Stories By The Late Tackle Magazine Team
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World
/ 11 months agoWHERE EAGLES DARE
Jose Peseiro was just the latest coach to find managing Nigeria an almost impossible task, writes Osasu Obayiuwana WITH the distinguished...
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Retro
/ 11 months agoGIANT-KILLING CANARIES
Sam Todd recalls when Norwich City enjoyed a sensational FA Cup run 65 years ago... TT WAS an FA Cup fourth...
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Features
/ 11 months agoHOWARD’S WAY
LIFELONG BIRMINGHAM CITY SUPPORTER KEITH DIXON RECALLS WHEN HOWARD KENDALL HELPED SAVE THE BLUES FROM RELEGATION HALF A CENTURY AGO... AS...
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Features
/ 11 months agoHAPPY WITH OUR LOT
Watford fan Jonny Brick is quite content with his team never going up and never going down When Declan Rice scored...
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Retro
/ 11 months agoCHEEKY CHARLIE
TOM GREEN LOOKS AT THE LIFE AND TIMES OF CHARLIE MITTEN, WHO WENT FROM BURMA TO BOGOTA VIA OLD TRAFFORD MANCHESTER...
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Late Tackle
/ 11 months agoSHAKESPEARE IN FOOTBALL
Sam Todd reflects on the Bard's football references, and his continuing influence... Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou was among the celebrities...
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EFL
/ 11 months agoAND SMITH DOES SCORE
Barnaby Rostant looks at the career of evergreen centre-forward Matt Smith... YOU don’t tend to see many old-fashioned target men in...
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World
/ 11 months agoJAMES RODRIGUEZ TEN YEARS ON
Daniel Moffat looks at the career of the Colombia star THIS summer marks the 10th anniversary of the 2014 World Cup...
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World
/ 11 months agoMY UNSUNG ALL-TIME XI
Philip O'Rourke picks the players who don't get the plaudits they deserve... SINCE football began, there have been star players in...
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Non-League
/ 11 months agoLIFE AFTER THE CUP HEROICS
Ben Smith looks at the reality for Maidstone United following their stint in the spotlight... Few underdog stories capture the country’s...
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Features
/ 11 months agoCARTOON CAPERS
Our resident artist Bob Bond laments the demise of the match cartoonist Tomorrow I’d like you to do Horwich Railwaymen’s Institute...
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Features
/ 11 months agoIF CRUYFF HAD JOINED FOXES!
Matthew Mann imagines what life would have been like at Leicester City with the Dutch superstar in their ranks... THE period...
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EFL
/ 11 months agoPASSING THE BATON
Notts County fan Ian Kirke reflects on an unforgettable day at Meadow Lane... I’VE been to some big games: Wembley play-offs,...
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Premier League
/ 1 year agoPENALTY POINTS
Sam Todd looks at top-flight points deductions in light of Everton's recent woes... EVERTON’S ten-point deduction for breaching the top flight’s...
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Non-League
/ 1 year agoPASCAL’S MISSION
Ben Smith reports on Pascal Chimbonda's adventure at Skelmersdale United - and how he hopes to inspire other black managers It's...
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World
/ 1 year agoGARETH’S GLORY BID
Robert J Wilson hopes the football Gods smile down on Gareth Southgate's England this summer... IF THIS summer’s European Championships is...
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Premier League
/ 1 year agoYOU’RE WRONG, KIPLING!
Brighton fan David Williams reflects on the differing emotions of his club's highs and lows In his famous poem If, Rudyard...
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Book Reviews
/ 1 year agoCUP FUN OVERFLOWS
The Magic of the FA Cup!, by Bob Bond, published by Pitch Publishing, Price: £19.99 IF YOU’RE a fan of the...
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Book Reviews
/ 1 year agoPURE FOOTBALL
Gordon Milne: Shankly, My Dad and Me, with Steve Younger, published by Pitch Publishing, Price: £25 IN HIS engrossing football memoir,...
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Retro
/ 1 year agoMY FIRST LOVE
Colin Allan recalls his early days as a Sheffield Wednesday supporter... Why do fans support particular teams? Often, of course, it’s...
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Late Tackle
/ 1 year agoPOEMS FOR ‘THE FIRST CLUB’
CHRIS TOWERS TELLS US ABOUT HIS FRESH CHALLENGE WITH SHEFFIELD FC... Home comforts: Sheffield FC’s current ground at Dronfield IT WAS...
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Features
/ 1 year agoENGLAND GOAL KINGS MANAGERIAL MISERY
Keith Dixon says Wayne Rooney isn't the only former three Lions goal-getter to struggle in management... As a Birmingham City supporter...
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Premier League
/ 1 year agoDEFIANT HATTERS DIG DEEP
John Lyons reports on the unheralded side battling to prove their critics wrong... HANDS up if you believed Luton Town were...
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Late Tackle
/ 1 year agoVINTAGE NEV’S GULLS EXPLOITS
STEVE HARRIS RECALLS THE DAYS WHEN LEGENDARY GOALKEEPER NEVILLE SOUTHALL PLAYED BETWEEN THE STICKS FOR TORQUAY UNITED... Committed: Neville Southall attempts...
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World
/ 1 year agoPAKISTAN PASSION
Michael Sheridan visited Pakistan and the mountains of Karimabad where women's football is booming A YOUNG girl, wearing a thick jacket...
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Premier League
/ 1 year agoTHREE OF A KIND
Tom Green looks back at a trio who failed to set the top-flight alight... WE LIKE to class the Premier League...
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Retro
/ 1 year agoDAVE’S TREASURE HUNT
Former Southampton striker Dave Puckett tells Jake Gunton about his efforts to track down some precious mementos of his playing days......
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Late Tackle
/ 1 year agoWELCOME TO LATE TACKLE
The business end of the season is almost upon us and nerves are jangling up and down the country. In the...
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Late Tackle
/ 1 year agoTIPPING THE SCALES
MATTHEW LUDDINGTON TALKS TO JOHN SCALES ABOUT HIS PLAYING DAYS-AND HIS LATEST EXPLOITS... What a feeling: Celebrating FA Cup success with...
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Late Tackle
/ 1 year agoENGLAND IN GERMANY
SAM SHEPPEY LOOKS BACK AT THE WORLD CUP IN 2006 AS ENGLAND GET SET TỌ RETURN TO GERMANY... What a goal!...
