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Book Reviews
/ 5 months agoA COMPELLING TALE
HH: Helenio Herrera, Football’s Original Master of the Dark Arts, by Richard Fitzpatrick, published by Bloomsbury Sport, Price: £20 RICHARD Fitzpatrick...
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Non-League
/ 5 months agoA DAY TO REMEMBER
POET AND WRITER CHRIS TOWERS JOINS THE PROMOTION PARTY AT REDCAR ATHLETIC, CHAMPIONS OF THE NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE EAST DIVISION IPLANNED...
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Late Tackle
/ 5 months agoTHE CRYING GAME
NOTTS COUNTY FAN IAN KIRKE REFLECTS ON HIS EMOTIONAL REACTION TO THE CLUB, S PLAY-OFF SUCCESS… IN MY later years I’ve...
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Late Tackle
/ 5 months agoMICHAEL CARRICK SHOWS HIS CLASS AGAIN: Robert J Wilson looks at how the former Man United playmaker has adapted to life in the Old Trafford dugout
Whether by luck or judgment, Manchester United appear to have landed on their feet with Michael Carrick as manager. After the...
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Late Tackle
/ 5 months agoJUST CHAMPION
COVENTRY CITY SUPPORTER KEVIN HALLS REFLECTS ON A MEMORABLE SEASON AND LOOKS FORWARD TO A PREMIER LEAGUE RETURN... Party time: The...
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Late Tackle
/ 5 months agoGUNNERS’ GLORY: John Lyons takes a look back at the 2025-26 season as Arsenal taste Premier League success
Having knocked on the door for a number of years, the pressure was on Arsenal to win the Premier League this...
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Late Tackle
/ 5 months agoENGLAND’S LEARNING CURVE
KEITH DIXON LOOKS BACK AT THE THREE LIONS, WORLD CUP ADVENTURES BEFORE THEY STRUCK GOLD... THE 1950s and early 60s were...
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/ 5 months agoSUPER SLAVS
MICHAEL SPOOR WAXES LYRICAL ABOUT TWO BALKAN MAVERICKS - DRAGAN STOJKOVIC AND DEJAN SAVICEVIC - WHO COULD TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY…...
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/ 5 months agoROOTING FOR OAKLAND
HOW, S THE US DOMESTIC GAME FARING? DAVE PARSONS SAMPLES A SECOND TIER CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH IN CALIFORNIA... ON A warm Californian...
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Retro
/ 5 months agoEUROPE’S REVENGE
COLIN ALLAN RECALLS A SPECIAL MATCH IN BELFAST IN THE MID 1950S... Wizard of dribble: England’s Stanley Matthews on the attack...
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Retro
/ 5 months agoAN UNHAPPY ENDING
VLADIMIR NOVAK ON SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO, S LAST WORLD CUP... False dawn: Nikola Zigic, right, opens the scoring against the Ivory...
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Late Tackle
/ 5 months agoGETTING US OUT OF A PICKLE
MICHAEL STEWART RECALLS WHEN A HUMBLE DOG SAVED ENGLAND FROM WORLD CUP EMBARRASSMENT… Hero: Pickles the dog with owners David and...
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Late Tackle
/ 5 months agoTHE RISE OF ALI AL-HAMADI
BARNABY ROSTANT REPORTS ON A PLAYER WHO, S CLIMBED FROM NON-LEAGUE TO THE WORLD CUP… Pride: Ali Al-Hamadi in action for...
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Late Tackle
/ 5 months agoA BREATH OF WARM AIR
GERMAN FOOTBALL FAN TOM SCHMITTER BELIEVES CURACAO, S ARRIVAL ONTO THE WORLD SCENE IS A BLESSING FOR THOSE WHO ENJOY FOOTBALL...
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Late Tackle
/ 5 months agoCURACAO ON THE MAP
CAVAN CAMPBELL LOOKS AT THE PROSPECTS FOR THE UNEXPECTED WORLD CUP DEBUTANTS… Return: Veteran manager Dick Advocaat RESID- ING quietly, as...
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Late Tackle
/ 5 months agoPLAY IT AGAIN
MATT SINGFIELD PICKS OUT A FEW UP-AND-COMING WORLD CUP FIXTURES THAT WE, VE WITNESSED BEFORE… Cruising: Hans Krankl celebrates scoring Austria’s...
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Late Tackle
/ 5 months agoBRAZIL, S BID
WILL VICKERS LOOKS AT THE PROSPECTS OF THE FIVE TIME WINNERS IN NORTH AMERICA THIS SUMMER… BRAZIL are the greatest footballing...
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Late Tackle
/ 5 months agoHOPE FOR HAITI
GARRY WHITE ON THE CARIBBEAN COUNTRY, S RETURN TO THE WORLD STAGE AFTER MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY… Danger man: Haiti...
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/ 5 months agoBRINGING THE BOYS OF, 66 BACK TOGETHER
MATTHEW ROWELL RECALLS WHEN ENGLAND, S HEROES MET UP AGAIN A DOZEN YEARS LATER... Pinnacle: England skipper Bobby Moore holds the...
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Retro
/ 5 months agoMEMORY LANE – JULY 2018
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Late Tackle
/ 5 months agoCANIGGIA CAMEROON AND CRICKET REPORTS
GIL MATTHEWS TAKES A FOND LOOK BACK AT ITALIA, 90… Elated: Cameroon celebrate their winner against holders Argentina in the opening...
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Late Tackle
/ 5 months agoSOCCER IN THE USA: Robert J Wilson takes a look back to the 1994 World Cup finals
Robert J Wilson revisits the 1994 World Cup in the United States – from Maradona’s downfall and Roberto Baggio’s heartbreak to...
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Late Tackle
/ 5 months agoIT’S COMING HOME! Sam Todd looks at the struggles of English clubs in Europe 30 years ago played a part in a song that captured the hearts of a nation
English clubs have experienced many enjoyable seasons in Europe, but 1995-96 wasn’t one of them. Blackburn Rovers failed to get out...
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Late Tackle
/ 5 months agoA MEGA-ALBUM FOR, 26
JOHN LYONS TAKES A LOOK AT PANINI, S NEW OFFERING, AND COMPARES IT TO ONE FROM BACK IN THE DAY… THERE’S...
