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...

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 Gordon...

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 quality:...

THE BIG FREEZE

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

WINNING VS ENTERTAINMENT

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

A-Z OF BLUES

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

AND YOU CAN QUOTE ME ON THAT…

JOHN LYONS PICKS OUT HIS FAVOURITE QUOTES FROM THE FIRST HALF OF THE EFL SEASON FROM OUR SISTER PUBLICATION, THE FOOTBALL...

THE WRONG MESSAGE

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

ENGLISH MANAGERS’ PREMIER PAIN

HARRY GORDON LOOKS AT WHY HOMEGROWN BOSSES HAVE FAILED TO CONQUER THE DOMESTIC MOUNTAIN... So close: Kevin Keegan took Newcastle to...

MAKING HIS MARK

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

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 season...

WILD AT HEART

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

BRING ON THE SHAKERS

HARRY PHENSHAW ON THE PLIGHT OF BURY FC AND A NEW DAWN FOR THE GIGG LANE CLUB... Before the storm: Bury’s...

THE UNEXPECTED RISE OF SWINDON TOWN

SWINDON SUPPORTER JOE ACKLAM ADMITS THE ROBINS’ FINE FORM IN LEAGUE TWO THIS SEASON HAS CAUGHT EVEN DIE-HARD FANS BY SURPRISE......

CAPTAIN MARVEL

IAN ASHBEE TELLS CHRIS DUNLAVY ABOUT HIS INCREDIBLE JOURNEY WITH HULL CITY... IAN Ashbee is talking about facing Luka Modric and...

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 for...

THE SOCIAL DILEMMA

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

MILLS AND BOOM

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

TIM’S GRECIANS DELIGHT

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

‘WOR’ JACKIE AND THE TOON’S FA CUP TREBLE

COLIN ALLAN RECALLS WHEN THE LEGENDARY JACKIE MILBURN AND NEWCASTLE UNITED WERE CUP KINGS IN THE EARLY 1950S... Full stretch: Jackie...

BOWYER’S BLUES

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

MAGIC MITRO

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

FAN VILLAGE PHENOMENON

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

GOING UPSTAIRS

BARNABY ROSTANT REPORTS ON SOME FORMER FOOTBALL STARS WHO HAVE TAKEN INFLUENTIAL ROLES AT CLUBS OF DIFFERING SIZES... ROBBIE Savage is...

CLIVE REVEALS HIS VOICE

Not for me, Clive – Stories From the Voice Of Football, by Clive Tyldesley, published by Headline, Price: £20 CLIVE Tyldesley...

UNITED NEED TASTY RICE

BARNABY ROSTANT SAYS MANCHESTER UNITED SHOULD BEEF UP THEIR MIDFIELD WITH THE WEST HAM AND ENGLAND MAN IF THEY WANT TO...

MY WATFORD WOBBLE

JONNY BRICK EXPLAINS WHY HE’S QUESTIONING HIS SUPPORT FOR HIS FAVOURITE FOOTBALL TEAM.. So valuable: Watford winger Ismaila Sarr fights for...

JIMMY GREAVES ENGLAND’S GOAL KING

ROBERT J WILSON LOOKS BACK AT THE LIFE OF THE LEGENDARY MARKSMAN WHO DIED IN SEPTEMBER AGED 81... