Stories By The Late Tackle Magazine Team
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/ 6 years agoWELCOME! TO! LATE! TACKLE
WELL, another year is almost over – and what a year it’s been. The World Cup naturally sticks in the mind...
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/ 6 years agoHASHTAG UNITED GO VIRAL
HUGO VARLEY REPORTS ON HOW A PIONEERING CLUB ARE MAKING WAVES IN NON-LEAGUE… FOOTBALL REVOLUTION In fine form: Hashtag United celebrate...
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/ 6 years agoFESTIVE MEMORIES
SIMON SHELDON LOOKS BACK AT WHAT SANTA USED TO BRING A YOUNG FOOTBALL FAN… LOOKING BACK GROWING up in the 70s...
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/ 6 years agoNEIL WARNOCK – MR MARMITE
KEVIN HALLS REFLECTS ON THE CAREER OF A CONTROVERSIAL MANAGER WHO PEOPLE TEND TO EITHER LOVE OR HATE… PROFILE OF A...
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/ 6 years agoThe Gentle Giant
David Docherty takes a look back to when John Charles captured the hearts of Italian football fans… LOOKING BACK Flying high:...
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/ 6 years agoGARETH SOUTHGATE: A LESSON IN MODERN MANAGEM
PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT EXPERT STUART HEARN LOOKS AT THE IMPACT OF ENGLAND BOSS GARETH SOUTHGATE – AND WHAT OTHERS CAN LEARN FROM...
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/ 6 years agoEUROPEAN SUPER LEAGUE? NO, THANKS
ROBERT J WILSON EXPLAINS WHY RUMOURS OF A NEW ELITE LEAGUE MAKE HIS BLOOD RUN COLD... FUTURE OF THE GAME Kings...
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/ 6 years agoLAURIE CUNNINGHAM A PLAYER WITH REAL CLASS
Robert J Wilson looks back to when an exciting English winger shone in Spain… PLAYER PROFILE FOOTBALLERS are born, so the...
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/ 6 years agoJOSE MOURINHO – THE TAXI DRIVER
VASTLY-EXPERIENCED JOURNALIST JOHN WRAGG RECALLS AN UNUSUAL ENCOUNTER WITH THE ‘SPECIAL ONE’… LOOKING BACK YOU don’t get a better closeup view...
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/ 6 years agoLOLLEY’S JOLLY AGAIN
PLAYER INTERVIEW CHRIS!DUNLAVY!CATCHES!UP WITH!A!WINGER!ENJOYING LIFE!IN!THE!CHAMPIONSHIP WITH!NOTTINGHAM!FOREST Ecstatic: Joe Lolley celebrates scoring for Forest ASIZE really matters in some sports. For example,...
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/ 6 years agoMOSES!ODUBAJO!- MAKING!MUM!ROUD
John Lyons finds out how the Brentford defender has overcome personal heartache to make a differebce on and off the pitch…...
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/ 6 years agoMAKING!THE! IMPOSSIBLE! POSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JOHN!LYONS!LOOKS!AT!THE LEGACY!OF!THE!LATE! LEICESTER!CITY!OWNER! VICHAI!!SRIVADDHANAPRABHA Kings of England: Leicester celebrate their title success with an open-top bus ride YOU only have to...
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/ 6 years agoMATT IS JUST GLAD ALL ROVER
BOOK REVIEWS LIFELONG Tranmere fan Matt Jones was so happy when the club won promotion that he decided to write a...
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/ 6 years agoTHE UPS AND DOWN OF LEAGUE LADDERS
SIMON SHELDON RECALLS WHEN SIMPLE TEAM TABS PROVIDED PLENTY OF AMUSEMENT. Early days: Ladders from the 1974-75 season History: The first...
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/ 6 years agoVIRTUAL REALITY THE NEW REALITY
IAN MCFARLANE EXAMINES THE BURGEONING FOOTBALL VIDEO GAMES MARKET AND ASKS WHETHER IT’S GONE TOO FAR AS A 32-year-old who has...
