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MEMORY LANE AUGUST 1974

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FRANK CLARK’S FOREST

LIFE AFTER CLOUGHIE IAN MCFARLANE RECALLS WHEN THE FORMER EUROPEAN CUP WINNER REVIVED THE REDS’ FORTUNES Hot-shot: Stan Collymore shoots […]

GOING RETRO

BACK TO THE FUTURE DAN WHELAN LOOKS AT THE INCREASING DEMAND FOR NOSTALGIA ITEMS – OR IS IT SIMPLY FASHION […]

DON’T BE SO GREEDY

THE PRICE OF FOOTBALL ROB BRADLEY URGES CLUBS TO SHOW A BIT OF COMPASSION TO THEIR CASH-STRAPPED SUPPORTERS… A YOUNG […]

THE MAGIC OF MEMORABILIA

A PASSION FOR FOOTBALL KEVIN HALLS TELLS US ABOUT HIS RENEWED DESIRE FOR COLLECTING ALL THINGS FOOTBALL Sky Blue thinking: […]

ARSENAL’S IN MY DNA

FAMILY TIES CAN YOU THINK OF A SINGLE PLAYER WHO SCORED SEVEN GOALS IN A SINGLE GAME? Legendary figure: Arsenal’s […]

WELCOME TO LATE TACKLE

IT’S hard to believe we’re a third of the way through the season already. August, September and October have simply […]

AJAX’S GLORY YEARS

DUTCH MASTERS DAVID DOCHERTY RECALLS WHEN THE DUTCH CLUB’S ‘TOTAL FOOTBALL’ RULED EUROPE Party time: Ajax celebrate in 1973 THE […]

THE JOURNEY

TRAVELLING IN HOPE JACK LLOYD TELLS US ABOUT GOING TO WATCH HIS FAVOURITE TEAM ICLOSE the door behind me, take […]

CITY PLAYMAKER

IN THE SPOTLIGHT AS A NEW FILM ABOUT BERT TRAUTMANN. THE KEEPER. DOES THE ROUNDS. MIKE FENTON RELATES HOW AN […]

MANAGER-PHYSIO PARTNERSHIP

UNSUNG HEROES HUGELY EXPERIENCED NON-LEAGUE PHYSIOTHERAPIST GAVIN BLACKWELL ON AN OFTEN UNDER-RATED RELATIONSHIP Vital role: Everton physio Mick Rathbone treats […]

WELL DONE ENGLAND

FIGHT AGAINST RACISM ROBERT J WILSON APPLAUDS HOW GARETH SOUTHGATE AND HIS PLAYERS HANDLED A SHAMEFUL SITUATION IN BULGARIA Having […]

DARIUS I FELT LIKE ANDY MURRAY

PLAYER INTERVIEW CHRIS DUNLAVY TALKS TO WYCOMBE WANDERERS DEFENDER DARIUS CHARLES ABOUT HIS CAREER-THREATENING HIP NJURY Battling on: Wycombe defender […]

DYNAMIC DYNAMO

BEHIND THE CURTAIN STEPHEN BRANDT LOOKS BACK AT A UKRAINE CLUB’S GLORY DAYS Champions: Kiev win the European Cup Winners’ […]

FERGIE, THE PLAYER

DAVID DOCHERTYTAKESALOOKBACKATTHELESSER KNOWNPARTOFSIRALEXFERGUSON’SFOOTBALLCAREER FERGUSON ON THE FIELD IT’S hard to believe that it’s now six years since Sir Alex Ferguson […]

THE STRUGGLES OF SAN MARINO

MINNOWS UNDER FIRE IAN MCFARLANE EXAMINES THE INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS OF ONE OF THE WORLD’S SMALLEST COUNTRIES Duel: Davide Gualtieri up […]