In an extract from excellent new book ‘Joe Fagan, a reluctant champion’ ANDREW FAGAN and MARK PLATT recall the drama […]

STEPHEN TUDOR pays a personal tribute to the football genius that was Socrates After a long battle with illness, the […]

MARK SEGAL had a break from his beloved West Ham to run off with another team Support for your football […]

CHRIS MARTIN wishes most Manchester United fans still came from Salford Prawn sandwiches, floppy jester hats, a brand new replica […]

SAM HUGHES on a team that were more than just ‘the stiffs’ Generally, reserve sides of big clubs in Spain struggle. […]

FIRST of all, a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year – and thanks for buying Late Tackle. We’ve had a […]

ALAN JOHNSON reports on a torrid time for Lincolnshire that has seen four league clubs reduced to just one When […]

LIAM MILNER on the trials and tribulations of one of Europe’s biggest clubs that has seen some of its greatest […]

MICK RATHBONE spent 35 years as a player and physio at Birmingham, Blackburn and Everton. This extract from ‘The Smell […]

Blocky, slow, clumpy but a much-loved source of vital information. MIKE MARTIN mourns the passing of analogue Ceefax to the […]

PAUL BROWN with the tale of the league “everyone was talking about” in 1978 — but only for 15 weeks […]

OLLY RICKETTS argues that even today, success requires more than just money As Roger Domeneghetti argued in his excellent piece […]

ADAM HURREY of angleofpostandbar.blogspot.com on how players, agents, pundits and the media come together to produce one of the more […]

ROGER DOMENEGHETTI of whoateallthegoals.com wonders just how big a part football managers play in the suceess or otherwise of their […]

WALSH’S WORLD Kristian Walsh on matters abroad ON the banks of the Rhine stand ornate market places, museums and a […]

PAUL GRECH sees tough times ahead for Inter after they fail to give another manager time As Giampiero Gasperini exited […]

MERV PAYNE remembers the days when all he wanted was a silver foil badge I have a family escape plan […]

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CHRIS MARTIN wonders why fair play usually goes out of the window in football In the modern age football is […]

ROBERT NEVITT thinks Futsal could be the key to lifting the depression that follows England around when it comes to […]

OLLY RICKETTS takes a slightly depressing walk down World Cup memory lane I recently discovered that over the years I […]

SCOTT TERRIO mourns the passing of the out-and-out winger, a player that seems to have been sacrificed to the modern […]

DAN ROBERTS has tasted the best and worst of footy “cuisine” on his travels around the nation — he’s forgotten […]

PAUL BROWN looks at one of the Seventies’ biggest football stars Jon Stark arrived on the football scene in the […]

WE’RE as guilty as anyone for mourning all that’s gone from the game, but there’s one thing that has remained […]

with Patrick John DID YOU KNOW: Wycombe Wanderers’ mascot, Bodger, is based on a real person, former striker Tony ‘Bodger’ […]

SAM HUGHES tells the amazing tale of the Englishman that gave Spain their footballing identity and once managed a team […]

PATRICK JOHN on the player that epitomised a decade and was loved by fans of two very different clubs, if […]

JASPER TAYLOR reckons one of Europe’s lesser lights can match their neighbours The ‘Red Devils’ is a nickname regularly spouted […]

ADAM HURREY of angleofpostandbar.blogspot.com runs a few choice football phrases up the flagpole to see who drops their trousers The […]