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/ 6 years agoKEV’S!OUT! NO!PROBLEM
DANNY!PRYER!SAYS! MANCHESTER!CITY! SHOWCASED!THEIR! WORLD-CLASS!SQUAD DEPTH!IN!KEVIN! DE!BRUYNE’S!RECENT ABSENCE!AND!THE PREMIER!LEAGUE AND!EVEN!EUROPE SHOULD!BE!SCARED But Kevin De Bruyne is back from injury now Let’s see...
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/ 6 years agoJIMMY HOGAN HUGO MEISL – FOOTBALL VISION ARIES
SIMON SHELDON EXAMINES HOW AN ENGLISH COACH AND AN AUSTRIAN MANAGER TRANSFORMED THE CONTINENTAL GAME… MANAGERIAL DOUBLE ACT WHENEVER there are...
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/ 6 years agoSUPER SAMPDORIA!
STEPHEN BRANDT RECALLS WHEN AN UNHERALDED ITALIAN CLUB SHOCKED THE TRADITIONAL HEAVYWEIGHTS… LOOKING BACK Double act: Roberto Mancini, left, and Gianluca...
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/ 6 years agoCome on, Ref!
Mike Fenton recalls his days as a referee – and wonders what could have been… THE MAN IN BLACK Ready for...
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/ 6 years agoTHE RISE AND FALL OF TONY KAY David Docherty looks back at an infamous better scandal that rocked football in the 1960s…
LOOKING BACK Before the storm: Tony Kay at Everton TONY Kay will always be remembered as the man who threw away...
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/ 6 years agoCHEERS TO ENGLAND!
WORLD CUP MEMORIES Drowning their sorrows: England fans put on a brave face after the semi-final MIDDAY – I am in...
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/ 6 years agoWELCOME!TO! LATE!TACKLE
LIKE everyone, we were shocked by the recent death of Leicester owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha in the helicopter accident following the Foxes’...
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/ 6 years agoMERRY-GO-RO UND MAYHEM
SAM COX SAYS SOME FAMILIAR FACES COULD BE ABOUT TO REAPPEAR… IN THE HOTSEAT IT’S that time again in the season...
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/ 6 years agoHE!ORIGINAL!BANKSY
DAVID!!!DOCHERTY!!!TAKES!!!AN!!!IN-DEPTH!!!LOOK!!!BACK!!!AT! THE!!!CAREER!!!OF!!!AN!!!ENGLAND!!!GOALKEEPING!!!LEGEND… ENGLAND’S NUMBER ONE On top of the world: England’s Gordon Banks shows off the Jules Rimet Trophy and, inset,...
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/ 6 years agoALTITUDE SICKNESS? DON’T RISE TO IT
CHRIS DUNLAVY LOOKS BACK AT WHEN FIFA BLUNDERED IN TO A SOUTH AMERICAN SQUABBLE HIGH LEVEL CONTROVERSY FEBRUARY, 2007. The players...
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/ 6 years agoMIND!HOW!YOU!GO
JOHN!!LYONS!!LOOK!!AT!!HOW!!FOOTBALL!!IS!!PLAYING!!ITS!!PART!!IN!!TACKLING!!MENTAL!!HEALTH!!PROBLEMS Doing their bit: From left, Luke Prosser, Darius Charles, Deji Oshilaja and James Shea THE issue of mental health problems...
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/ 6 years agoSKY BLUE HEAVEN AND HELL
KEVIN HALLS REFLECTS ON MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY OF FOLLOWING COVENTRY CITY… Pioneer: Jimmy Hill I’VE been supporting my club...
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/ 6 years agoMourinho & Pogba the shift in power
Robert J Wilson sugggests that players tend to hold the upper hand these days… BROADLY speaking, it can be quite difficult...
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/ 6 years agoCup of cheers – and tears!
Former Non-League Paper editor Stuart Hammonds, now the press and communications manager at Luton Town, reached the FA Cup first round...
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/ 6 years agoTHE REAL MAGIC OF THE FA CUP
John Lyons examines whether the heartbeat of the world’s oldest competition is still as strong as ever lower down the ladder...
