Late Tackle

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

Breaking Koln tradition

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

Getting stuck in

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

Heroes and villains

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

The true burger king

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

HAIR WE GO

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

RANDOM…

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

The one-cap wonder

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

A cluster of cliches

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

It’s groundhog day

CHARLIE McCANN of Victor Chandler isn’t holding out too much hope for England England limped into the Finals of next […]

Welcome to

Welcome to Late Tackle

SO what is Late Tackle? Well perhaps it’s easier to explain what Late Tackle is by explaining what it isn’t. […]

Not so super Mario?

SUHAIL SEEDAT wonders whether we are too quick to condemn modern day footballers, seeing them as overpaid spoilt brats rather […]

Footy Art

ABOUT THE ARTIST .. . Name: Dan Leydon  From: Sligo, Ireland  Supports: Liverpool  He says: I have been designing as […]

The number’s up

Football’s big money, and so are statistics. Matthew Bretherton asks where the obsession came from – and how do we […]

Power of Scotland

To many Scottish football has become a joke – a two-horse race to be sneered at; a parochial competition long […]

The ultimate traders

KIERON O’CONNOR of swissramble.blogspot.com takes a detailed look at the amazing success delivered by FC Porto with finances that many […]

Martin knows the score

JAMES WILLOUGHBY on an FA Cup giant-killing at Old Trafford that meant a lot to Leeds United fans – some […]

Bring back the tackle

JOHN NICHOLSON Football has changed. Sometimes we don’t realise just how much it has changed. We get used to the […]

Friday I’m in love

He scored a goal even the referee applauded and inspired The Super Furry Animals’ single, The Man Don’t Give A […]

Same as it Ever was

Crisis time at Everton or the same as it ever was in recent times? The Guardian’s Merseyside football correspondent Andy […]

Footballing nirvana

GER MCCARTHY remembers an incredible night at Anfield when the team that had swept all before them in English football […]