Stories By The Late Tackle Magazine Team
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/ 13 years agoRANDOM…
WITH PATRICK JOHN DID YOU KNOW While the rest of this sea-faring nation marked the centenary of the sinking of...
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/ 13 years agoIT CAN MEAN LIFE OR DEATH
CHRIS DUNLAVY charts some illustrious, and fatal, relegations River Plate players in 2011 TOO Good to go down? Tell that to...
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Features
/ 13 years agoStars of the future who fell to earth
CHRIS DUNLAVY-THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE PAPER COLUMNIST PICKING a star of the future can be embarrassing. Remember when everyone thought John Bostock...
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/ 13 years agoRELEGATION… THE MOST FEARED WORD IN THE FOOTBALL DICTIONARY
MARTIN ‘Jimmy’ TARBUCK from Wigan fanzine The Mudhutter is dreading the drop. To prepare himself for the worst, he spoke to...
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/ 13 years agoALL NIGHT, EVERY NIGHT, IN THE DUGOUT IS SIMPLY EXHAUSTING
TONY MOGAN reveals his guilty secret It’s 3:37 am. I’ve been sat in this dark room, hunched over my laptop, eyes...
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/ 13 years agoThey used to Pong, now they’re potent
PAUL BROWN remembers the humble beginnings of the console togger EACH new instalment of FIFA and Pro Evo, EA Sports’ and...
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/ 13 years agoSTAND FOR THE TERRAGE
ANDREW CHERRIE wonders why a safe solution can’t be found for the serial standers at football TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND people stand...
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/ 13 years agoWHEN THEY ALL CRIED FOUL AND LOVES IT!
PETER BATEMAN gets all dewy-eyed over a short-lived footie mag from the 70s OSTALGIA Chelsea’s Ron Harris was king of the...
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/ 13 years agoWELCOME TO LATE TACKLE
So we’re back. A bit later than planned, but better late than never and all that. If you’ve read Late Tackle...
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/ 13 years agoFROM 12 QUID A WEEK TO 240,000… HOW IT ALL BEGAN
MIKE MILES meanders through a mind-boggling maze of money madness ON my office wall is a two-page spread from the Picture...
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/ 13 years agoWHY DEUTSCHLAND CAN BE ÜBER ALLES ONCE AGAIN
SCOTT TERRIO is predicting more highs for Low Mesut Ozil goes round Austria goalkeeper Christian Gratzei to score for Germany FORGET Spain,...
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Features
/ 13 years agoWHO’S PLAYING WITH WHO?
THE WAGS get a bad name generally and it’s easy to see why with their Imelda Marcos-style shopping sprees and desperation...
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/ 13 years agoBUSTED CLUBS AND BROKEN DREAMS
CHRIS DUNLAVY charts some famous ‘projects’ tha t turned from wonder into dust EVERY division has got one – a club...
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/ 13 years agoCHINA GIANT IS WAKING AND FLEXING IT’S FOOTBALLING MUSCLES
ANDREW CRAWFORD on why football in China is finally on the up Nicolas Anelka meets his new fans THE Chinese Super...
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/ 13 years agoTHE GROWING-UP MOMENT YOU REALISE THAT TACTICS AREN’T MINTS
NICK YOUNG on how England’s finally smelling the coffee when it comes to tactics Rory Delap ONE of the great things...
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/ 13 years agoYES, TEARS FOR SOUVENIRS BUT THERE WAS SO MUCH MORE…
PATRICK JOHN defends a World Cup that’s remembered for all the wrong reasons IT was widely derided as the worst World...
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/ 13 years agoDOGGONE IT! MAATTY WANTS HIS PET BACK
MATT BADCOCK tells the sad tale of a player separated from the pet he’s devoted to Blairy’s Dog Frank takes a...
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/ 13 years agoHODDLE, WADDLE AND OTHER FOOTBALLING WARBLERS
DAVID STANDEN reckons footballers should learn from past mistakes and leave the crooning to the professionals AT the turn of 2012,...
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Features
/ 13 years agoSaturday blackout makes no sense
WALSH'S WORLD-KRISTIAN WALSH HAS A NEW VISION FOR TELLY SSATURDAY afternoon, 2.45pm. The vestiges of early-afternoon drinking slowly trickle down nervous...
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/ 13 years agoThe good doctor
STEPHEN TUDOR pays a personal tribute to the football genius that was Socrates After a long battle with illness, the great...
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/ 13 years agoBasqueing in the glory
WALSH’S WORLD Kristian Walsh on matters abroad There’s nothing better in football than watching a team which typifies the city it...
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/ 13 years agoLate Tackle issue four – even slicker than Neil Warnock’s 1970s barnet
Issue four of Late Tackle – in all good newsagents on February 29 ... Continue reading... Access all our premium content...
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/ 13 years agoRANDOM…
with Patrick John DID YOU KNOW: On Christmas Day 1935, Oldham beat Tranmere 4-1 in the old Third Division North. Big...
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/ 13 years agoThe ultimate academy
JAMES HERD can’t understand why the big clubs spend so little time and effort scouting players in non-league football Roy Essandoh,...
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World
/ 13 years agoGreat expectations
DAVID GREEN hopes that the penny has finally dropped with England supporters The England national football team is one that deals...
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/ 13 years agoThe anatomy of a transfer saga
ADAM HURREY of angleofpostandbar.blogspot.com on how players, agents, pundits and the media come together to produce one of the more tedious...
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/ 13 years agoIn praise of the gaffer
OLLY RICKETTS argues that even today, success requires more than just money As Roger Domeneghetti argued in his excellent piece on...
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/ 13 years agoCome on Pool City!
PAUL BROWN with the tale of the league “everyone was talking about” in 1978 — but only for 15 weeks Forget...
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/ 13 years agoGoodbye Ceefax
Blocky, slow, clumpy but a much-loved source of vital information. MIKE MARTIN mourns the passing of analogue Ceefax to the big...
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/ 13 years agoStory of the Blues
MICK RATHBONE spent 35 years as a player and physio at Birmingham, Blackburn and Everton. This extract from ‘The Smell Of...
