Features

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

A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK

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BILLY LAWRENCE LOOKS AT FAMILY TIES IN THE FOOTBALL WORLD… Smile please: Cristiano Ronaldo Jr is following in dad’s footsteps […]

THE TRUE VALUE OF REVIE

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Don Revie: The Biography, by Christopher Evans, published by Bloomsbury Sport, Price: £20 WHEN football fans talk about the greatest […]

THE LIFE OF A FAN

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TORQUAY UNITED SUPORTERS’ TRUST SUPPORTER LIAISON OFFICER NICK BRODRICK EXPLAINS WHAT IT REALLY MEANS TO BE A FOOTBALL FOLLOWER… Star […]

THE BIG FREEZE

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KEVIN HALLS RECALLS WHEN FOOTBALL WAS FROZEN OUT IN THE WINTER OF 1963… Snow joke: When football was put on […]

WINNING VS ENTERTAINMENT

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JOE ACKLAM GIVES HIS VIEW ON THE BALANCE BETWEEN WINNING AT ALL COSTS AND LOSING IN STYLE… Attacking intent: Raphinha […]

FOOTBALL GODS

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HARRY GORDON TAKES A LOOK AT PLAYERS WHO HAVE ATTRACTED MASSIVE ADORATION OF FANS… A POTHEOSIS is the glorification of a […]

SOARING SEAGULLS

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BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION FAN TOBY REED-MCGILL REFLECTS ON HIS CLUB’S UPWARDLY MOBILE JOURNEY IF YOU had told Brighton fans […]

THANK YOU DAVE

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DAN BONNINGTON PAYS A PERSONAL TRIBUTE TO THE LATE AUTHOR AND BROMLEY FAN DAVE ROBERTS… I’VE always been an avid […]

LIFE AFTER ENGLAND

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SAM TODD EXAMINES HOW ENGLAND MANAGERS HAVE FARED AFTER LEAVING THE THREE LIONS HOTSEAT…. WITH a new three-year contract – […]

NOT SO SUPER SUBS

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JOE ACKLAM SAYS THAT CALLS FOR FIVE SUBSTITUTES TO BE REINTRODUCED IN ENGLISH FOOTBALL ARE WIDE OF THE MARK… At […]

AFRICA’S WAITING GAME

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HARRY GORDON REFLECTS ON A PREDICTION BY PELE AND LOOKS FORWARD TO THE CONTINENT’S FUTURE… Lion-heart: Roger Milla celebrates one […]

CAPTAIN MARVEL

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IAN ASHBEE TELLS CHRIS DUNLAVY ABOUT HIS INCREDIBLE JOURNEY WITH HULL CITY… IAN Ashbee is talking about facing Luka Modric […]

UP FOR THE CUP

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JOHN LYONS SAYS THE FA CUP HASN’T LOST ITS MAGIC FOR LOWER LEAGUE AND NON-LEAGUE CLUBS… Sharp-shooter: Mark Cullen scores […]

THE SOCIAL DILEMMA

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BARNABY ROSTANT LOOKS AT THE MIXED FORTUNES OF FOOTBALLERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS SUCH AS TWITTER… IT WOULD seem the […]

MILLS AND BOOM

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EUROPEAN CUP WINNER GARY MILLS TELLS CHRIS DUNLAVY ABOUT HIS AMAZING CAREER… GARY Mills made his debut at 16, won […]

FAN VILLAGE PHENOMENON

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ROB BRADLEY EXPLAINS HOW WATCHING THE GAME IS NOW ONLY PART OF THE EXPERIENCE… Crowd scene: Supporters at the World […]

THE WRONG MESSAGE

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FORMER LEICESTER CITY CEO BARRIE PIERPOINT SAYS FOOTBALL IS FACING A DANGEROUS PROBLEM AS SOCIAL MEDIA ABUSE GROWS… IN 1991, […]

BOWYER’S BLUES

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LIFELONG BIRMINGHAM CITY FAN KEITH DIXON LOOKS AT THE IMPACT OF BOSS LEE BOWYER AT HIS BELOVED BLUES… Demanding: Blues […]

MAKING HIS MARK

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BOURNEMOUTH AND REPUBLIC OF IRELAND GOALKEEPER MARK TRAVERS TELLS CHRIS DUNLAVY ABOUT HIS BURGEONING CAREER… One to watch: Cherries keeper […]

CANARIES’ SHAKY PERCH

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SAM TODD EXAMINES NORWICH CITY’S DIFFICULTIES IN HOLDING ON TO THEIR TOP-FLIGHT STATUS… THE start of the current Premier League […]

A RECIPE FOR THE FUTURE

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More Than a Game – Saving Football From Itself, by Mark Gregory, published by Yellow Jersey, Price: £16.99 FORMERLY Ernst […]

OH DANNY BOY

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COVENTRY CITY FANATIC KEVIN HALLS RECALLS ONE OF HIS FAVOURITE SKY BLUES PLAYERS, WHOSE CAREER WAS CRUELLY CUT SHORT… Making […]

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