MEMORY LANE

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STYLISH GRAY GETS TO THE HEART OF THE GAME AGAIN

Extra Time -50 Further Delights of Modern Football, by Daniel Gray, published by Bloomsbury, Price: £12.99 DANIEL Gray’s ‘Extra Time’ is...

WREXHAM’S HOLLY WOOD GLITZ

DAVID RICHARDSON TAKES A LOOK AT ONE OF THE MOST UNLIKELY FOOTBALL STORIES OF THE YEAR... H OLLYWOOD stars taking over Wrexham?...

SHARP IRON STORIES ARE ON THE MONEY

Scunthorpe United FC – 20 Legends, by Max Bell, published by Vertical Editions, Price: £14.99 IMAGINE trying to choose 20 legends...

CHASING THE ALPHABET

MICK BARNETT TELLS US ABOUT HIS UNUSUAL A-Z OF FOOTBALL A CHIEVEMENT... SO, HOW did I find myself at the Samuel...

KEVIN’S ENJOYABLE STROLL

Who Are Ya? 92 football clubs -and why you shouldn’t support them, by Kevin Day, published by Bloomsbury, Price: £14.99. BROADCASTER,...

THEY’VE DON IT

JOHN LYONS WITNESSES AFC WIMBLEDON’S RETURN TO THEIR SPIRITUAL HOME The way it was: The old Plough Lane in 1989 and,...

MOLESLEY DIGS DEEP

SOUTHEND UNITED ROOKIE MANAGER MARK MOLESLEY TELLS JOHN LYONS ABOUT HIS PLANS TO TURN STRUGGLING SOUTHEND’S FORTUNES AROUND PROPPING up the entire...

GRAB!YOUR SECOND!CHANCE

MATT BADCOCK TALKS TO RADCLIFFE MANAGER LEE FOWLER AND OWNER MARCUS MCCABE ABOUT THEIR DESIRE TO HELP YOUNG PLAYERS CAST ASIDE......

KANE THE CREATOR

LUKE PHELPS SAYS THE TOTTENHAM STRIKER HAS ADDED ANOTHER STRING TO HIS BOW...   FORGET the talk about being England’s best...

FIVE ALIVE

JOHN LYONS LOOKS AT THE IMPACT OF FIVE SUBSTITUTES NOW BEING ALLOWED IN THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE... ONE of the most interesting...

MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY OBSESSION

AUTHOR JOHN SMITH GIVES US A GLIMPSE INTO HIS ONGOING LOVE AFFAIR WITH FOOTBALL’S HIT-AND-MISS BOOKS... EVERY football fan knows the...

THE MAKING OF SIR MATT

ROBERT J WILSON LOOKS BACK AT THE LEGENDARY SIR MATT BUSBY’S EARLY YEARS IN MANAGEMENT WITH MANCHESTER UNITED Ready for action:...

PEP’S BIG TEST

AFTER LOSING SEVERAL KEY PLAYERS, THOMAS BLOW WONDERS WHETHER PEP GUARDIOLA CAN SUCCESSFULLY REBUILD HIS MANCHESTER CITY TEAM... Staying put: Manchester...

WELCOME TO LATE TACKLE

WELL, we’re not going to forget 2020 in a hurry, are we? It’s been the strangest year most of us will...

BLUES IN SAFE HANDS

BIRMINGHAM CITY FAN KEITH DIXON TAKES A LOOK AT THE ROLLERCOASTER JOURNEY OF KEEPER NEIL ETHERIDGE...BIRMINGHAM CITY FAN KEITH DIXON TAKES...

TON-UPBILLY

COLIN ALLAN RECALLS WHEN THE LEGENDARY BILLY WRIGHT EARNED HIS 100TH CAP FOR ENGLAND... Fitting finale: Billy Wright is chaired off...

VAR’S DRIVING ME CRAZY

NEVILLE SPALDING GIVES US HIS TAKE ON AN ISSUE THAT JUST WON’T GO AWAY.... Ouch: Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk is clattered...

NOBBY STILES OUR UNSUNG HERO

ROBERT J WILSON TAKES A LOOK BACK AT THE MAGNIFICENT CAREER OF THE ENGLAND WORLD CUP WINNER... THERE are many facets...

GINOLA’S AGONY

JAMES M GOWLAND RECALLS WHEN FRANCE BLEW THEIR CHANCE TO QUALIFY FOR THE 1994 WORLD CUP FINALS IN ASTONISHING STYLE... Unlucky,...

LOWE AIMING HIGH

PLYMOUTH ARGYLE BOSS RYAN LOWE TELLS JOHN LYONS ABOUT HIS MANAGERIAL AMBITIONS,,, HE DIDN’T reach the top as a player, but...

MEMORY LANE MAY 2014

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NEYMAR’S BIGCHALLENGE

REACHING FOR THE STARS ROBERT J WILSON SAYS THE BRAZILIAN STAR IS FACING A CRUCIAL TIME IN HIS CAREER IF HE...

GEORGE BEST -IRISH LEGEND

MAVERICK MAESTRO COLIN ALLAN LOOKS BACK AT THE INTERNATIONAL CAREER OF A GENIUS… GORDON Banks is about to launch the ball...

THE RISE AND FALL OF MARK BOSNICH

MAVERICK KEEPER ADAM BURGESS TAKES A LOOK BACK AT THE AUSTRALIAN GOALKEEPER’S EVENTFUL CAREER,,, FOOTBALL in the 90s was fertile ground...

WORLD-CLASS STERLING

LUKE PHELPS EXAMINES THE PROGRESS MADE BY THE MANCHESTER CITY AND ENGLAND STAR… THROUGH all the doubt, the critics and media...

HARRY’S ‘HEROES’

WHEELING AND DEALING CHRIS SERGEANT TAKES A LOOK AT BACK AT SOME OF HARRY REDKNAPP’S SIGNINGS THAT DIDN’T TURN OUT QUITE...

OUT OF ITS LEAGUE

FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL THE LEAGUE CUP HAS BEEN PART OF ENGLISH FOOTBALL FOR 60 YEARS, BUT THOMAS BLOW SAYS THE CONSTANT...

WELCOME TO LATE TACKLE

AS WE went to press, it was difficult to avoid being bombarded by headlines and stories about ‘Project Big Picture’. Yes,...

MEETING THE STARS

RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME COVENTRY CITY FANATIC KEVIN HALLS TELLS US ABOUT HIS UNEXPECTED ENCOUNTERS WITH HIS FOOTBALL HEROES… IHAVE been...