Features

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

CARTOON CAPERS

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Our resident artist Bob Bond laments the demise of the match cartoonist Tomorrow I’d like you to do Horwich Railwaymen’s […]

Troy Deeney celebrates scoring in play-off final 2015

HAPPY WITH OUR LOT

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Watford fan Jonny Brick is quite content with his team never going up and never going down When Declan Rice […]

HOWARD’S WAY

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LIFELONG BIRMINGHAM CITY SUPPORTER KEITH DIXON RECALLS WHEN HOWARD KENDALL HELPED SAVE THE BLUES FROM RELEGATION HALF A CENTURY AGO… […]

PURE FOOTBALL

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Gordon Milne: Shankly, My Dad and Me, with Steve Younger, published by Pitch Publishing, Price: £25 IN HIS engrossing football […]

CUP FUN OVERFLOWS

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The Magic of the FA Cup!, by Bob Bond, published by Pitch Publishing, Price: £19.99 IF YOU’RE a fan of […]

THE POWER OF PUNDITRY

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Jonny Brick gives five reasons why punditry, or ‘banternalysis’ as he calls it, remains a key pillar of today’s football […]

THE WISE OLD OWL

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Jonny Brick examines the career of legendary coach and manager Roy Hodgson ROY Hodgson has not yet written his memoir. […]

A COLOURFUL STORY

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The Shirt Hunter – One man’s ceaseless pursuit of classic football kits, by Peris Hatton with Derek Hatton and Gary […]

TWO BECOME ONE

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On-song Dave Colmer explores whether you can support two football teams Back in 1996, the Spice Girls (remember them!) once […]

SCORPION KICKS

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Alan Ayre explains why every team should have at least one Scorpio… FROM time immemorial Scorpio* has been considered the […]

POETIC TALES

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Hinterlands – Travels around England’s non-league football grounds, by Christopher Towers, published by Big White Shed, Price: £10 FOOTBALL and […]

PASSING THE BATON

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The Ghosts of Inchmery Road, by Mat Guy, published by 1889 Books, Price: £10.99 ANYONE who has read Mat Guy’s […]

DELVING DEEP

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Unfit and Improper Persons: An Idiot’s Guide to Owning a Football Club, by Kevin Day, Kieran Maguire and Guy Kilty, […]

FOOTBALL ON GRANDSTAND

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Sam Todd looks back at a much loved television programme from yesteryear… FOR those of us who became hooked on […]

MARSHALL ISLANDS’ MISSION

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Steve Kennedy reports on the Pacific Ocean country’s bid to establish themselves on the world football map Football is undergoing […]

ENGLAND GLORY

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Answered Prayers: England and the 1966 World Cup, by Duncan Hamilton, published by Riverrun, Price: £24.99 ‘ANSWERED Prayers’ is Duncan […]

GUNNING FOR CHANGE

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Turncoat – How I Stopped Supporting Arsenal and Found a New Team, by Matt Coughlan, published by Pitch Publishing, Price: […]

Pretty Poly

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Author Alex Ireland reflects on the history of the football shirt… THE humble football shirt has had a dramatic evolution […]

CUP OF CHEERS

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A Sprinkle of Magic – Non-League Clubs in the FA Cup, by Aaron Moore, published by Pitch Publishing, Price: £12.99 […]

DOING ERNIE PROUD

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Ernie! Hearfelt Recollections of the Footballing Legend Ernie Moss, by Stephen Poxon, published by Pitch Publishing, Price: £16.99 TO SAY […]

COVERING ALL ANGLES

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Football and how to survive it, by Pat Nevin, published by Monoray, Price: £22 THIS is Pat Nevin’s second memoir, […]

WHAT NEXT FOR DRAGONS?

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It’s Always Sunny in Wrexham, by Andrew Foley Jones, Price: £5.99 AFTER all that’s happened at Wrexham over the last […]

Going Places

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Thomas Heath looks at the path taken by Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo’s new stomping grounds… ONCE upon a time, […]

ENGAGING MEMOIR HITS SPOT

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Inshallah United -AStory of Faith and Football, by Nooruddean Choudry, Published by Harper North, Price: £16.99 INSHALLAH United is an […]

The Kompany way

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Alan Ayre examines how Burnley boss Vincent Kompany is using the lessons he’s learned to bring the glory days back […]

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