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This is where you will find all of Late Tackle’s original Features which are full of expertise, analysis and opinion.

REVIEW: Head for the Floodlights, by Giles Goford

2 December 2024 0 comments

Head for the Floodlights: Around the 92 in the 1980s – Giles Goford, published by Conker Editions, price: £16.

PREVIEW: Go To War, by Jon Spurling

2 December 2024 0 comments

My new book is about 1980s football, in particular its prime movers and shakers at clubs like Liverpool, Everton, Aston Villa, and Arsenal.

Joe McGinniss: Recalling ‘The Miracle of Castel di Sangro’

2 December 2024 0 comments

If the study of football was on the national curriculum, then Joe McGinniss’ The Miracle of Castel di Sangro would be on the GCSE syllabus.

REVIEW: Come on Marine! by Barry Lenton

2 December 2024 0 comments

Come on Marine! A personal history of the Mighty Mariners – Barry Lenton, published by Barry Lenton, price: £32.

An ode to the fractious border between home and away fans

2 December 2024 0 comments

Here follows a passionate footballing ode to that small strip of seats, that unstable gap, which separates away fans from home fans.

REVIEW: Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom by Adam Hurrey

2 December 2024 0 comments

Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to use (and abuse) the language of football – Adam Hurrey, published by Headline, Price: £20.

Flint Mountain FC and the joys of Welsh football

2 December 2024 0 comments

The club intrigued me as I had never come across a team with ‘mountain’ in the name and from the outset assumed there was a mountain there.

REVIEW: Badger’s Football Slang & Banter by Niall Edworthy

2 December 2024 0 comments

Badger’s Football Slang & Banter – Niall Edworthy, published by Badger Books, price: £9.99.

The highs and lows of following a match on social media

2 December 2024 0 comments

One of the best aspects of football is that we follow our teams through thick and thin, in all kinds of weather, and from various places.

REVIEW: Benno, My Life in Football by Dave Bennett

2 December 2024 0 comments

Benno: My Life in Football – Dave Bennett with Rich Chamberlain, published by Pitch Publishing, price: £25.

REVIEW: Panini Legends by Greg Lansdowne

2 December 2024 0 comments

Panini Legends: A Celebration of the World’s Greatest Football Stickers – Greg Lansdowne, published by Bloomsbury Sport, price: £16.99.

Voices of the Vic: Jonny Brick on Watford fan podcasts

14 October 2024 0 comments

Jonny Brick listens in as Watford fan podcasts try to make sense of where the club they love finds itself…

A groundhopper’s guide to good grub

14 October 2024 0 comments

Trevor Heft discusses an important and tasty part of the matchday ritual…

Swedish shock: Recalling England’s home humbling by Sweden

14 October 2024 0 comments

Colin Allan recalls when England were stunned on home turf by Sweden 65 years ago…

Book review: Munichs by David Peace

14 October 2024 0 comments

DAVID Peace has had varying degrees of success with his three football novels.

Book review: Boot money & end of shamateurism by Jeff Brooks

14 October 2024 0 comments

JEFF Brooks has written three books about the club he supports, Tooting & Mitcham United, and it was while he was researching the latter two that the subject of ‘boot money’ caught his attention.

Brian Moore Saved our Sundays – The Golden Age of Televised Football by Matt Eastley

12 August 2024 0 comments

Matt Eastley’s book is a joyously nostalgic journey through the golden days of regional televised football in the 1970s.

The Claret Pals by Evan Baldock

12 August 2024 0 comments

Published by the Book Guild Ltd, price: £8.99 They say you should write about what you know and Evan Baldock […]

Foul and Fair by Steve Coach

12 August 2024 0 comments

Published by the Book Guild Ltd, price: £9.99 Anyone who has been involved in kids’ football will know that it […]

Back o the net! Why we love Scottish fitba front cover

Scottish Treat

6 June 2024 0 comments

Back o the Net! Why we love Scottish fitba, compiled and edited by Donald C Stewart and Paul Goodwin, published […]

A Different Ending?

6 June 2024 0 comments

Extra Time: Euro 96 Reloaded, by Andrew Males, Price: £9.99 Wouldn’t it be great if we could somehow turn the […]

Buzzing Bees Book Review

6 June 2024 0 comments

Smart Money: The Fall and Rise of Brentford FC, by Alex Duff, published by Constable, Price: £22 (hardback) Alex Duff’s […]

Stickers Showcase Book Review

6 June 2024 0 comments

TIFO: The Art of Football Fan Stickers, by Ryo Sanada and Suridh Hassan, published by Soi Books, Price: £14.99 A […]

Going down the Rabbit Hole

6 June 2024 0 comments

David Williams tells is about his hunt for classic Euros mascots Most men have a midlife crisis of some sort. […]

Rio Ferdinand, Alan Shearer and Gary Lineker BBC Sport pundits

Punditry and the Three Lions

6 June 2024 0 comments

Based on material from his book BanterAnalysis, Jonny Brick advises you not to mute the experts during the forthcoming tournament […]

Political Football

6 June 2024 0 comments

Adam Catell on the fallout from Darlington’s dip into a different world Football and politics have historically not mixed well. […]

Roaring Dragons

6 June 2024 0 comments

With Wales missing out on the 2024 tournament, Tom Williams remembers the glory of Euro 2016 When I was six […]

Arne Slots In

6 June 2024 0 comments

Daniel Moffat examines the career of the man entrusted with replacing the legendary Jurgen Klopp in the dugout…

We’ve gone too VAR to stop

6 June 2024 0 comments

Callum Humphrey says it’s too late to chuck the much-maligned technology in the bin Has there ever been a subject […]

Schoolboy Stars

6 June 2024 0 comments

Colin Allan recalls the early days of some of English Football’s true greats Despite their future successes, several famous footballers […]

Features

REVIEW: Head for the Floodlights, by Giles Goford

PREVIEW: Go To War, by Jon Spurling

Joe McGinniss: Recalling ‘The Miracle of Castel di Sangro’

REVIEW: Come on Marine! by Barry Lenton

An ode to the fractious border between home and away fans

REVIEW: Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom by Adam Hurrey

Flint Mountain FC and the joys of Welsh football

REVIEW: Badger’s Football Slang & Banter by Niall Edworthy

The highs and lows of following a match on social media

REVIEW: Benno, My Life in Football by Dave Bennett

REVIEW: Panini Legends by Greg Lansdowne

Voices of the Vic: Jonny Brick on Watford fan podcasts

A groundhopper’s guide to good grub

Swedish shock: Recalling England’s home humbling by Sweden

Book review: Munichs by David Peace

Book review: Boot money & end of shamateurism by Jeff Brooks

Brian Moore Saved our Sundays – The Golden Age of Televised Football by Matt Eastley

The Claret Pals by Evan Baldock

Foul and Fair by Steve Coach

Scottish Treat

A Different Ending?

Buzzing Bees Book Review

Stickers Showcase Book Review

Going down the Rabbit Hole

Punditry and the Three Lions

Political Football

Roaring Dragons

Arne Slots In

We’ve gone too VAR to stop

Schoolboy Stars

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