Late Tackle
Rod Stewart’s football passion: David Ohl reflects on his love for the beautiful game
David Ohl reflects on legendary singer Rod Stewart's love of the beautiful game and gets to the heart of his Brentford football past... It is well...
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/ 5 days agoSam Todd: Barry Davies was pure commentating genius
Sam Todd looks back at the career of broadcasting legend Barry Davies The 1986 Argentina-England World Cup quarter-final has recently resembled...
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/ 5 days agoPremier League: Jack Walker’s Blackburn Rovers dream
Michael Stewart recalls Blackburn's Premier League title triumph 30 years ago... It all started with a dream. Think big. That was...
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/ 5 days agoMEMORY LANE – NOVEMBER 2021, BY BOB BOND
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/ 5 days agoTHE RISE AND STALL OF KAWASAKI FRONTALE
CHRIS NEE REPORTS ON A JAPANESE CLUB EAGER TO GET BACK ON THE GLORY TRAIL...… Good times: Jubilant Kawasaki Frontale celebrate...
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/ 5 days agoOUT IN THE COLD
TREVOR HEFT PONDERS WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO MISS YOUR TEAM, S CRUCIAL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GAME, OR EVEN KNOW WHAT...
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/ 5 days agoTRUE COLOURS
BRIAN CORRY EXPLORES AN OFTEN OVERLOOKED ISSUE THAT CAN HAVE A MASSIVE IMPACT FOR PLAYERS AND FANS IT WAS a moment...
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/ 5 days agoWelcome to Late Tackle – Edition #98
Well, if you haven’t won a major domestic honour for 70 years, you might as well make the most of it....
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/ 5 days agoMIKE,S BIG CHANCE
SAM SHEPPEY ON A ROOKIE MANAGER, S BID TO LEAD WYCOMBE WANDERERS TO GLORY IT’S not often that someone’s first role...
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/ 5 days agoFAMILY TIES
JONNY BRICK PROFILES A BOOK BY HIS FELLOW WATFORD-BORN WRITER MICHAEL CALVIN, THOUGH IT CENTRES ON THE LATTER’S ADOPTED TEAM MILLWALL...
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/ 5 days agoWET AND WILD
KEITH WICKHAM RECALLS AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE ON HIS HOLIDAYS IN THE UNITED STATES WE ALL have memories of weather-ravaged matches. The...
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/ 5 days agoThe Toon’s big challenge: Newcastle United building on Carabao Cup success
Chris Dunlavy says Newcastle need to use their Carabao Cup success as a springboard to further glory Lift-off? Or false dawn?...
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/ 5 days agoA SCOTTISH ODYSSEY
MICHAEL GRIMES REFLECTS ON THE LATEST LEG OF HIS FOOTBALL MARATHON... AFTER completing ‘the 92’ in 2017-18, I needed another project,...
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Europe
/ 5 days agoLamine Yamal: Following in famous footsteps
Robert J Wilson on the challenge for young footballers when comparisons abound... Comparisons always tend to occur when a promising footballer...
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/ 2 months agoHeaven’s XI: The best players who have gone before us
PHILIP O’ROURKE PICKS HIS TOP SIDE FROM THE PLAYERS WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE US Icon: Franz Beckenbauer playing for Bayern Munich...
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/ 2 months agoAll hail the king: Looking back at the late, great Denis Law
ROBERT J WILSON LOOKS BACK AT THE LIFE OF THE LATE, GREAT DENIS LAW Party time: Denis Law, centre, and his...
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/ 2 months agoGarry Cook’s ambitious recipe at Man City
SAM SHEPPEY LOOKS AT THE ROLE OF GARRY COOK IN THE RISE OF MAN CITY AND HIS NEXT STEPS Done deal:...
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/ 2 months agoFINDING THE FAR CORNER AGAIN: A review of The Far Corner, by Harry Pearson
Jonny Brick plucks another book from the shelves of the Football Literary Society, this one a cult classic published in 1994.
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/ 2 months agoMEMORY LANE – FEBRUARY 1971, BY BOB BOND
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/ 2 months agoWHAT THE GULLS DID NEXT: Steve Harris on Torquay United
Author Steve Harris tells the story of how Torquay United made the most of their bizarre relegation escape in the 1980s.
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/ 2 months agoWelcome to Late Tackle – March & April 2025 Edition
When Jurgen Klopp announced just over a year ago that he would leave Liverpool at the end of the 2023/24 season,...
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/ 2 months agoUNEXPECTED EUROPEAN HOSTS: Sam Todd on a selected group of English grounds
Sam Todd looks at the select group of English grounds which have been home to European football but not a domestic...
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/ 2 months agoTHE FUTURE OF FOOTBALL PROGRAMMES
DAVID OHL GIVES HIS IDEAS ON HOW TO PROTECT A MUCH-LOVED INSTITUTION THAT HAS COME UNDER INCREASING PRESSURE… BUYING a football...
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/ 2 months agoThe minnow countries flexing their muscles on the international stage
TOM WINCH LOOKS AT THOSE COUNTRIES ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A NAME FOR THEMSELVES ON THE INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL MAP… The past year...
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/ 2 months agoTHE MEETING: Heather McKinlay on love, family and Charlton Athletic
I AM a chip off Dad’s old block when it comes to the beautiful game. Though my earliest memory – when...
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/ 2 months ago1990 World Cup: The magic of Salvatore ‘Toto’ Schillaci and Roger Milla
MICHAEL STEWART TAKES A LOOK BACK TO THE MEMORABLE ITALIA 90 WORLD CUP… Feel the passion: Italy’s Salvatore ‘Toto’ Schillaci celebrates...
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EFL
/ 4 months agoCARTOON: Preston North End 3-3 Wolverhampton, 1954
A cartoon illustrating the 3-3 draw between Preston North End and Wolverhampton Wanderers at Deepdale on 13 November 1954.
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Book Reviews
/ 4 months agoREVIEW: Panini Legends by Greg Lansdowne
Panini Legends: A Celebration of the World's Greatest Football Stickers - Greg Lansdowne, published by Bloomsbury Sport, price: £16.99.
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Europe
/ 4 months agoJohan Neeskens: A tribute to the Dutch legend
The football coming out of the Netherlands in the 1960s and 1970s was joyous and different. No one had seen anything...
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/ 4 months agoThe rise of SE Dons – One of the most popular YouTube football teams
CAM HOWE REPORTS ON THE SUNDAY LEAGUE YOUTUBERS NOW ATTEMPTING TO TAKE NON. LEAGUE FOOTBALL BY STORM Ten years ago, a...
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