Features

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

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

MUSCLING UP FOR BATTLE

EUAN BURNS EXPLAINS HOW FOOTBALLERS CAN TAKE THEIR GAME TO THE NEXT LEVEL WITH AN INTELLIGENT PLAN AND HARD WORK […]

GOING UPSTAIRS

BARNABY ROSTANT REPORTS ON SOME FORMER FOOTBALL STARS WHO HAVE TAKEN INFLUENTIAL ROLES AT CLUBS OF DIFFERING SIZES… ROBBIE Savage […]

CLIVE REVEALS HIS VOICE

Not for me, Clive – Stories From the Voice Of Football, by Clive Tyldesley, published by Headline, Price: £20 CLIVE […]

UNITED NEED TASTY RICE

BARNABY ROSTANT SAYS MANCHESTER UNITED SHOULD BEEF UP THEIR MIDFIELD WITH THE WEST HAM AND ENGLAND MAN IF THEY WANT […]

MY WATFORD WOBBLE

JONNY BRICK EXPLAINS WHY HE’S QUESTIONING HIS SUPPORT FOR HIS FAVOURITE FOOTBALL TEAM.. So valuable: Watford winger Ismaila Sarr fights […]