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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoHOW I LEARNED TO LOVE RAT-BOY
STEP HEN TUDOUR admits his secret affection for a man he once detested – Gary Neville EVERY Monday evening, before my...
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/ 13 years agoRANDOM…WITH PATRICK JOHN
MOST OBSCURE TRIVIA EVER Shinji Kagawa will be the 12th Manches-ter United player under Sir Alex Ferguson whose surname is at...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoPRAISE FOR THE UNSUNG HEROES
In an age where it seems everyone is a footie expert, DECLAN OLLEY was encouraged to see some unknown names take...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoTEN OF THE BEST THAT HIT THE TARGET
Here’s our pick of the goals from Euros past to look up on YouTube THERE were some great goals at Euro...
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/ 13 years agoGREEN BY NAME GREEN BY NATURE
ALAN JOHNSON explains how banning bangers has been a recipe for success and made Forest Green hungry to serve more eco...
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/ 13 years agoRANDOM… WITH PATRICK JOHN
DID YOU KNOW As the European Championship approaches – and thoughts turn to the blessed Germans winning again – it...
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/ 13 years agoKEEPING THE SHIP AFLOAT
SIMON HUGHES shines light on an appeal to give a team formed in 1894 a bright future THE wooden hub of...
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/ 13 years agoWHERE’S THE PASSION IN DEAR OLD ROY?
JAMES OWENS just can’t get excited about the new Three Lions boss WATCHING Ricky Tomlinson as the haphazard, heart-on-sleeve gaffer he...
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/ 13 years agoBRASSED OFF!
LAWRENCE COHEN couldn’t give hoot about the trum pets and drums that follow England The England Band THEY lack wit...
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/ 13 years agoTHE MANAGERS STRIKES BACK
CHRIS DUNLAVY recalls when passion reached boiling point and trouble brewed Paolo Di Canio VERBAL abuse is as much a part...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoLOVE AFFAIR WITH AN OLD LADY
DAVID HASTINGS on Alessandro Del Piero and Juventus – one of football’s most enduring relationships ON the 25th March 2012, Alessandro...
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/ 13 years agoGOING SOFT? FOOTBALL IS FEROCIOUS THESE DAYS
PAUL WILLS explodes the myth that the game’s lost its physicality AS MUCH as I'd have liked to get physical with...
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/ 13 years agoITAL DO NICELY AND ALL FOR A TON
KRIS GRIFFIN does Serie A on a shoestring Stadio Olimpico Toto Schillaci WALKING through the urban sprawl of the Olympic Village...
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/ 13 years agoIS MESSI BETTER THAN PELE AND WHO CARES?
NEIL SCOTT is sick of the scramble to quantify everything in football Diego Maradona,Lionel Messi,Pele Lionel Messie slaloms through yet another...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoLETS ALL MEET UP IN THE YEAR 2000
DAVID CHILDS reveals his Bhoy-hood memories WHILE walking down Byers Road in Glasgow’s West End, I found myself stopping to enter...
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/ 13 years agoWelcome to late tackle
As ever, thanks for buying the magazine. It’s the summer, it’s the Euros and yet another season of madness is over....
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoTURN OFF THE TV AND GET DOWN TO THE GAME
NICK YOUNG laments the slow transition from terrace to television – and urges fans to bin the box for some real...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoIN A STATE OVER BRITISH FOOTBALL
American media man ANDY ELRICK lifts the lid on why he’s a sucker for ‘soccer’ IAM not sure what the average...
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/ 13 years agoUNSUNG HEROES OF THE EUROS
CHRIS DUNLAVY contemplates the star wars that resulted in players with silky skills crashing off the international radars WE all remember...
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/ 13 years agoWHEN FINISHING THIRD CAN MEAN RELEGATION
DUNLAVY DUNLAVY figures out that the Argentinian method of where teams finish in the league table is a number-crunching game SO,...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoThey used to Pong, now they’re potent
PAUL BROWN remembers the humble beginnings of the console togger EACH new instalment of FIFA and Pro Evo, EA Sports’ and...
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/ 13 years agoALL NIGHT, EVERY NIGHT, IN THE DUGOUT IS SIMPLY EXHAUSTING
TONY MOGAN reveals his guilty secret It’s 3:37 am. I’ve been sat in this dark room, hunched over my laptop, eyes...
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/ 13 years agoRELEGATION… THE MOST FEARED WORD IN THE FOOTBALL DICTIONARY
MARTIN ‘Jimmy’ TARBUCK from Wigan fanzine The Mudhutter is dreading the drop. To prepare himself for the worst, he spoke to...
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/ 13 years agoIT CAN MEAN LIFE OR DEATH
CHRIS DUNLAVY charts some illustrious, and fatal, relegations River Plate players in 2011 TOO Good to go down? Tell that to...
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/ 13 years agoRANDOM…
WITH PATRICK JOHN DID YOU KNOW While the rest of this sea-faring nation marked the centenary of the sinking of...
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/ 13 years agoHODDLE, WADDLE AND OTHER FOOTBALLING WARBLERS
DAVID STANDEN reckons footballers should learn from past mistakes and leave the crooning to the professionals AT the turn of 2012,...
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/ 13 years agoDOGGONE IT! MAATTY WANTS HIS PET BACK
MATT BADCOCK tells the sad tale of a player separated from the pet he’s devoted to Blairy’s Dog Frank takes a...
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/ 13 years agoYES, TEARS FOR SOUVENIRS BUT THERE WAS SO MUCH MORE…
PATRICK JOHN defends a World Cup that’s remembered for all the wrong reasons IT was widely derided as the worst World...
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/ 13 years agoTHE GROWING-UP MOMENT YOU REALISE THAT TACTICS AREN’T MINTS
NICK YOUNG on how England’s finally smelling the coffee when it comes to tactics Rory Delap ONE of the great things...
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/ 13 years agoCHINA GIANT IS WAKING AND FLEXING IT’S FOOTBALLING MUSCLES
ANDREW CRAWFORD on why football in China is finally on the up Nicolas Anelka meets his new fans THE Chinese Super...
