Features

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

THUGGERY vs SKULDUGGERY

DAN HOLMES asks why we reserve so much outrage for the game’s ‘dark arts’, whilst overlooking and accepting other acts […]

SIGNINGS OF THE SEASON

DANNY RUST picks his Premier League team of the year from players who joined their clubs last summer… THE PFA […]

FIFA and Qatar make me sick

Chris Dunlavy argues that FIFA shouldn’t get away with hosting the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, where migrant workers are dying building the stadiums

GROUND BREAKERS

STEPHEN ROBERTS on how Scunthorpe United should take the credit – or blame – for starting the surge for new […]

SCUDA-MORE

KEITH MENARY suggests we need to do everything we can to hang on to Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore […]

THE MAN WITH THE MIC

IAN TOWNSEND wishes that matchday announcers would cut down on their inane chatter Clean your ears out, Robbie!  “Only light […]

WAG CORNER

MATTHEW JAMES casts his seasoned eye over the form POOR Manchester. Alright it rains a bit and there are some […]

IN OZIL’S DEFENCE

The most expensive Gunner has come under intense criticism in recent months. LIAM NEWMAN explains why the majority of the […]

HOPPING TO A HAT-TRICK

JOSHUA PECK talks to a fan aiming to ‘do a Geoff Hurst’ at Wembley Jubilant North Ferriby celebrate winning the […]

HEAD IN THE SAND

GARY TEDDER fears nothing will change at football’s governing body FIFA if, as widely expected, Sepp Blatter is re-elected as […]

WORDS OF WISDOM?

NEIL COTTON looks at the age-old tradition of managers’ notes and explains why they’ve got something valuable to offer, especially […]

MAGIC MURPH

ROB BRADLEY on meeting a hero known for his bizarre matchday programme notes IT’S always a thrill to meet a […]

A TALE OF 2 SEASONS

GRAHAM RUTHERFORD looks at why Everton sparkled under Roberto Martinez last term, but have hit the buffers this time around… Everton […]

COLD COMFORT

ROB BRADLEY questions why he sits outside freezing in mid-winter to watch his favourite team – and comes up with […]

YOU CAN WIN WITH KIDS!

DAN HOLMES looks at how Liverpool and Tottenham are giving youth a chance… Getting his teeth into it: England new […]