GETTING RIGHT TO THE HART OF ITALIA 90

World in Motion - The Inside Story of Italia ’90, The Tournament That Changed Football, by Simon Hart. Published by deCoubertin,...

Mexico ’86 kick-started myWorld Cup love affair!

Robert J Wilson says nothing can beat the magic of football’s showpiece event… WORLD OF ITS OWN FOR me, there is...

THE MATCH OF THE CENTURY

Kevin Halls looks back to when England took on ‘The Rest of the World’ in a prestigious 1963 ‘friendly’… SPECIAL ENCOUNTER...

THE POWER OFPANINI

JOHN LYONS SAYS THE WORLD CUP JUST WOULDN’T BE THE SAME WITHOUT THE FAMOUS STICKER ALBUMS FOOTBALL TRADITION WHEN Giuseppe Panini...

THE ITALIAN JOB

EXPERIENCED JOURNALIST JOHN!WRAGG RECALLS WHAT IT WAS LIKE COVERING ENGLAND AT THE 1990 WORLD CUP THREE LIONS ON TOUR THE last...

DIFFERENT WORLD…

JOHN LYONS PREVIEWS A TOURNAMENT THAT GIVES FOOTBALLS OUTCASTS A CHANCE TO SOWCASE THEIR SKILLS. STAGE TO SHINE CAN’T get to...

RED-FACED!RUSSIA!

CHRIS DUNLAVY EXPLAINS WHY LITTLE IS EXPECTED OF THE WORLD CUP HOSTS… HOSTING THE PARTY IT’S no wonder Russian fans prefer...

WELCOME TO LATE TACKLE

THE domestic season is over, the European trophies have been dished out…. so bring on the World Cup! Yes, it’s that...

Toto Schillaci Italia ’90 sensation

Peter Jones recalls when an unheralded striker caught the world’s attention… SEIZING THE SPOTLIGHT THERE’S no doubt who the surprise star...

Lights, Camera, Action!

John Lyons talks to author Dave Roberts, whose book has been adapted for the silver screen… HITTING THE BIG-TIME WHEN Dave...

ENGLAND’S NO.1S

DAVID DOCHERTY LOOKS BACK AT THE PERFORMANCES OF THREE LIONS KEEPERS AT WORLD CUPS THROUG THE DECADES GOALIES’ FORTUNES ENGLISH goalkeepers...

BLUES BROTHERS

Keith Dixon looks back at how two World Cup winners flattered to deceive at Birmingham City… TESTING TRANSITION IT’S been another...

ENGLAND AND ROAD TO GLORY

JOHN LYONS TAKES A LOOK AT HOW THE THREE LIONS CAN SHOCK THE FOOTBALL WORLD IN RUSSIA A NATION HOPES… HAVE...

THAT’S SCANDALOUS

SIMON SHELDON REFLECTS ON SOME OF THE MORE CONTROVERSIAL EPISODES IN WORLD CUP HISTORY TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED SINCE the World...

YOU’VE BEEN TRUMPED

JOHN LYONS TAKES A LOOK AT A NEW VERSION OF A POPULAR GAME FOOTBALL LEGENDS THOSE with long enough memories will...

THE MIGHTY MAGYARS

KEITH DIXON RECALLS WHEN SHELL-SHOCKED ENGLAND WERE OUTCLASSED AT WEMBLEY STADIUM… LOOKING BACK IN THE FIRING LINE: England keeper Gil Merrick...

EVANS SPICES UP POSH

IAN MCFARLANE TAKES A LOOK AT THE EXTRAORDINARY CAREER OF PETERBOROUGH UNITED’S NEW MANAGER MANAGER ON MOVE Glory day: Steve Evans...

Meeting George Best

STUART BOLTON recalls the day he briefly met a football legend A GLIMPSE OF FAME ACOUPLE of days after one of...

IT’S TIME THE THREE LIONS ROARED!

MATT BELL reckons England should be able to perform better than in recent times in Russia this summer… ENGLAND’S MISSION Frozen...

WELCOME TO LATE TACKLE

IF YOU’RE a regular reader, thanks for your continued support. If you’re a new reader… then where have you been? (Only...

Kenilworth Road a dying breed

Mat Guy takes a close look at one of the old-style grounds that is likely to soon bid farewell… CHANGING STADIA...

KENNY DALGLISH’S CELTIC GLORY DAYS

David Docherty looks back at a time when a young Scottish striker was making his name… LOOKING BACK I HAVE never...

VILLAGE PEOPLE

PAUL ARMSTRONG REFLECTS ON THE CHARM OF VILLAGE FOOTBALL AND THE ‘AGRICULTURAL!GAME’… VILLAGE Football. Don’t you just love it? Well, probably...

PROUD TIBET SEEK RETURN

MAT GUY REFLECTS ON WATCHING THE TIBETANS PLAY A DOZEN YEARS AGO AND EXPLAINS HOW THEY’RE TRYING TO GET BACK IN...

THE MADNESS OF FOOTBALL

KEVIN!HALLS PONDERS IF THE GAME IS BECOMING EVER-MORE CRAZY AS TIMES GOES BY… CAUGHT IN THE CHAOS The price you have...

COVENTRY CITY THE INVISIBLE CLUB

JOHN WRAGG TAKES A LOOK AT HOW THE SKY BLUES HAVE BECOME OUTSIDERS IN THEIR OWN HOME JOHN WRAGG SKY BLUE...

Everybody Loved Raymond

ROBERT J WILSON pays tribute to the late, great Ray Wilkins… ROBERT J WILSON MIDFIELD MAESTRO BORN in Hillingdon, west London...

THE RISE AND FALL OF FREDDY ADU

STEVE KENNEDY LOOKS AT HOW A TEENAGE PRODIGY HAS FOUND IT TOUGH TO FULFIL HIS TALENT!… STEVE KENNEDY FADED DREAMS AT...

Stanley Matthews Scourge of the Scots

COLIN ALLAN recalls when an England winger repeatedly tormented the Auld Enemy… AN ABIDING stereotype claims Scots are tight-fisted. Yet in...

ARSENE DESERVES RESPECT

ROBERT J WILSON SAYS WHAT ARSENAL MANAGER ARSENE WENGER HAS ACHIEVED WITH THE GUNNERS SHOULDN’T BE FORGOTTEN EVEN IF THE END...