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STAND FOR THE TERRAGE

ANDREW CHERRIE wonders why a safe solution can’t be found for the serial standers at football TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND people […]

WELCOME TO LATE TACKLE

So we’re back. A bit later than planned, but better late than never and all that.If you’ve read Late Tackle […]

The good doctor

STEPHEN TUDOR pays a personal tribute to the football genius that was Socrates After a long battle with illness, the […]

Basqueing in the glory

WALSH’S WORLD Kristian Walsh on matters abroadThere’s nothing better in football than watching a team which typifies the city it […]

RANDOM…

 with Patrick John DID YOU KNOW: On Christmas Day 1935, Oldham beat Tranmere 4-1 in the old Third Division North. […]

The ultimate academy

JAMES HERD can’t understand why the big clubs spend so little time and effort scouting players in non-league football Roy […]

Great expectations

DAVID GREEN hopes that the penny has finally dropped with England supporters The England national football team is one that […]

In praise of the gaffer

OLLY RICKETTS argues that even today, success requires more than just money As Roger Domeneghetti argued in his excellent piece […]

Come on Pool City!

PAUL BROWN with the tale of the league “everyone was talking about” in 1978 — but only for 15 weeks […]

Goodbye Ceefax

Blocky, slow, clumpy but a much-loved source of vital information. MIKE MARTIN mourns the passing of analogue Ceefax to the […]

Story of the Blues

MICK RATHBONE spent 35 years as a player and physio at Birmingham, Blackburn and Everton. This extract from ‘The Smell […]

Cruyff ’s funny turn

LIAM MILNER on the trials and tribulations of one of Europe’s biggest clubs that has seen some of its greatest […]

The missing Lincs

ALAN JOHNSON reports on a torrid time for Lincolnshire that has seen four league clubs reduced to just one When […]

Pop down the local

CHRIS MARTIN wishes most Manchester United fans still came from Salford Prawn sandwiches, floppy jester hats, a brand new replica […]