Stories By The Late Tackle Magazine Team
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/ 13 years agoIt’s groundhog day
CHARLIE McCANN of Victor Chandler isn’t holding out too much hope for England England limped into the Finals of next year’s...
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/ 13 years agoThe future’s bright, the future’s Belgium
JASPER TAYLOR reckons one of Europe’s lesser lights can match their neighbours The ‘Red Devils’ is a nickname regularly spouted in...
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/ 13 years agoFred Pentland — the man in the bowler hat
SAM HUGHES tells the amazing tale of the Englishman that gave Spain their footballing identity and once managed a team that...
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/ 13 years agoHAIR WE GO
WE’RE as guilty as anyone for mourning all that’s gone from the game, but there’s one thing that has remained constant...
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/ 13 years agoJon Stark: Footballer of the future
PAUL BROWN looks at one of the Seventies’ biggest football stars Jon Stark arrived on the football scene in the late...
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/ 13 years agoThe true burger king
DAN ROBERTS has tasted the best and worst of footy “cuisine” on his travels around the nation — he’s forgotten more...
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/ 13 years agoWhat happened to the likely lads?
SCOTT TERRIO mourns the passing of the out-and-out winger, a player that seems to have been sacrificed to the modern football...
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/ 13 years agoHero worship ain’t what it used to be
OLLY RICKETTS takes a slightly depressing walk down World Cup memory lane I recently discovered that over the years I have...
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/ 13 years agoIf it’s good enough for Brazil, it’ll do for us
ROBERT NEVITT thinks Futsal could be the key to lifting the depression that follows England around when it comes to major...
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/ 13 years agoHeroes and villains
CHRIS MARTIN wonders why fair play usually goes out of the window in football In the modern age football is littered...
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/ 13 years agoGreat moustaches of football history
Number one: Jimmy Greaves ... Continue reading... Access all our premium content for less than 50p per week! SUBSCRIBE Already a...
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/ 13 years agoGetting stuck in
MERV PAYNE remembers the days when all he wanted was a silver foil badge I have a family escape plan in the...
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/ 13 years agoRudderless Inter head for the rocks
PAUL GRECH sees tough times ahead for Inter after they fail to give another manager time As Giampiero Gasperini exited his...
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/ 13 years agoWho’s the boss?
ROGER DOMENEGHETTI of whoateallthegoals.com wonders just how big a part football managers play in the suceess or otherwise of their teams...
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/ 13 years agoHacked off with journos
RANTS Gareth Roberts WHAT’S the role of newspaper football journalists in the age of the internet? With every goal, every substitution,...
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/ 13 years agoThe crazy gang
NEIL SCOTT on how goalies are no longer the team nutter You have to be mad to be a goalkeeper.” In...
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/ 13 years agoIt’s still ref-fing hell
Football dynasties come and go but one opponent remains undefeated. Mark SanderSon assesses the task facing the Fa’s respect programme in...
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/ 13 years agoA cluster of cliches
ADAM HURREY of angleofpostandbar.blogspot.com runs a few choice football phrases up the flagpole to see who drops their trousers The animal...
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/ 13 years agoThe one-cap wonder
PATRICK JOHN on the player that epitomised a decade and was loved by fans of two very different clubs, if not...
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/ 13 years agoRANDOM…
with Patrick John DID YOU KNOW: Wycombe Wanderers’ mascot, Bodger, is based on a real person, former striker Tony ‘Bodger’ Horseman....
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/ 14 years agoWho loves Owen?
When Michael Owen scored THAT goal against Argentina in 1998, he had the world at his feet. Now, PETER SIMPSON says,...
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/ 14 years agoGoing down fighting
WALSH’S WORLD Kristian Walsh on football around the globe June 26, 2011: one of the darkest days in Argentinean football history...
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/ 14 years agoFootballing nirvana
GER MCCARTHY remembers an incredible night at Anfield when the team that had swept all before them in English football for...
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/ 14 years agoFriday I’m in love
He scored a goal even the referee applauded and inspired The Super Furry Animals’ single, The Man Don’t Give A F**k....
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/ 14 years agoMartin knows the score
JAMES WILLOUGHBY on an FA Cup giant-killing at Old Trafford that meant a lot to Leeds United fans – some more...
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/ 14 years agoThe ultimate traders
KIERON O’CONNOR of swissramble.blogspot.com takes a detailed look at the amazing success delivered by FC Porto with finances that many Championship...
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/ 14 years agoPower of Scotland
To many Scottish football has become a joke – a two-horse race to be sneered at; a parochial competition long past...
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/ 14 years agoSavaging Robbie
RANTS Gareth Roberts WHAT’S the point in Robbie Savage? What’s he famous for? What’s he ever done remotely worthwhile? He curled...
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/ 14 years agoCutting it fine
Groundsman, fundraiser, driver, cleaner...there’s more to life to managing a grassroots football team than meets the eye, as AIDAN TOWNSEND finds...
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/ 14 years agoTeenage kicks – the magic of Brazil ’82
NEIL SCOTT gets all nostalgic about the most loved underachievers of all-time THE thing about memories is they’re always there for...
