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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 […]

NOT SO SUPER SUBS

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

UNITED’S CUP OF JOY

COLIN ALLAN RECALLS WHEN MATT BUSBY’S REBUILT MANCHESTER UNITED LIFTED THE FA CUP IN 1963… Breathing space: Leicester City goalkeeper […]

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 […]

WINNING VS ENTERTAINMENT

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

A-Z OF BLUES

LIFELONG BIRMINGHAM CITY FAN KEITH DIXON TAKES US ON A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD… THERE is little doubt that the […]

SOARING SEAGULLS

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

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 […]

WILD AT HEART

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

BOWYER’S BLUES

LIFELONG BIRMINGHAM CITY FAN KEITH DIXON LOOKS AT THE IMPACT OF BOSS LEE BOWYER AT HIS BELOVED BLUES… Demanding: Blues […]

CAPTAIN MARVEL

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

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 […]

MAGIC MITRO

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

THE SOCIAL DILEMMA

BARNABY ROSTANT LOOKS AT THE MIXED FORTUNES OF FOOTBALLERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS SUCH AS TWITTER… IT WOULD seem the […]

THE WRONG MESSAGE

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

MILLS AND BOOM

EUROPEAN CUP WINNER GARY MILLS TELLS CHRIS DUNLAVY ABOUT HIS AMAZING CAREER… GARY Mills made his debut at 16, won […]

MAKING HIS MARK

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

TIM’S GRECIANS DELIGHT

JOHN LYONS TALKS TO EXETER CITY MIDFIELDER TIMOTHEE DIENG ABOUT HIS SUCCESSFUL EARLY DAYS IN DEVON… Taking control: Frenchman Timothee […]

FAN VILLAGE PHENOMENON

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

RONALDO’S EARLY DAYS

ROBERT J WILSON RECALLS THE PORTUGUESE STAR’S FIRST SPELL WITH MANCHESTER UNITED… Having a laugh: Manchester United celebrate winning the […]

BLUES’ GOLDEN SEASON

LIFELONG BIRMINGHAM CITY FAN KEITH DIXON LOOKS BACK AT A MEMORABLE CAMPAIGN HALF A CENTURY AGO… IT’S hard to believe […]