MUSCLING UP FOR BATTLE

EUAN BURNS EXPLAINS HOW FOOTBALLERS CAN TAKE THEIR GAME TO THE NEXT LEVEL WITH AN INTELLIGENT PLAN AND HARD WORK Looking...

GOING UPSTAIRS

BARNABY ROSTANT REPORTS ON SOME FORMER FOOTBALL STARS WHO HAVE TAKEN INFLUENTIAL ROLES AT CLUBS OF DIFFERING SIZES... ROBBIE Savage is...

UNITED NEED TASTY RICE

BARNABY ROSTANT SAYS MANCHESTER UNITED SHOULD BEEF UP THEIR MIDFIELD WITH THE WEST HAM AND ENGLAND MAN IF THEY WANT TO...

MY WATFORD WOBBLE

JONNY BRICK EXPLAINS WHY HE’S QUESTIONING HIS SUPPORT FOR HIS FAVOURITE FOOTBALL TEAM.. So valuable: Watford winger Ismaila Sarr fights for...

JIMMY GREAVES ENGLAND’S GOAL KING

ROBERT J WILSON LOOKS BACK AT THE LIFE OF THE LEGENDARY MARKSMAN WHO DIED IN SEPTEMBER AGED 81... Home comforts: In...

DON’T RUIN THE WORLD CUP FIFA

HARRY HENSHAW EXPLAINS WHY PLANS FOR A BIENNIAL TOURNAMENT WOULD BE A MASSIVE OWN-GOAL... On top of the world: France savour...

VIKTOR GYOKERES COV’S SUPER SWEDE

COVENTRY CITY FANATIC KEVIN HALLS LOOKS AT THE IMPACT OF THE IN-FORM STRIKER AT THE CHAMPIONSHIP CLUB... Shooting star: Viktor Gyokeres...

IVANO BONETTI AND GRIMSBY TOWN

DAN BARKER GRAY RECALLS WHEN AN ITALIAN STAR CAUSED SHOCKWAVES AT THE MARINERS... WIvano Bonetti isn’t the first that springs to...

RONALDO’S EARLY DAYS

ROBERT J WILSON RECALLS THE PORTUGUESE STAR’S FIRST SPELL WITH MANCHESTER UNITED... Having a laugh: Manchester United celebrate winning the Premier...

BLUES’ GOLDEN SEASON

LIFELONG BIRMINGHAM CITY FAN KEITH DIXON LOOKS BACK AT A MEMORABLE CAMPAIGN HALF A CENTURY AGO... IT’S hard to believe that...

SECOND SEASON SYNDROME IN REVERSE

SAM TODD LOOKS AT CLUBS WHO HAVE THRIVED FOLLOWING THEIR OPENING CAMPAIGN AMONG THE BIG BOYS... Outfoxed ’em: Leicester savour their...

DON’T WRITE OFF THE REDS

FEW PUNDITS HAVE BACKED LIVERPOOL TO WIN THE PREMIER LEAGUE BUT THE FORMER CHAMPS ARE AS GOOD AS ANYONE ARGUES THOMAS...

SINGING THE BLUES

RICKY CARROLL TELLS US ABOUT A LIFETIME FOLLOWING CHELSEA... High jump: Chelsea’s Jakob Kjeldbjerg wins an aerial duel against Manchester United’s...

MIXING WITH THE BEAST, A MONK AND ROONEY…

NIGE TASSLE JOURNEYS THROUGH THE SECOND TIER... What a feeling: Wycombe Wanderers’ Adebayo ‘The Beast’ Akinfenwa celebrates his last-gasp penalty winner...

THANKS IRON MAN

KEVIN HALLS TAKES A LOOK BACK AT THE LIFE OF COVENTRY CITY LEGEND GEORGE CURTIS... Glory day: George Curtis celebrates Coventry’s...

PIONEERING BLUES

LIFELONG BIRMINGHAM CITY SUPPORTER KEITH DIXON RECALLS WHEN HIS FAVOURITES LED THE WAY FOR ENGLISH SIDES IN EUROPE... Up for it:...

SUPER JACK-THE 100 MILLION POUND MAN

ROBERT J WILSON SAYS JACK GREALISH HAS ALL THE CREDENTIALS TO LIVE UP TO HIS INCREDIBLE PRICE TAG Settling in: Jack...

LONG LIVE THE LEAGUE CUP

SAM TODD TELLS US WHY HE IS AN UNASHAMED FAN OF OUR DOMESTIC FOOTBALL’S THIRD COMPETITION... Cup kings: Manchester City celebrate...

MIND THE GAP

ACTIVITY IN THE SUMMER TRANSFER WINDOW REFLECTS HOW THE FINANCIAL DEMOGRAPHIC OF EUROPEAN FOOTBALL HAS ALTERED SINCE THE PANDEMIC, ARGUES THOMAS...

OLE’S CRUSADE

RICHARD SAYELL EXAMINES WHETHER MANCHESTER UNITED BOSS OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER HAS FINALLY FOUND THE MISSING PIECES OF THE PUZZLE TO RECLAIM...

GAZZA-AT BOSTON UNITED

DAN BARKER GRAY RECALLS PAUL GASCOIGNE’S LAST HURRAH AS A PLAYER... IT’S not unusual for former top-flight players to find themselves...

GERD MULLER – KING OF GOALS

ROBERT J WILSON LOOKS BACK AT THE LIFE OF THE LEGENDARY GERMAN STRIKER... Defining moment: Gerd Muller nets West Germany’s winner...

THE JOY AND PAIN OF PENALTIES

KEVIN HALLS REFLECTS ON THE DIFFERING FORTUNES OF THOSE BRAVE ENOUGH TO STEP UP TO THE PENALTY SPOT.... Agony: England’s Bukayo...

RHODES TO REDEMPTION

CAMERON POPE ANALYSES THE PROSPECTS OF ONCE-PROLIFIC STRIKER JORDAN RHODES RECAPTURING HIS BEST FORM ON HIS RETURN TO HUDDERSFIELD TOWN... THE...

SINGING THE BLUES

CHRIS WRIGHT TAKES A LOOK BACK AT WHEN CHELSEA’S FORTUNES REALLY STARTED TO CHANGE... Showing off the FA Cup IT’S hard...

JUDE’S JOURNEY

BIRMINGHAM CITY FAN KEITH DIXON TAKES A LOOK AT THE FACTORS BEHIND THE RAPID RISE OF FORMER BLUES STARLET JUDE BELLINGHAM......

DON AND DUSTED

ERIK SAMUELSON TELLS CHRIS DUNLAVY ABOUT HIS BOOK CHARTING THE INCREDIBLE RISE OF AFC WIMBLEDON... We’ve Don it! AFC Wimbledon celebrate...

MAGIC MACCA

SAM TODD TAKES A LOOK BACK AT THE LIFE OF PORTSMOUTH AND REP OF IRELAND STAR ALAN McLOUGHLIN ALAN McLoughlin’s death...

THE BEAUTY AND BURDEN OF NOSTALGIA

MIKE DOUGLAS EXPLAINS WHY IT WAS TIME FOR A RADICAL CHANGE TO HIS CHERISHED FOOTBALL COLLECTION... WHEN you’ve spent decades collecting...

WE’RE NEARLY THERE!

CHRIS DUNLAVY SAYS CRITICISM OF ENGLAND BOSS GARETH SOUTHGATE’S CONSERVATIVE STYLE IS WIDE OF THE MARK - AND THE THREE LIONS...