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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 […]

SINGING THE BLUES

CHRIS WRIGHT TAKES A LOOK BACK AT WHEN CHELSEA’S FORTUNES REALLY STARTED TO CHANGE… Showing off the FA Cup IT’S […]

LUCAS STEPS UP

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

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

CHE SHOWS THE WAY

KEEPING THE FAITH KEITH DIXON  EXAMINES  HOW  DETERMINED  STRIKER CHE ADAMS HAS FOUGHT HIS WAY TO THE TOP OF THE […]

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 […]

GAZZA’S GLORY

ROBERT J WILSON LOOKS BACK AT WHEN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND LAST CLASHED AT THE EUROS – A QUARTER OF A CENTURY […]

CROATIAN SPURS

BARNABY ROSTANT RECALLS  WHEN THREE COMPATRIOTS PLAYED A STARRING ROLE  AT TOTTENHAM… Earning their Spurs: Vedran Corluka   Niko Kranjcar in […]

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 […]

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 […]

CURTIS COMES OF AGE

JAMES SMITH EXAMINES THE IMPACT OF YOUNG MIDFIELDER CURTIS JONES IN A TOUGH CAMPAIGN FOR LIVERPOOL… Making his mark: Curtis […]

TERRIFIC TYKES

BILLY MULLEY EXAMINES UNHERALDED BARNSLEY’S SUPERB SEASON… Take that: Loan signing Daryl Dike rifles home a superb winner against Birmingham […]

CHELSEA CASH IN

DYLAN KRAIN EXAMINES THE BLUES’ SPENDING SPREE AMID THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF COVID-19 Hit and miss: Big-money signing Timo Werner […]

PUSH UP BRENTFORD!

STEWART PURVIS TAKES A CLOSER LOOK AT AN INNOVATIVE PRJECT ABOUT THE BEES… Old home: Brentford’s former ground, Griffin Park […]