Features

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

WINNING VS ENTERTAINMENT

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

FOOTBALL GODS

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

SOARING SEAGULLS

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

CANARIES’ SHAKY PERCH

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

OH DANNY BOY

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

AFRICA’S WAITING GAME

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

CAPTAIN MARVEL

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

UP FOR THE CUP

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

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

MILLS AND BOOM

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

FAN VILLAGE PHENOMENON

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

THE WRONG MESSAGE

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

A RECIPE FOR THE FUTURE

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

BOWYER’S BLUES

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

MAKING HIS MARK

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

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 […]

BLUES’ GOLDEN SEASON

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