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LUCAS STEPS UP

BARNABY ROSTANT REPORTS ON THE WINDING ROAD TAKEN BY BRAZILIAN GOALKEEPER LUCAS COVOLAN… Magic moment: Goalkeeper Lucas Covolan scores for […]

JUDE’S JOURNEY

BIRMINGHAM CITY FAN KEITH DIXON TAKES A LOOK AT THE FACTORS BEHIND THE RAPID RISE OF FORMER BLUES STARLET JUDE […]

DUGOUT DEMANDS

RICHARD SAYELL LOOKS AT THE FORTUNES OF STAR PLAYERS WHO HAVE STEPPED INTO MANAGEMENT… Derby Chelsea Valencia Monaco Montreal Derby […]

BIG BEN CHIMES FOR CHILE

JOHN LYONS REPORTS ON THE EXPLOITS OF BLACKBURN ROVERS STRIKER BEN BRERETON IN SOUTH AMERICA… What a feeling! Ben Brereton […]

DON AND DUSTED

ERIK SAMUELSON TELLS CHRIS DUNLAVY ABOUT HIS BOOK CHARTING THE INCREDIBLE RISE OF AFC WIMBLEDON… We’ve Don it! AFC Wimbledon […]

ERIK’S EFFORT PAYS OFF

All Together Now, by Erik Samuelson, published by Pitch Publishing, Price: £19.99 ALL Together Now is billed as ‘The Extraordinary […]

WE’RE NEARLY THERE!

CHRIS DUNLAVY SAYS CRITICISM OF ENGLAND BOSS GARETH SOUTHGATE’S CONSERVATIVE STYLE IS WIDE OF THE MARK – AND THE THREE […]

MAGIC MACCA

SAM TODD TAKES A LOOK BACK AT THE LIFE OF PORTSMOUTH AND REP OF IRELAND STAR ALAN McLOUGHLIN ALAN McLoughlin’s […]

ALF’S BAPTISM OF FIRE

COLIN ALLAN RECALLS WHEN ENGLAND MADE AN EARLY ‘EUROS’ EXIT IN 1963 UNDER THEIR NEW MANAGER On the stretch: Jimmy […]

AN UNFORGETTABLE EUROS

ROBERT J WILSON PICKS OUT SOME OF HIS HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE CONTINENTAL SHOWPIECE… THERE is no doubting that Euro 2020 […]

LEARNING LESSONS

SAM TODD REFLECTS ON CHRISTIAN ERIKSEN’S COLLAPSE (AND RECOVERY) AT EURO 2020 – AND HOW IT SHOULD BE TURNED INTO […]

BRING IT ON!

AFTER THE GREAT EURO 2020 ADVENTURE JOHN LYONS TAKES A LOOK AHEAD TO THE NEW SEASON… Here we go: Chelsea […]

MEMORY LANE JAN 1949

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RHODES TO REDEMPTION

CAMERON POPE ANALYSES THE PROSPECTS OF ONCE-PROLIFIC STRIKER JORDAN RHODES RECAPTURING HIS BEST FORM ON HIS RETURN TO HUDDERSFIELD TOWN… […]

WINNING THE POOLS

KEITH DIXON REPORTS ON JUBILANT HARTLEPOOL UNITED’S RETURN TO THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE… Ecstatic: Hartlepool celebrate after their dramatic National League […]

MAKING HIS MARC

JOHN LYONS TALKS TO FORMER FOOTBALLER MARCUS BENT ABOUT HIS FRESH CHALLENGE… In the big time: Marcus Bent celebrates in […]

KEEPING IT REAL

SAM TODD SUGGESTS ENGLAND FANS SHOULDN’T GET TOO EXCITED ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP GLORY THIS SUMMER… WOULD it […]

WALES’ LOCAL HEROES

DAVID COLLINS HIGHLIGHTS THE GROWTH OF PLAYERS AT WELSH CLUBS GOING ON TO REPRESENT THEIR COUNTRY HAVING players from your […]

BLACKPOOL’S ITALIAN JOB

COLIN ALLAN RECALLS WHEN THE SEASIDERS SHONE ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE… Crav-ing success: Overjoyed Blackpool skipper John Craven holds the […]

HAALAND’S NEXT STEP

ROBERT J WILSON CONSIDERS WHERE THE BORUSSIA DORTMUND AND NORWAY SHARP-SHOOTER COULD END UP THIS SUMMER… Crown jewel: Erling Haaland […]

GO FOR IT, GARETH

CHRIS DUNLAVY EXPLAINS WHY THE ENGLAND BOSS MUST RELEASE THE HANDBRAKE IF THE THREE LIONS ARE TO TRIUMPH IN THE […]

TERRY’S EURO ’96 WARM-UP

STUART STEELYARD RECALLS HOW TERRY VENABLES PLOTTED ENGLAND’S COURSE TOWARDS A MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS ON HOME TURF… AFTER Graham Taylor’s England […]

SKY BLUES THRILLER

LIFELONG FAN KEVIN HALLS RECALLS HIS FAVOURITE COVENTRY CITY MATCH… HAVING been a Coventry supporter for 60 years, I have […]