News

This is where you will find all of Late Tackle’s News articles and content.

Top Guns

Tom Blackett looks at the improving fortunes of Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal Captain marvel: Martin Odegaard celebrates his goal for Arsenal […]

The Lionesses’ legacy

Tottenham Hotspur defender Kerys Harrop reflects on England’s magnificent European Championship triumph against Germany Well, what a day that was! […]

PITCH BATTLE

COVENTRY CITY FANATIC KEVIN HALLS REFLECTS ON A FRUSTRATING START TO THE SEASON FOR HIS BELOVED CLUB… Packed schedule: The […]

Unforgettable day

Late tackle editor John Lyons describes the experience of taking his son max to his first-ever match They say you […]

ROBINS’ PREMIER PAIN

RAY HARPER RECALLS WHEN SWINDON TOWN BRIEFLY MIXED IT WITH FOOTBALL’S BIG GUNS… Going up: Swindon beat Leicester in a […]

Dynamite Derbies

Sam Sheppey picks out his top Championship clashes of 2022/23… Having a laugh: Swansea’s Joel Piroe, left, celebrates scoring in […]

Four up four down

Sam Todd says it’s time to increase the number of clubs changing divisions… There’s at least three certainties in the […]

JOBS FOR THE BLUE BOYS

LIFELONG BIRMINGHAM CITY SUPPORTER KEITH DIXON FINDS SOME REASONS FOR OPTIMISM AFTER ANOTHER TESTING CAMPAIGN… Partnership: Blues technical director Craig […]

THE UGLY GAME

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

YOUTH CUP OF DREAMS

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

THE GREEN MACHINE

JOHN LYONS REPORTS ON FOREST GREEN ROVERS’ STUNNING CAMPAIGN UNDER ROOKIE BOSS ROB EDWARDS… IF YOU had to pick a […]

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 […]

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 […]

LIFE AFTER FOOTBALL

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

SUPER SUTTON

JOHN LYONS REPORTS ON THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWCOMERS MAKING A BIG MPRESSION… Leap of faith: David Ajiboye celebrates scoring for […]

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 […]

HUNTING WITH WOLVES

JOE ACKLAM EXAMINES THE OLD GOLD’S IMPRESSIVE SEASON UNDER UNHERALDED BOSS BRUNO LAGE… WHEN the little known Bruno Lage replaced […]

CROSSING THE BRIDGE

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

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 […]

WORLD CUP FOLLY

JOE ACKLAM FEARS FOOTBALL’S SHOWPIECE WILL SUFFER IF TOURNAMENTS EVERY TWO YEARS FOLLOW THE UPCOMING EXPANSION TO 48 TEAMS… This […]

A ROLLERCOASTER 70S RIDE

AUTHOR JON SPURLING LOOKS BACK AT AN UNFORGETTABLE FOOTBALL DECADE… Cup kings: Manchester United celebrate beating Liverpool in the 1977 […]

LEONE STARS SPARKLE

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

CHELSEA 0 WEDNESDAY 2

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THE NAME GAME

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