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A reluctant champion

In an extract from excellent new book ‘Joe Fagan, a reluctant champion’ ANDREW FAGAN and MARK PLATT recall the drama […]

The fantastic four

PATRICK JOHN looks past the flashy Dutch masters who took all the headlines at the San Siro 20 years ago […]

Taking back the game?

RANTSGareth Roberts IT’S ironic that football as we know it was founded by public schoolboys.What is widely regarded as a […]

Breaking Koln tradition

WALSH’S WORLDKristian Walsh on matters abroad ON the banks of the Rhine stand ornate market places, museums and a cathedral […]

Footy Art…

Name: Steve WelshAge: 37From: MiddlesbroughSupports: MiddlesbroughHe says: I started to interview past players and began a series of Boro illustrations. […]

Something to shout about

Issue Three of Late Tackle – in all good newsagents on December 21 … Continue reading… Access all our premium […]

It’s groundhog day

CHARLIE McCANN of Victor Chandler isn’t holding out too much hope for England England limped into the Finals of next […]

HAIR WE GO

WE’RE as guilty as anyone for mourning all that’s gone from the game, but there’s one thing that has remained […]

The true burger king

DAN ROBERTS has tasted the best and worst of footy “cuisine” on his travels around the nation — he’s forgotten […]

Heroes and villains

CHRIS MARTIN wonders why fair play usually goes out of the window in football In the modern age football is […]

Getting stuck in

MERV PAYNE remembers the days when all he wanted was a silver foil badge Ihave a family escape plan in the […]

Who’s the boss?

ROGER DOMENEGHETTI of whoateallthegoals.com wonders just how big a part football managers play in the suceess or otherwise of their […]

Hacked off with journos

RANTSGareth Roberts WHAT’S the role of newspaper football journalists in the age of the internet?With every goal, every substitution, even […]

The crazy gang

NEIL SCOTT on how goalies are no longer the team nutter You have to be mad to be a goalkeeper.” […]

It’s still ref-fing hell

Football dynasties come and go but one opponent remains undefeated. Mark SanderSon assesses the task facing the Fa’s respect programme […]

A cluster of cliches

ADAM HURREY of angleofpostandbar.blogspot.com runs a few choice football phrases up the flagpole to see who drops their trousers The […]

The one-cap wonder

PATRICK JOHN on the player that epitomised a decade and was loved by fans of two very different clubs, if […]

RANDOM…

with Patrick John DID YOU KNOW: Wycombe Wanderers’ mascot, Bodger, is based on a real person, former striker Tony ‘Bodger’ […]

Who loves Owen?

When Michael Owen scored THAT goal against Argentina in 1998, he had the world at his feet. Now, PETER SIMPSON […]

Going down fighting

WALSH’S WORLD Kristian Walsh on football around the globeJune 26, 2011: one of the darkest days in Argentinean football history […]