Late Tackle

Late Tackle provides original features, book reviews, fans view content, guest blogs, retro articles and much more.

MIND!HOW!YOU!GO

JOHN!!LYONS!!LOOK!!AT!!HOW!!FOOTBALL!!IS!!PLAYING!!ITS!!PART!!IN!!TACKLING!!MENTAL!!HEALTH!!PROBLEMS Doing their bit: From left, Luke Prosser, Darius Charles, Deji Oshilaja and James Shea THE issue of mental health […]

LOLLEY’S JOLLY AGAIN

PLAYER INTERVIEW CHRIS!DUNLAVY!CATCHES!UP WITH!A!WINGER!ENJOYING LIFE!IN!THE!CHAMPIONSHIP WITH!NOTTINGHAM!FOREST Ecstatic: Joe Lolley celebrates scoring for Forest ASIZE really matters in some sports. For […]

HE!ORIGINAL!BANKSY

DAVID!!!DOCHERTY!!!TAKES!!!AN!!!IN-DEPTH!!!LOOK!!!BACK!!!AT! THE!!!CAREER!!!OF!!!AN!!!ENGLAND!!!GOALKEEPING!!!LEGEND… ENGLAND’S NUMBER ONE On top of the world: England’s Gordon Banks shows off the Jules Rimet Trophy and, […]

MERRY-GO-RO UND MAYHEM

SAM COX SAYS SOME FAMILIAR FACES COULD BE ABOUT TO REAPPEAR… IN THE HOTSEAT IT’S that time again in the […]

Welcome to

WELCOME!TO! LATE!TACKLE

LIKE everyone, we were shocked by the recent death of Leicester owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha in the helicopter accident following the […]

CHEERS TO ENGLAND!

WORLD CUP MEMORIES Drowning their sorrows: England fans put on a brave face after the semi-final MIDDAY – I am […]

Come on, Ref!

Mike Fenton recalls his days as a referee – and wonders what could have been… THE MAN IN BLACK Ready […]

SUPER SAMPDORIA!

STEPHEN BRANDT RECALLS WHEN AN UNHERALDED ITALIAN CLUB SHOCKED THE TRADITIONAL HEAVYWEIGHTS… LOOKING BACK Double act: Roberto Mancini, left, and […]

KEV’S!OUT! NO!PROBLEM

DANNY!PRYER!SAYS! MANCHESTER!CITY! SHOWCASED!THEIR! WORLD-CLASS!SQUAD DEPTH!IN!KEVIN! DE!BRUYNE’S!RECENT ABSENCE!AND!THE PREMIER!LEAGUE AND!EVEN!EUROPE SHOULD!BE!SCARED But Kevin De Bruyne is back from injury now Let’s […]

WELCOMETO LATE TACKLE

DID that World Cup really happen? Who would have thought that England would win a shoot-out and reach the semi-finals? […]

FLAIR AND DESPAIR

IAN McFARLANE REFLECTS ON A REMARKABLE SEASON IN WHICH THE NORTH-EAST OUTFIT REACHED TWO CUP FINALS AND SUFFERED RELEGATION… LOOKING […]

WEMBLEY WAIT PAYS OFF

Sam Stafford reflects on another memorable season for Lincoln, and taking his son to the home of football… FATHER AND […]

TV TIMES

JOHN LYONS REFLECTS ON HOW HIS VIEWING HABITS HAVE CHANGED OVER THE YEARS WATCHING BRIEF Suits you: Sky Sports presenter […]

PENALTY KINGS

JOHNLYONS LOOKS BACK!!AT ENGLAND’S DRAMATIC WORLD CUP VICTORY AGAINST COLOMBIA… AND AN OVERDUE SHOOT-OUT SUCCESS BREAKING THE SPELL I’D forgotten […]

GOING UP AND UP

Ian McFarlane looks at how Southampton and Norwich earned successive promotions to climb from League One to the Premier League… […]

DON’T FORGET THE PHYSIO

LONG-SERVING NON-LEAGUE PHYSIOTHERAPIST GAVIN BLACKWELL EXPLAINS WHY IT CAN BE A PRECARIOUS PROFESSION… UNSUNG HEROES The way it was: Arsenal […]

GREEN LIONS MAULED

STEVE KENNEDY LOOKS AT CHANNEL ISLANDERS GUERNSEY’S TOUGH FIGHT AGAINST THE ELEMENTS… NON-LEAGUE IT PROVED to be a bitter tale […]

GABBY’S FADED GLORY

JOHN WRAGG REFLECTS ON HOW THE ASTON VILLA STRIKER’S ONCE-PROMISING CAREER HAS GRADUALLY PETERED OUT… PROFILE GABBY Agbonlahor left Aston […]