEARCE watches on as Clarence Seedorf adapts to life in Brazil WHEN Clarence Seedorf made his unexpected move from AC...
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Late Tackle
/ 12 years agoLITERATURE
KEITH MENARY is also looking to a summer read (and he’s got some recommendations, too). And here’s why. While Twitter, Instagram...
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Book Reviews
/ 12 years agoBOOK UP YOUR SUMMER
RAMON BENITEZ tackles football reads – and recommends five of the best for the beach this close season AFTER Wayne Rooney...
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Features
/ 12 years agoIT’S GOOD TO TALK
Andy Ollerenshaw says it’s high time clubs spoke to fans a bit more IN March it was announced that West Ham...
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Features
/ 12 years agoHOME FAVOURITE ALWAYS WINS
SO SAY THE LMA PAUL CANTWELL finds it strange that so many domestic managers walk away with League Managers’ Association gongs...
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Late Tackle
/ 12 years agoWRITE FOR LATE TACKLE
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/ 12 years agoWEEDING OUT THE FLOWERS MYTH
JIMMY PIERCE says one of the heroes of Blackburn’s title triumph is remembered for all the wrong reasons Flowers in a...