Stories By The Late Tackle Magazine Team
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Book Reviews
/ 12 years agoIT’S BIN A LONG TIME
JON LIVESEY looks back at the career of legendary Everton goalkeeper Neville Southall and reviews his book, The Binman Chronicles. ONLY...
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Features
/ 12 years agoTHE CUP DOESN’T MEAN F.A. TO ME’
GARETH ROBERTS RANTS GARETH ROBERTS says you can’t beat The FA Cup third-round draw I’d just watched a decent second-round tie on...
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Features
/ 12 years agoTHE MATCHDAY EXPERIENCE
ALISTAIR MCLAUCHLAN, a Scot living in Ecuador, wonders who’s got it best when it comes to watching football Atahualpa Stadium EVERY...
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Features
/ 12 years agoTHE WRITES AND WRONGS OF FOOTBALL FANZINES
They’ve been kicking around for decades, but what exactly is – and isn’t – a fanzine? WILLIAM ABBS tries to explain......
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Late Tackle
/ 12 years agoGIVE ’EM THE BOOT!
Pink, orange, yellow, turquoise – there’s no colour of boot that footballers don’t wear these days. But remember when boots only...
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Features
/ 12 years agoPRESS-ING MATTERS
DANIEL SMITH reckons there’s too much focus on the Premier League – and journalists are getting too close to their subjects...
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Features
/ 12 years agoTHE MYTH OF CHRISTMAS
CHRIS DUNLAVY says being bottom at Yuletife is not necessarily a disaster YOU know what they say about being bottom at...
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Features
/ 12 years agoPOPPING MY FOOTBALL CHERRY
‘ORRIBLE IVES’ of Wigan Athletic fanzine The Mudhutter remembers the first time Springfield Park IT WAS around about 1973-74 that I...
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Features
/ 12 years agoTACKLING BIRTHDAYS
Rubbish football cards... they were, er, quite good, actually, says ASHLEY GREB, and he wonders why we can’t buy them any more...
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Features
/ 12 years agoSTRIPPED BACK
Christmas will help to breed a new generation of wanna-be football managers and stasticians -KEITH MENARY remembers the more innocent times...
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Features
/ 12 years agoHESKEY REVISITED
JAMES DUTTON looks at one of the most-maligned of the old-style centre-forward and asks, was he THAT bad? HAVE you heard...
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Features
/ 12 years agoCONFESSIONS OF A SOCCER SPURLOCK…
CHRIS SHAW binges on televised football for a weekend and rediscovers a love of neutral viewing IDOUBT there is anyone reading...
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Late Tackle
/ 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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Features
/ 12 years agoGET YOUR KICKS ON ROUTE 66
No, not that one. MICHAEL MOWBRAY had a jumping out of the bath experience that led to him attending more than...
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Features
/ 12 years agoNOT SINGING ANY MORE?
NEIL SCOTT wonders why so few have cracked it when it comes to fusing togger and tunes into a successful partnership...
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Features
/ 12 years agoJUST GET ON WITH IT!
Tunnel cameras, handshakes and theme tunes -PAUL CANTWELL has had enough of the pre-match palaver and is thankful for Sky Plus......
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Features
/ 12 years agoI FOUND MY FOOTBALL SOUL IN THE ORIENT
Adam Michie committed the cardinal sin and swapped allegiances. How did it workl out? In 2010, I committed the cardinal sin...
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Features
/ 12 years agoBADGES OF DISHONOUR
WALSH’S WORLD - KRISTIAN WALSH REGRETS A FOOTBALL REVOLUTION THE ever-growing movement against modern football is a commendable one. Supporters are being...
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Features
/ 12 years agoAN ADVENTURE AT THE WRONG END OF THE PYRAMID
CHRIS EVANS tells the tale of an African player still dreaming of the big time while keeping goal in the Central...
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Features
/ 12 years agoBRITS, BRIAN, BIG BALLS AND BENFICA
STEVEN GREEN remembers when Portugal chopped Souey Graeme Souness at Benfica THERE are certain periods in every club’s history that are...
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Features
/ 12 years agoBEWARE SNOW, FLOOODS AND TYRANTS
CHRIS DUNLAVY looks at the perils of the weather – and other less obvious influences on whether a match gets played...
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Features
/ 12 years agoPLAYING KETCHUP
LUKE CONSTABLE wonders if Fernando Torres will ever truly rediscover his goalscoring touch AS PART of Roman Abramovich’s increasingly esoteric recruitment...
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Retro
/ 12 years agoFORGOTTEN KINGS OF EUROPE
CHRIS DUNLAVY looks at the teams who found their moment of glory in the old European Cup Winners’ Cup LIKE Uncle...
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Features
/ 12 years agoTHUMB THING WE RELIED ON
CEEFAX 302-SATURDAY 3PM Ceefax – the staple source of information for many a football fan’s thumb – has broadcast its last...
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Features
/ 12 years agoFOOTBALL… IT IS FOR GIRLS!
Female faces are more common than ever before at the match – but there’s still a way to go says HELEN...
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Late Tackle
/ 12 years agoKNOW YOUR RIGHTS AT THE MATCH
AMANDA JACKS, case worker for the Football Supporters' Federation, explains what to do if you have a brush with the law...
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Features
/ 12 years agoSCHTOP, SCHTEVE!
THIS COUNTRY, WE, RE NOT READY YET! KEITH MENARY wasn’t pleased to see the ‘wally with the brolly’ back on our...
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Features
/ 12 years agoWHY MIND GAMES ARE A NO BRAINER
PAUL CANTWELL disputes the media-fuelled concept that Alex Ferguson has mysterious mental powers Sir Alex Ferguson ‘And now for my next...
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Features
/ 12 years agoJONAS IS ALL WRITE BY ME
Football writing ain't what it used to be – and the attitude towards an unsung hero sums it all up for...
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Late Tackle
/ 12 years agoPRICED OUT OF FOOTBALL
GARETH ROBERTS laments the depressing gentrification of modern football THE BBC’S Price of Football feature was as extensive and comprehensive as...
