Stories By The Late Tackle Magazine Team
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Late Tackle
/ 4 months agoHilltop FC: London club with Somali roots champions community
It is a wet September night and planes thunder over Bedfont Sports Club, situated on the edge of Heathrow Airport.
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Late Tackle
/ 4 months agoSuperclasico: A young man’s experience of La Bombonera
Countless confetti flutter through La Bombonera. Ahead of the slowly descending pieces of paper, the huge blue wall behind the goal...
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EFL
/ 4 months agoThe highs and lows of following a match on social media
One of the best aspects of football is that we follow our teams through thick and thin, in all kinds of...
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Late Tackle
/ 4 months agoWelcome to Late Tackle – December & January Edition
It’s never easy taking a managerial job mid-season and moving to another country only adds to the challenge. But when Manchester...
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Fans View
/ 4 months agoFlint Mountain FC and the joys of Welsh football
The club intrigued me as I had never come across a team with ‘mountain’ in the name and from the outset...
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Europe
/ 4 months agoEngland v Italy, 1934: Battle of Highbury remembered for brutality
On November 14, 1934, England met reigning World Cup winners Italy in a game that became known as the Battle of...
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Fans View
/ 4 months agoAn ode to the fractious border between home and away fans
Here follows a passionate footballing ode to that small strip of seats, that unstable gap, which separates away fans from home...
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Book Reviews
/ 4 months agoJoe McGinniss: Recalling ‘The Miracle of Castel di Sangro’
If the study of football was on the national curriculum, then Joe McGinniss’ The Miracle of Castel di Sangro would be...
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Book Reviews
/ 4 months agoPREVIEW: Go To War, by Jon Spurling
My new book is about 1980s football, in particular its prime movers and shakers at clubs like Liverpool, Everton, Aston Villa,...
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Europe
/ 4 months agoJohan Neeskens: A tribute to the Dutch legend
The football coming out of the Netherlands in the 1960s and 1970s was joyous and different. No one had seen anything...
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EFL
/ 4 months agoCARTOON: Preston North End 3-3 Wolverhampton, 1954
A cartoon illustrating the 3-3 draw between Preston North End and Wolverhampton Wanderers at Deepdale on 13 November 1954.
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EFL
/ 4 months agoCAREER REVIEW: Peter Higham
Fratton Park, February 1950. Defending First Division champions Portsmouth had an injury crisis. Enter 19-year-old Marine Peter Higham.
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EFL
/ 4 months agoRegis Le Bris has Sunderland dreaming of promotion again
Championship side Sunderland are a world away from the club that suffered back-to-back relegations and endured four years in the third...
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Late Tackle
/ 4 months agoEngland and the managers who turned down the national job
It has not always been the case that those offered the opportunity to lead the Three Lions have wanted to do...
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Late Tackle
/ 4 months agoEngland and Fabio Capello: An underwhelming story
With Thomas Tuchel just the third foreign manager in the history of England, there has been much discourse around his appointment.
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Late Tackle
/ 4 months agoEngland appoint Thomas Tuchel: What happens next
Considering the storied history between the two nations, it would be the ultimate irony should a German lead England to a...
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Late Tackle
/ 6 months agoRobert Wilson reflects on Sven-Goran Eriksson’s career
Robert J Wilson reflects on the life and times of the late England manager... If Gareth Southgate was judged as a...
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Book Reviews
/ 6 months agoBook review: Boot money & end of shamateurism by Jeff Brooks
JEFF Brooks has written three books about the club he supports, Tooting & Mitcham United, and it was while he was...
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Book Reviews
/ 6 months agoBook review: Munichs by David Peace
DAVID Peace has had varying degrees of success with his three football novels.
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Late Tackle
/ 6 months agoIsle of Man and Isle of White – Islands of opportunity
SAM TODD REPORTS ON A NEW TOURNAMENT DESIGNED TO GIVE FOUR WOMEN, S TEAMS VITAL COMPETITIVE MATCH ACTION... Champion feeling: The...
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Late Tackle
/ 6 months agoThe joy of going away: Middlesbrough match sparks passion for road trips
Daniel Gray recalls a Middlesbrough match at Notts County in August 1993 that sparked a passion for further road trips...
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Late Tackle
/ 6 months agoJohn Lyons on Unai Emery’s transformation of Aston Villa
John Lyons reports on the remarkable transformation at Aston Villa over the last two years... If you had predicted a couple...
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Retro
/ 6 months agoPhilip O’Rourke on the forgotten giants of international football
Philip O'Rourke looks at the changing face of the World Football map
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Features
/ 6 months agoSwedish shock: Recalling England’s home humbling by Sweden
Colin Allan recalls when England were stunned on home turf by Sweden 65 years ago...
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News
/ 6 months agoThe life of a Basingstoke Town Fan
LIAM HARDING ON THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF FOLLOWING BASINGSTOKE TOWN Good times: Basingstoke Town celebrat For most of my life...
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Late Tackle
/ 6 months agoDream, Believe, Achieve – Weston Ability FC
THE INSPIRATIONAL STORY OF A PAN.DISABILITY FOOTBALL CLUB MAKING BIG STRIDES IN THEIR COMMUNITY Team effort: Weston Ability have become a...
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Late Tackle
/ 6 months agoWelcome to Late Tackle – October & November Edition
If Aston Villa fans had any doubts about the appointment of Unai Emery as manager, they have been well and truly...
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Late Tackle
/ 6 months agoRETURN TO THE HINTERLANDS
FOOTBALL POET AND WRITER CHRIS TOWERS, AUTHOR OF 'HINTERLANDS - TRAVELS AROUND ENGLAND'S NON.LEAGUE FOOTBALL GROUNDS', TELLS US ABOUT HIS LATEST...
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Late Tackle
/ 6 months agoBrentford – Flying with the Bees
DAVID OHL REFLECTS ON BEING A LIFELONG BRENTFORD FAN. AND THE CHANGES HE’S SEEN OVER MORE THAN 60 YEARS... Good old...
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Features
/ 6 months agoA groundhopper’s guide to good grub
Trevor Heft discusses an important and tasty part of the matchday ritual...
