Stories By The Late Tackle Magazine Team
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Features
/ 12 years agoSo You Think You’re ‘Ard Do You? Think On!
WHAT is a football hardman? Look at the myriad lists on the internet and you’ll see names like Kevin Muscat, Roy...
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/ 12 years agoWin, Lose Or Snore
SO here are the stats: 65.2 per cent possession, 4,506 passes made with 88.5 per cent completed, 16.7 shots per game...
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/ 12 years agoBooze, Birds And A Fight Every Week
ROY ‘Red Card’ McDonough was 16 when he tried to strangle the referee in a schools cup final. “The bloke was...
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/ 12 years agoWho’s Better? Who’s Best? Who Cares?
FOR ONCE it seemed as though he was being genuine – no ulterior motive, no hidden agenda and no mind games....
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/ 12 years agoHeskey Revisited
HAVE you heard the one about Emile Heskey? What do you get if you cross a ball and Emile Heskey? A...
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/ 12 years agoBargain Or Bomb? Transfer Traumas!
AH, the transfer window. Eagerly awaited by big clubs, agents and Harry Redknapp. Dreaded by chairmen, minnows and anyone with a...
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/ 12 years agoFollow The Leaders
THIS season is shaping up to be the final farewell to the so-called ‘golden generation’ of English footballers. As Frank Lampard...
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/ 12 years agoGary Lineker – He’s More Than Chips And Quips
IN OCTOBER 1991 I accompanied my granddad to West Ham’s Upton Park for a London derby against Spurs. This day was...
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/ 12 years agoYes, Fergie Was Great, But…
HOW good was Alex Ferguson? On these shores, the answer is obvious. Statistically, anecdotally and clear-as-a-bell obviously, the man was sensationally...
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/ 12 years agoCall That The Way To Run A League?
In England we’re all used to our simple league methods. A standard round robin system, where everyone plays each other home...
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/ 12 years agoHONESTY. DECENCY. BEAUTIFUL FOOTBALL. MAN CITY EXPECTS
JOSH LAWLESS looks at what Manuel Pellegrini could bring to the City of Manchester Stadium Pep Guardiola is clearly an admirer of...
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/ 12 years agoSEASON OF THE BIG GOODBYE
LUKE CONSTABLE says the new season looks fresh and exciting as famous names move aside Has any Premier League season ever...
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/ 12 years agoPELE’S SLEEPING GIANT IS STILL SLEEPING
LIAM BOOTH asks why an African country has not won the World Cup It was arguably football’s greatest ever player, Pele,...
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/ 12 years agoCLUB SHIRTS? WHY NOT MAKE THEM YOURSELF
GILES METCALFE looks at the massive market for replica kit and has some unusual advice Football clubs make massive deals with...
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/ 12 years agoBLACK AND WHITE TRUTH OF ALBERT JOHANNESON
DOM SMITH traces the troubled life of the first black man to play in the FA Cup final “Albert Johanneson is...
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/ 12 years agoWRITE FOR LATE TACKLE
We’re always on the look out for contributions for future issues of Late Tackle. If you fancy writing for the magazine...
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Europe
/ 12 years agoAJAX SEE THE FUTURE AND IT’ S ORANGE
MICHAEL HENSON looks at the way the Dutch club have dominated the production of star players The De Toekomst Academy The...
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/ 12 years agoGAZZA, GAGS AND GOLACO BELLISSIMO
JAMES PIERCE has affectionate memories of Channel 4’s Italian fooball coverage ith the nation’s fascination with everything Paul Gascoigne after his exploits...
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/ 12 years agoJAUNDER WHY VERON WAS SUCH A FLOP?
MAX CLAYTON-ROBB on the one big transfer that Sir Alex got horribly wrong at Man Utd Juan Sebastian Veron is considered...
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/ 12 years agoHAIR’S A THOUGHT…
JON WAKEHAM laments the lack of bald players in the Premier League Stephen Ireland Brad Friedel Wayne Rooney James Collins Something...
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/ 12 years agoCALL THAT THE WAY TO RUN A LEAGUE
CAM MELLING looks at the different, and sometimes bizarre, ways other countries organise their football In England we’re all used to...
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/ 12 years agoLET’S HAVE TWO PREM TITLES EVERY SEASON!
JOHN LYONS suggests the South American way could be a hit in England Union Espanola fans Are you, like me, bored...
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/ 12 years agoYES, CHELSEA AND ARSENAL DID TOPPLE MAN UTD
CHRIS DUNLAVY looks at what would have happened if the Premier League season had been divided into two Ah those crazy...
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/ 12 years agoVAN MAN HAS LAMPS IN HIS SIGHTS
MAX CLAYTON-ROBB says Marco van Ginkel is the next Frank Lampard at Chelsea Marco van Ginkel Chelsea’s £9m signing of 20-year-old...
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/ 12 years agoTHIS ITALIAN ROMANCE STARTS IN LANCASTER
CHRIS DUNLAVY looks at the tiny Italian club who have risen to Serie A and wear the same kit as a...
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/ 12 years agoGREAT EXPECTATIONS?
BARRIE WHITE says Roberto Martinez and Everton were not what he’d hoped for Imagine the job advert: Wanted – intelligent but...
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/ 12 years agoIDIOTS ABROAD?
As Tottenham Hotspur’s Gareth Bale perhaps contemplates a mega-bucks fate of some of his fellow move to Real Madrid, the Wales winger...
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/ 12 years agoYES, FERGIE WAS GREAT, BUT…
CHRIS DUNLAVY looks at the true legacy of Britain’s most outstanding football manager HOW good was Alex Ferguson? On these shores,...
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/ 12 years agoYOU GOT CLEARANCE CLARENCE
IAIN PEARCE watches on as Clarence Seedorf adapts to life in Brazil WHEN Clarence Seedorf made his unexpected move from AC...
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/ 12 years agoLITERATURE
KEITH MENARY is also looking to a summer read (and he’s got some recommendations, too). And here’s why. While Twitter, Instagram...
