Late Tackle

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

DON’T FORGET THE NO.2S

JONNY BRICK CELEBRATES FAMOUS ASSISTANT MANAGERS REMEMBER in the Austin Powers films when Doctor Evil often turned to his assistant […]

BRENDAN’S KOP TIME

DANIEL MOFFAT LOOKS BACK AT BRENDAN RODGERS TENURE IN THE LIVERPOOL HOTSEAT IN THE 2011-12 season, Liverpool won the League […]

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WELCOME TO LATE TACKLE

WOW, it’s been quite a season, hasn’t it? If anything summed it up, it was Manchester City’s remarkable last day […]

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MY SEVEN DEADLY SINS

STEVE TOLMIE EXPLAINS WHY HE COULD NEVER HAVE BEEN A PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLER… TOUCH, speed, mindset, game intelligence, physique… ask the […]

THE GREAT ESCAPE

DAVE COLMER REPORTS ON HOW HULLBRIDGE SPORTS AVOIDED THE DROP… Here we go: Handshakes before Hullbridge vs Tilbury IF THIS […]

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STICKY TOFFEES

LUKE BIRCH LOOKS AT EVERTON’S FORTUNES OVER THE PAST DECADE… IN JULY 2013, Everton manager David Moyes was head-hunted by […]

THANKS DOC

EXPERIENCED NON-LEAGUE PHYSIO GAVIN BLACKWELL LOOKS AT THE IMPORTANT ROLE PLAYED BY THOSE ENTRUSTED WITH LOOKING AFTER PLAYERS’ WELFARE… In […]

LOAN LIMITS

JOE ACKLAM REPORTS ON NEW RULES WHICH ARE SET TO STOP CLUBS STOCKPILING PLAYERS AND SENDING THEM OUT ON LOAN… […]

LIONESSES ON THE PROWL

HARRY GORDON EXAMINES THE ENGLAND WOMEN’S PROSPECTS IN THIS SUMMER’S EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP… AFTER the heartbreak of the England men’s penalty […]

BURNING BRIGHT

TOBY REED-MCGILL TAKES A LOOK AT DAN BURN’S IMPACT AT NEWCASTLE UNITED FOLLOWING HIS BIG-MONEY MOVE… THERE were more than […]

SKY BLUE THINKING

COVENTRY CITY FAN KEVIN HALLS REFLECTS ON HIS TEAM’S 2021-22 SEASON…. WELL, that’s another football season over and, just like […]

MEMORY LANE JAN 1992

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CHELSEA 0 WEDNESDAY 2

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YOUTH CUP OF DREAMS

IN ADVANCE OF THE PUBLICATION OF HIS BOOK ON THE FA YOUTH CUP, JONNY BRICK FINDS THE TOP CAT AMONG […]

LEONE STARS SPARKLE

GEORGE BUTLER REPORTS ON SIERRA LEONE’S RETURN TO THE BIG TIME… THE sun has now set on the 33rd edition […]

THE BEAT GOES ON

EFFORTS TO REMEMBER IPSWICH TOWN LEGEND KEVIN BEATTIE ARE GOING FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH… Powerhouse: Ipswich Town’s Kevin Beattie THE […]

WELCOME TO LATE TACKLE

IT’S hard to believe we’re approaching the business end of the season, isn’t it? Yet time is flying by and […]

THE UGLY GAME

SAM TODD REPORTS ON THE WORRYING RISE IN INCIDENTS OF POOR BEHAVIOUR BY SUPPORTERS… THE FA Cup fourth round weekend […]

LIFE AFTER FOOTBALL

KIT PARSONS TALKS TO FORMER OXFORD UNITED STRIKER JAMES CONSTABLE ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES PLAYERS FACE WHEN THEY HANG UP THEIR […]

TOMMY’S THE TOPS

KEVIN HALLS EXPLAINS WHY TOMMY HUTCHINSON IS HIS COVENTRY CITY ALL-STAR… Class act: Tommy Hutchison in Coventry colours playing for […]

MY FOOTBALL LIFE

LATE TACKLE CONTRIBUTOR JOE ACKLAM DISCUSSES HIS FOOTBALLING LIKES, DISLIKES, FIRSTS AND MEMORIES, WITH THE CONDITION THAT HE WAS IN […]

THE AMERICAN DREAM

HARRY GORDON ON THE RISE OF THE MLS AND US SOCCER… Trend-setter: David Beckham brought great publicity to MLS MLS, […]

CROSSING THE BRIDGE

DAVE COLMER LOOKS FORWARD TO NEW ADVENTURES WATCHING NON-LEAGUE SIDE HULLBRIDGE SPORTS… AFTER years of thinking about it, the wife […]

A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK

BILLY LAWRENCE LOOKS AT FAMILY TIES IN THE FOOTBALL WORLD… Smile please: Cristiano Ronaldo Jr is following in dad’s footsteps […]

DAN THE PHOTO MAN

NOTTS COUNTY FAN IAN KIRKE SALUTES PHOTOGRAPHER DAN WESTWELL’S EFFORTS TO CAPTURE THE CLUB’S AND SUPPORTERS’ SPECIAL MOMENTS… WITH Nottingham […]