Stories By The Late Tackle Magazine Team
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Features
/ 7 years agoSwindon fans keeping it real
English football is very much alive and well in many lifeforms. From the top tiers where it is a playground of...
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Features
/ 7 years agoSwindon Town fans keeping it real through the years of uncertainty
By Jack Lowers ENGLISH football is very much alive and well in many lifeforms. From the top tiers where it is...
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/ 7 years agoRED-FACED!RUSSIA!
CHRIS DUNLAVY EXPLAINS WHY LITTLE IS EXPECTED OF THE WORLD CUP HOSTS… HOSTING THE PARTY IT’S no wonder Russian fans prefer...
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/ 7 years agoTHE ITALIAN JOB
EXPERIENCED JOURNALIST JOHN!WRAGG RECALLS WHAT IT WAS LIKE COVERING ENGLAND AT THE 1990 WORLD CUP THREE LIONS ON TOUR THE last...
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/ 7 years agoTHE MATCH OF THE CENTURY
Kevin Halls looks back to when England took on ‘The Rest of the World’ in a prestigious 1963 ‘friendly’… SPECIAL ENCOUNTER...
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/ 7 years agoGETTING RIGHT TO THE HART OF ITALIA 90
World in Motion - The Inside Story of Italia ’90, The Tournament That Changed Football, by Simon Hart. Published by deCoubertin,...
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/ 7 years agoSHATTERED DREAMS
MATT BELL REFLECTS ON THE IMPACT OF THE MUNICH AIR DISASTER ON THE NATIONAL TEAM… ENGLAND’S LOST STARS THE 1958 World...
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/ 7 years agoESSAM EL-HADARY FOOTBALL’S PETER PAN
STEVE KENNEDY LOOKS AT THE AMAZING CAREER OF THE VETERAN EGYPT GOALKEEPER… KING OF THE PHARAOHS EGYPT are unlikely to break...
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/ 7 years agoScotland’s World Cup own-goal
Colin Allan recalls when the Scots turned down the chance to play in the 1950 finals… LOOKING BACK Crucial goal: Roy...
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/ 7 years agoA-ZOF WORLD CUP TRIVIA
SIMON SHELDON COMES UP WITH SOME USEFUL, OR USELESS, BITS OF WORLD CUP HISTORY (DEPENDING ON YOUR POINT OF VIEW) TO...
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/ 7 years agoYOU’VE BEEN TRUMPED
JOHN LYONS TAKES A LOOK AT A NEW VERSION OF A POPULAR GAME FOOTBALL LEGENDS THOSE with long enough memories will...
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/ 7 years agoTHAT’S SCANDALOUS
SIMON SHELDON REFLECTS ON SOME OF THE MORE CONTROVERSIAL EPISODES IN WORLD CUP HISTORY TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED SINCE the World...
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/ 7 years agoENGLAND AND ROAD TO GLORY
JOHN LYONS TAKES A LOOK AT HOW THE THREE LIONS CAN SHOCK THE FOOTBALL WORLD IN RUSSIA A NATION HOPES… HAVE...
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/ 7 years agoBLUES BROTHERS
Keith Dixon looks back at how two World Cup winners flattered to deceive at Birmingham City… TESTING TRANSITION IT’S been another...
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/ 7 years agoENGLAND’S NO.1S
DAVID DOCHERTY LOOKS BACK AT THE PERFORMANCES OF THREE LIONS KEEPERS AT WORLD CUPS THROUG THE DECADES GOALIES’ FORTUNES ENGLISH goalkeepers...
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/ 7 years agoLights, Camera, Action!
John Lyons talks to author Dave Roberts, whose book has been adapted for the silver screen… HITTING THE BIG-TIME WHEN Dave...
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/ 7 years agoToto Schillaci Italia ’90 sensation
Peter Jones recalls when an unheralded striker caught the world’s attention… SEIZING THE SPOTLIGHT THERE’S no doubt who the surprise star...
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/ 7 years agoWELCOME TO LATE TACKLE
THE domestic season is over, the European trophies have been dished out…. so bring on the World Cup! Yes, it’s that...
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/ 7 years agoDIFFERENT WORLD…
JOHN LYONS PREVIEWS A TOURNAMENT THAT GIVES FOOTBALLS OUTCASTS A CHANCE TO SOWCASE THEIR SKILLS. STAGE TO SHINE CAN’T get to...
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/ 7 years agoTHE POWER OFPANINI
JOHN LYONS SAYS THE WORLD CUP JUST WOULDN’T BE THE SAME WITHOUT THE FAMOUS STICKER ALBUMS FOOTBALL TRADITION WHEN Giuseppe Panini...
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/ 7 years agoMexico ’86 kick-started myWorld Cup love affair!
Robert J Wilson says nothing can beat the magic of football’s showpiece event… WORLD OF ITS OWN FOR me, there is...
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/ 7 years agoSIR BOBBY
JOHN LYONS TALKS TO GABRIEL CLARKE ABOUT HIS NEW FILM ON THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AN ENGLISH FOOTBALL GREAT… THE...
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/ 7 years agoIT’S A WEIRD WORLD
MAT GUY TAKES AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT SOME OF THE MORE UNUSUAL STORIES FROM FOOTBALL’S SHOWPIECE EVENT STRANGE TALES THE World...
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/ 7 years agoDON’T IGNORE VARDY
CHRIS DUNLAVY EXPLAINS WHY THE LEICESTER SPEEDSTER COULD HAVE A CRUCIAL ROLE TO PLAY IN!RUSSIA TACTICAL MATTERS Shooting stars: Leicester striker...
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/ 7 years agoFAMOUS FIVE
Ian McFarlane reckons there are a handful of genuine contenders for the biggest prize in football … RIVALS FOR THE CROWN...
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/ 7 years agoBIG IN JAPAN
JOHN LYONS TALKS TO DIARMUID LINEHAN ABOUT WHAT IT’S LIKE TO PLAY FOOTBALL IN THE FAR EAST… WORLD SCENE GARY Lineker...
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/ 7 years agoThe Three Lions to lift the trophy this year?
England go into every big tournament as favourites to win as their media and the pundits always get over excited and...
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/ 7 years agoTHE MAGIC OF MO
LIVERPOOL FAN CHRIS WILLIAMS HAILS THE IMPACT OF NEW REDS HERO MOHAMED SALAH… KING OF THE KOP SHOOTING STAR: Liverpool’s Mohamed...
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/ 7 years agoTHE TOP 10 FOOTBALL FILMS EVER…
MICHAEL RENOUF GIVES US HIS TAKE ON THE MOVIES THAT HAVE HIT THE TARGET MICHAEL RENOUF AT THE MOVIES 10. MIKE...
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/ 7 years agoTONY’S TALES MAKE FOR A TOP READ…
Irish Soccer Migrants – A Social and Cultural History, by Conor Curran, published by Cork University Press, price: £24 (hardback), Rating...
