Stories By The Late Tackle Magazine Team
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Features
/ 12 years agoTURN ON? OR TURN OFF
RICHARD FAULKNER casts an eye over the best and worst pundits to hit our screens and airwaves during the season Champions Gary...
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Retro
/ 12 years agoTHE BOY FROM BRAZIL
Samba stars in the Premier League are nothing new these days – but MARK GODFREY remembers Mirandinha, the man who swapped...
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Features
/ 12 years agoSTILL FIRE IN THE DRAGAN
DOMINIC BLISS on how a European star of the 90s reinvented himself in Japan. DRAGAN Stojkovic has enjoyed nothing short of...
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/ 12 years agoLOSING MY RELIGION
With ticket prices continuing to rise, more and more football fans are picking and choosing their matches, watching the game in...
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/ 12 years agoTHATCHER WAS NO FRIEND OF FOOTBALL
GARETH ROBERTS RANTS THE FA has demonstrated time and again that it is staggeringly out of touch with football fans but, following...
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/ 12 years agoSORRY WADDLE THIS IS WADDLE!
CHRIS DUNLAVY reviews Chris Waddles’ damning assessment and make his own evaluation of David Beckham CAN I list 1,000 Premier League...
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/ 12 years agoLa Liga Round Up: Three horse race for the title continues
Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid all picked up narrow victories to keep the race for the La Liga title firmly poised with...
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/ 12 years agoGARETH ROBERTS RANTS
Why is everyone smartin, over Martin? GARETH ROBERTS takes a closer look at the sacking of O’Neill EVERYONE was quick...
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/ 12 years agoTHE ROAD TO WIGAN CHEER
LUKE CONSTABLE says Roberto Martinez has accepted where Wigan are as a club – and so should you because they’re the...
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/ 12 years agoJOHNNY B BAD
The words might change, but the chant stays the same. JAMES DUTTON bemoans the terrace chant that just won’t go away...
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Retro
/ 12 years agoBOUNDARY SPARKS
Oldham's cup exploits this season have brought back the 1989-90 campaign and an unlikely trip from Pennine Way to Wembley Way....
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Features
/ 12 years agoFEAR OF THE PROMISED
ASHLEY GREBB is not entirely sure he wants his team to win promotion to the Premier League... OUTSIDE, the icy gusts...
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/ 12 years agoSPOTLAND THE FORWARDS FACTORY
JOHNNY GREANEY on why Rochdale has been a breeding ground for goal-getters SPOTLAND Stadium, Rochdale, has always been a little short...
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/ 12 years agoWRITE FOR LATE TACKLE
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Retro
/ 12 years agoMEETING THE REAL LUTHER BLISSE TT
STEPHEN ROBERTS recalls the time he came face to face with one of his heroes – and the odd inspiration for...
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Features
/ 12 years agoFOOTBALL ON FILM
RAMON BENITEZ looks at how the beautiful game has been depicted on the big screen – with varying degrees of success...
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/ 12 years agoSICK OF THE SPIN
KEITH MENARY says the incessant turning of the managerial merry-go-round is another turn off about the modern game THIS season has been...
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/ 12 years agoGOALDEN BROWN
PATRICK NORRIE says the former PM had a vision for club ownership that would have benefited the game HE 2010 General...
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Features
/ 12 years agoEURO DRAW IS JUST A EURO BORE
CHRIS DUNLAVY explains how UEFA can put some excitement back into their Champions League THE soaring strings, the crystalline voices, the...
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Features
/ 12 years agoGARY LINEKER HE’S MORE THAN CHIPS AND QUIPS
ADAM MICHIE says the Match of the Day host deserves to be remembered for more than advertising crisps IN OCTOBER 1991...
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/ 12 years agoThe Second Coming of Third THIRD LANARK
MARK GODFREY recalls a long-forgotten football club – and looks at plans for it to rise again Third Lanark vs Hearts...
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Features
/ 12 years agoMOACYR BARBOSA
A MISTAKE THAT SHOCKED A NATION SAM HUGHES looks back on the vitriol poured on Brazil’s goalkeeper for the ‘error’ that...
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Features
/ 12 years agoCUT IN WAGES WOULD BE JUST THE TICKET
Players’ salaries have driven up prices in football and TONY BARRETT says it’s time footballers considered supporters’ plight SOMEWHERE this weekend,...
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/ 12 years agoThe Cape Crusaders
The performances of Cape Verde in the Africa Cup of Nations raised a few eyebrows, including those of DAN RAWLEY THE...
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Features
/ 12 years agoFOLLOW THE LEADERS
KEITH MENARY bemoans the lack of chest-pumping skippers in modern-day football – and looks back at six of the best from...
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/ 12 years agoPAUL MERSON… MAD PROPHET OF THE AIRWAVES
When a pun-peddling player-turned-pundit bins the banter to say something is wrong with football, it’s time to listen, writes LUKE CONSTABLE...
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Features
/ 12 years agoTHEY JUST DON’T GET IT
One song sung at Old Trafford summed up all that was wrong with Manchester United for FC United of Manchester supporter...
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/ 12 years agoTELLY ACHE
PAUL BROWN has an Andy Townsend-shaped problem with footie commentary on ITV Andy Townsend ANDY Townsend has an unmatched ability to...
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/ 12 years agoWRITE FOR LATE TACKLE
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/ 12 years agoARE YOU SITTING COMFORTABLY? THEN WE’LL BEGIN…
The new fad for missing games after taking the reins at a club is really grinding the gears of PAUL CANTWELL...
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