MIXING WITH THE BEAST, A MONK AND ROONEY…

NIGE TASSLE JOURNEYS THROUGH THE SECOND TIER... What a feeling: Wycombe Wanderers’ Adebayo ‘The Beast’ Akinfenwa celebrates his last-gasp penalty winner...

DUTCH DISMAY AT ALTAR

Beautiful Bridesmaids Dressed in Oranje – The Unfulfilled Glory of Dutch Football, by Gary Thacker, published by Pitch Publishing, Price: £16.99...

THANKS IRON MAN

KEVIN HALLS TAKES A LOOK BACK AT THE LIFE OF COVENTRY CITY LEGEND GEORGE CURTIS... Glory day: George Curtis celebrates Coventry’s...

NOVEL IDEA PROVES A WINNER

Playing For Keeps, by Chris Pullen, published by Matador, Price: £9.99 WHAT better inspiration for a novel than the world of...

PIONEERING BLUES

LIFELONG BIRMINGHAM CITY SUPPORTER KEITH DIXON RECALLS WHEN HIS FAVOURITES LED THE WAY FOR ENGLISH SIDES IN EUROPE... Up for it:...

SUPER JACK-THE 100 MILLION POUND MAN

ROBERT J WILSON SAYS JACK GREALISH HAS ALL THE CREDENTIALS TO LIVE UP TO HIS INCREDIBLE PRICE TAG Settling in: Jack...

MURPHY FEELS FAB AT FORTY

JOHN LYONS TALKS TO THE TRANMERE KEEPER Safe hands: Joe Murphy in action for Tranmere WHEN young Dubliner Joe Murphy crossed...

LONG LIVE THE LEAGUE CUP

SAM TODD TELLS US WHY HE IS AN UNASHAMED FAN OF OUR DOMESTIC FOOTBALL’S THIRD COMPETITION... Cup kings: Manchester City celebrate...

MIND THE GAP

ACTIVITY IN THE SUMMER TRANSFER WINDOW REFLECTS HOW THE FINANCIAL DEMOGRAPHIC OF EUROPEAN FOOTBALL HAS ALTERED SINCE THE PANDEMIC, ARGUES THOMAS...

OLE’S CRUSADE

RICHARD SAYELL EXAMINES WHETHER MANCHESTER UNITED BOSS OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER HAS FINALLY FOUND THE MISSING PIECES OF THE PUZZLE TO RECLAIM...

GAZZA-AT BOSTON UNITED

DAN BARKER GRAY RECALLS PAUL GASCOIGNE’S LAST HURRAH AS A PLAYER... IT’S not unusual for former top-flight players to find themselves...

GERD MULLER – KING OF GOALS

ROBERT J WILSON LOOKS BACK AT THE LIFE OF THE LEGENDARY GERMAN STRIKER... Defining moment: Gerd Muller nets West Germany’s winner...

SINGING THE BLUES

RICKY CARROLL TELLS US ABOUT A LIFETIME FOLLOWING CHELSEA... High jump: Chelsea’s Jakob Kjeldbjerg wins an aerial duel against Manchester United’s...

BIG BEN CHIMES FOR CHILE

JOHN LYONS REPORTS ON THE EXPLOITS OF BLACKBURN ROVERS STRIKER BEN BRERETON IN SOUTH AMERICA... What a feeling! Ben Brereton is...

HOW DARING TO BE DIFFERENT WORKED FOR NEVIN

The Accidental Footballer, by Pat Nevin, published by Monoray, Price: £20 PAT Nevin’s memoir is a tremendously entertaining read. The former...

BRING IT ON!

AFTER THE GREAT EURO 2020 ADVENTURE JOHN LYONS TAKES A LOOK AHEAD TO THE NEW SEASON... Here we go: Chelsea will...

AN IRREVERENT ESCAPADE

Is it Just Me or is Modern Football S**t?, by Jim Keoghan, published by Pitch Publishing, Price: £12.99 IT’S always tempting...

RHODES TO REDEMPTION

CAMERON POPE ANALYSES THE PROSPECTS OF ONCE-PROLIFIC STRIKER JORDAN RHODES RECAPTURING HIS BEST FORM ON HIS RETURN TO HUDDERSFIELD TOWN... THE...

SPREADING THE MESSAGE…

Futsal – The Story of an Indoor Football Revolution, by Jamie Fahey, published by Melville House UK, Price: £9.99 ONE thing’s...

MAKING HIS MARC

JOHN LYONS TALKS TO FORMER FOOTBALLER MARCUS BENT ABOUT HIS FRESH CHALLENGE... In the big time: Marcus Bent celebrates in his...

SINGING THE BLUES

CHRIS WRIGHT TAKES A LOOK BACK AT WHEN CHELSEA’S FORTUNES REALLY STARTED TO CHANGE... Showing off the FA Cup IT’S hard...

JUDE’S JOURNEY

BIRMINGHAM CITY FAN KEITH DIXON TAKES A LOOK AT THE FACTORS BEHIND THE RAPID RISE OF FORMER BLUES STARLET JUDE BELLINGHAM......

ERIK’S EFFORT PAYS OFF

All Together Now, by Erik Samuelson, published by Pitch Publishing, Price: £19.99 ALL Together Now is billed as ‘The Extraordinary Story...

DUGOUT DEMANDS

RICHARD SAYELL LOOKS AT THE FORTUNES OF STAR PLAYERS WHO HAVE STEPPED INTO MANAGEMENT... Derby Chelsea Valencia Monaco Montreal Derby R...

SEB’S ROLLER COASTER RIDE

ZAK ARMIT AGE CHATS TO FORMER BRIGHTON AND LEEDS WINGER SEBASTIEN CAROLE ABOUT HIS PLAYING DAYS... Monaco On the move: Seb...

THE JOY AND PAIN OF PENALTIES

KEVIN HALLS REFLECTS ON THE DIFFERING FORTUNES OF THOSE BRAVE ENOUGH TO STEP UP TO THE PENALTY SPOT.... Agony: England’s Bukayo...

THE BEAUTY AND BURDEN OF NOSTALGIA

MIKE DOUGLAS EXPLAINS WHY IT WAS TIME FOR A RADICAL CHANGE TO HIS CHERISHED FOOTBALL COLLECTION... WHEN you’ve spent decades collecting...

DON AND DUSTED

ERIK SAMUELSON TELLS CHRIS DUNLAVY ABOUT HIS BOOK CHARTING THE INCREDIBLE RISE OF AFC WIMBLEDON... We’ve Don it! AFC Wimbledon celebrate...

ALF’S BAPTISM OF FIRE

COLIN ALLAN RECALLS WHEN ENGLAND MADE AN EARLY ‘EUROS’ EXIT IN 1963 UNDER THEIR NEW MANAGER On the stretch: Jimmy Armfield...

MAGIC MACCA

SAM TODD TAKES A LOOK BACK AT THE LIFE OF PORTSMOUTH AND REP OF IRELAND STAR ALAN McLOUGHLIN ALAN McLoughlin’s death...