Late Tackle

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

WINNING VS ENTERTAINMENT

JOE ACKLAM GIVES HIS VIEW ON THE BALANCE BETWEEN WINNING AT ALL COSTS AND LOSING IN STYLE… Attacking intent: Raphinha […]

SOARING SEAGULLS

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION FAN TOBY REED-MCGILL REFLECTS ON HIS CLUB’S UPWARDLY MOBILE JOURNEY IF YOU had told Brighton fans […]

THE NAME GAME

BILLY LAWRENCE TESTS HIS BRAIN POWER TO SELECT A TOP ALLITERATIVE XI… THOMAS Tuchel has been a revelation since taking […]

BILLY’S CANARIES STRIFE

RICHARD SAYELL EXAMINES TALENTED MIDFIELDER BILLY GILMOUR’S UNEXPECTED PROBLEMS AT NORWICH CITY THIS TERM.. WHILE nobody has covered themselves in […]

THANK YOU DAVE

DAN BONNINGTON PAYS A PERSONAL TRIBUTE TO THE LATE AUTHOR AND BROMLEY FAN DAVE ROBERTS… I’VE always been an avid […]

LIFE AFTER ENGLAND

SAM TODD EXAMINES HOW ENGLAND MANAGERS HAVE FARED AFTER LEAVING THE THREE LIONS HOTSEAT…. WITH a new three-year contract – […]

MATTIE’S MOVE

JOHN LYONS TALKS TO WATFORD DEFENDER MATTIE POLLOCK ABOUT HIS VITAL LOAN SPELL WITH CHELTENHAM TOWN… MAKING the right call […]

WELCOME TO LATE TACKLE

Firstly, it’s a belated Happy New Year to you, our loyal readers, and thanks again for your continued support. As […]

NOT SO SUPER SUBS

JOE ACKLAM SAYS THAT CALLS FOR FIVE SUBSTITUTES TO BE REINTRODUCED IN ENGLISH FOOTBALL ARE WIDE OF THE MARK… At […]

THE LIFE OF A FAN

TORQUAY UNITED SUPORTERS’ TRUST SUPPORTER LIAISON OFFICER NICK BRODRICK EXPLAINS WHAT IT REALLY MEANS TO BE A FOOTBALL FOLLOWER… Star […]

THE BIG FREEZE

KEVIN HALLS RECALLS WHEN FOOTBALL WAS FROZEN OUT IN THE WINTER OF 1963… Snow joke: When football was put on […]

MAGIC MITRO

JOHN LYONS LOOKS AT FULHAM STRIKER ALEKSANDAR MITROVIC’S INCREDIBLE START TO THE SEASON… Rising to the challenge: Fulham hitman Aleksandar […]

CANARIES’ SHAKY PERCH

SAM TODD EXAMINES NORWICH CITY’S DIFFICULTIES IN HOLDING ON TO THEIR TOP-FLIGHT STATUS… THE start of the current Premier League […]

FAN VILLAGE PHENOMENON

ROB BRADLEY EXPLAINS HOW WATCHING THE GAME IS NOW ONLY PART OF THE EXPERIENCE… Crowd scene: Supporters at the World […]

WILD AT HEART

JOHN LYONS REPORTS ON CHRIS WILDER’S RETURN TO MANAGEMENT WITH MIDDLESBROUGH… Have a word: Middlesbrough manager Chris Wilder gives instructions […]

THE WRONG MESSAGE

FORMER LEICESTER CITY CEO BARRIE PIERPOINT SAYS FOOTBALL IS FACING A DANGEROUS PROBLEM AS SOCIAL MEDIA ABUSE GROWS… IN 1991, […]

SUPER SACCHI

ROBERT J WILSON LOOKS AT HOW ITALIAN MASTERMIND ARRIGO SACCHI TRANSFORMED THE WAY 4-4-2 WAS PLAYED AND LED AC MILAN […]

MAKING HIS MARK

BOURNEMOUTH AND REPUBLIC OF IRELAND GOALKEEPER MARK TRAVERS TELLS CHRIS DUNLAVY ABOUT HIS BURGEONING CAREER… One to watch: Cherries keeper […]

OH DANNY BOY

COVENTRY CITY FANATIC KEVIN HALLS RECALLS ONE OF HIS FAVOURITE SKY BLUES PLAYERS, WHOSE CAREER WAS CRUELLY CUT SHORT… Making […]

AFRICA’S WAITING GAME

HARRY GORDON REFLECTS ON A PREDICTION BY PELE AND LOOKS FORWARD TO THE CONTINENT’S FUTURE… Lion-heart: Roger Milla celebrates one […]

CAPTAIN MARVEL

IAN ASHBEE TELLS CHRIS DUNLAVY ABOUT HIS INCREDIBLE JOURNEY WITH HULL CITY… IAN Ashbee is talking about facing Luka Modric […]

WELCOME TO LATE TACKLE

IT’S easy to get caught up in the Premier League and Champions League hype, isn’t it? True, it’s the elite […]

UP FOR THE CUP

JOHN LYONS SAYS THE FA CUP HASN’T LOST ITS MAGIC FOR LOWER LEAGUE AND NON-LEAGUE CLUBS… Sharp-shooter: Mark Cullen scores […]