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BYRON MORENO

THE REMARKABLE CRIMES OF FOOTBAL’S MOST INFAMOUS REFEREEJOSH BLAND charts the rise and sensational downfall of the Ecuadorian official Byron […]

Welcome to late tackle

We’re always on the look out for contributions for future issues of Late Tackle.If you fancy writing for the magazine […]

THE LEGEND OF ZARRA

DAVID LEE WHEATLEY looks back at the career of a striker who held all the Spanish records until a certain […]

CAN THE BELGIANS DELIVER?

THE WORLD CUP DERAM LIVES ONSTEVEN JAMES GREEN LOOKS AT BELGIUM’S GOLDEN CROP AND WARNS THEY COULD FAIL AGAIN Thomas VermaelenVincent […]

THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN

THE GREATEST MANAGERS NOT TO HAVE WON THE EUROPEAN CUPRAY HARPER asks if winning Europe’s most famous club trophy is […]

CHIEVO

FAIRYTALE OF THE FLYING DONKEYSEDD PAUL charts one of the greatest underdog stories in European football Verona“Two households, both alike […]

SHEARER

ENGLAND’S GREATEST LIONLIAM NEWMAN replays his schoolboy memories that made it a no-contest for his choice of all-time favourite No.9 […]

WAG CORNER

MATTHEW JAMES casts his seasoned eye over the form Karalyn WestHolden to your hats! This is American model and yoga […]

LEFT BACK OR LEFT BEHIND?

KEITH MENARY assesses the various claims of England’s sudden assortment of defenders Ashley Cole, Leighton Baines, Luke ShawFor those of us who […]

SPORT IN COURT

CHR IS DUNLAVY looks at some famous occasions when the playing fields spilled over into the courts COME on then, let’s […]

BEYOND THE GOLDEN GENERATION

JAMES BENSON says England’s talent cupboard is far from bare Hart, Shaw, Smalling, BarkleyWilshere, Lallana, Townsend, SturridgeDespite the start of the World Cup in Brazil being […]

TUG of WAR

AN AMERICAN IN LONDON WATCHES AFC WINMBLEDON, S TENSE FINAL DAY HEROICSTEDDY KAPNICK remembers the thrill of Kingsmeadow on April […]

TUG of WAR

ROBERT O’CONNOR on how Tottenham Hotspur’s Europa League trip into Eastern Europe shone a light on a small club swimming […]