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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoWELCOME TO LATE TACKLE
So we’re back. A bit later than planned, but better late than never and all that. If you’ve read Late Tackle...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoWHEN THEY ALL CRIED FOUL AND LOVES IT!
PETER BATEMAN gets all dewy-eyed over a short-lived footie mag from the 70s OSTALGIA Chelsea’s Ron Harris was king of the...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoSTAND FOR THE TERRAGE
ANDREW CHERRIE wonders why a safe solution can’t be found for the serial standers at football TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND people stand...
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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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Late Tackle
/ 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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Late Tackle
/ 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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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoPilgrims have had their faith tested
TIM HART on what has been the most turbulent, testing, roller-coaster two years in the long history of a club that...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoBasqueing in the glory
WALSH’S WORLD Kristian Walsh on matters abroad There’s nothing better in football than watching a team which typifies the city it...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoA reluctant champion
In an extract from excellent new book ‘Joe Fagan, a reluctant champion’ ANDREW FAGAN and MARK PLATT recall the drama of...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoThe good doctor
STEPHEN TUDOR pays a personal tribute to the football genius that was Socrates After a long battle with illness, the great...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoMy affair with Reading
MARK SEGAL had a break from his beloved West Ham to run off with another team Support for your football club...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoPop down the local
CHRIS MARTIN wishes most Manchester United fans still came from Salford Prawn sandwiches, floppy jester hats, a brand new replica kit...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoSpecial reserves that made the grade
SAM HUGHES on a team that were more than just ‘the stiffs’ Generally, reserve sides of big clubs in Spain struggle. Whether...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoWelcome to Late Tackle
FIRST of all, a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year – and thanks for buying Late Tackle. We’ve had a lot...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoThe missing Lincs
ALAN JOHNSON reports on a torrid time for Lincolnshire that has seen four league clubs reduced to just one When Aldershot...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoCruyff ’s funny turn
LIAM MILNER on the trials and tribulations of one of Europe’s biggest clubs that has seen some of its greatest names...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoStory of the Blues
MICK RATHBONE spent 35 years as a player and physio at Birmingham, Blackburn and Everton. This extract from ‘The Smell Of...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoGoodbye Ceefax
Blocky, slow, clumpy but a much-loved source of vital information. MIKE MARTIN mourns the passing of analogue Ceefax to the big...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoCome on Pool City!
PAUL BROWN with the tale of the league “everyone was talking about” in 1978 — but only for 15 weeks Forget...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoIn praise of the gaffer
OLLY RICKETTS argues that even today, success requires more than just money As Roger Domeneghetti argued in his excellent piece on...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoThe anatomy of a transfer saga
ADAM HURREY of angleofpostandbar.blogspot.com on how players, agents, pundits and the media come together to produce one of the more tedious...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoThe ultimate academy
JAMES HERD can’t understand why the big clubs spend so little time and effort scouting players in non-league football Roy Essandoh,...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoThe fantastic four
PATRICK JOHN looks past the flashy Dutch masters who took all the headlines at the San Siro 20 years ago and...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoRANDOM…
with Patrick John DID YOU KNOW: On Christmas Day 1935, Oldham beat Tranmere 4-1 in the old Third Division North. Big...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoInside ‘Franchise FC’
MARK SANDERSON wonders if there’s more to MK Dons than the ‘franchise’ by going to the core of the club, the...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoLate Tackle issue four – even slicker than Neil Warnock’s 1970s barnet
Issue four of Late Tackle – in all good newsagents on February 29 ... Continue reading... Access all our premium content...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoGreat moustaches of football history
Number one: Jimmy Greaves ... Continue reading... Access all our premium content for less than 50p per week! SUBSCRIBE Already a...
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/ 13 years agoHeroes and villains
CHRIS MARTIN wonders why fair play usually goes out of the window in football In the modern age football is littered...
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/ 13 years agoIf it’s good enough for Brazil, it’ll do for us
ROBERT NEVITT thinks Futsal could be the key to lifting the depression that follows England around when it comes to major...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoHero worship ain’t what it used to be
OLLY RICKETTS takes a slightly depressing walk down World Cup memory lane I recently discovered that over the years I have...
