For the love of the game #2 – The Kassam Stadium, Oxford United

What else was I going to do on the final Saturday of the League One season? I travelled to The Kassam...

For the love of the game #1 – Sixfields, Northampton Town

What else was I going to do with a free Saturday in March? On a balmy hot Spring Saturday, I traveled...

LEONE STARS SPARKLE

GEORGE BUTLER REPORTS ON SIERRA LEONE’S RETURN TO THE BIG TIME... THE sun has now set on the 33rd edition of...

TOMMY’S THE TOPS

KEVIN HALLS EXPLAINS WHY TOMMY HUTCHINSON IS HIS COVENTRY CITY ALL-STAR... Class act: Tommy Hutchison in Coventry colours playing for Scotland...

THE TRUE VALUE OF REVIE

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

THE AMERICAN DREAM

HARRY GORDON ON THE RISE OF THE MLS AND US SOCCER... Trend-setter: David Beckham brought great publicity to MLS MLS, or...

TOP STARS AND CHARM

’71/’72: Football’s Greatest Season?, by Daniel Abrahams, published by Pitch Publishing, Price: £16.99 MANY people regard the 1971/72 football season as...

NOVEL APPROACH PAYS

The Lives of Stanley B, by Mat Guy, published by 1889 Books, Price: £9.99 MAT Guy has packed plenty of miles...

EAGER BEAVER’S CRACKED IT

Paul ‘The Beaver’ Trevillion –A Story of Sock Tags and Self Belief, As told to Neil Jeffries, published by Scratching Shed...

A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK

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

THE ONE AND ONLY ST ANDREW’S

LIFELONG BIRMINGHAM CITY FAN KEITH DIXON DELVES INTO THE HISTORY OF THE BLUES’ FAMOUS OLD GROUND... Tough times: Birmingham’s St Andrew’s...

DAN THE PHOTO MAN

NOTTS COUNTY FAN IAN KIRKE SALUTES PHOTOGRAPHER DAN WESTWELL’S EFFORTS TO CAPTURE THE CLUB’S AND SUPPORTERS’ SPECIAL MOMENTS... WITH Nottingham being...

WORLD CUP FOLLY

JOE ACKLAM FEARS FOOTBALL’S SHOWPIECE WILL SUFFER IF TOURNAMENTS EVERY TWO YEARS FOLLOW THE UPCOMING EXPANSION TO 48 TEAMS… This year’s...

BRYAN ROBSON CAPTAIN MARVEL

ROBERT J WILSON TAKES A LOOK BACK AT THE GLITTERING CAREER OF THE FORMER WEST BROM, MANCHESTER UNITED AND ENGLAND STAR......

THANK YOU DAVE

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

LIFE AFTER ENGLAND

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

NOT SO SUPER SUBS

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

THE LIFE OF A FAN

TORQUAY UNITED SUPORTERS’ TRUST SUPPORTER LIAISON OFFICER NICK BRODRICK EXPLAINS WHAT IT REALLY MEANS TO BE A FOOTBALL FOLLOWER... Star quality:...

THE BIG FREEZE

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

WINNING VS ENTERTAINMENT

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

FOOTBALL GODS

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

SOARING SEAGULLS

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION FAN TOBY REED-MCGILL REFLECTS ON HIS CLUB’S UPWARDLY MOBILE JOURNEY IF YOU had told Brighton fans 10...

Biggest Sporting Events of 2022

As the world looks to continue to battle with COVID 19 and its seemingly never ending list of variants, 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, Leicester...

CLIFF’S TIMELY PROGRAMME ODE

Programmes! Programmes! – Football and Life from Wartime to Lockdown, by Cliff Hague, published by Pitch Publishing, Price: £16.99 FOR those...

BOWYER’S BLUES

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

ENGLISH MANAGERS’ PREMIER PAIN

HARRY GORDON LOOKS AT WHY HOMEGROWN BOSSES HAVE FAILED TO CONQUER THE DOMESTIC MOUNTAIN... So close: Kevin Keegan took Newcastle to...

MAKING HIS MARK

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

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 season...

BRING ON THE SHAKERS

HARRY PHENSHAW ON THE PLIGHT OF BURY FC AND A NEW DAWN FOR THE GIGG LANE CLUB... Before the storm: Bury’s...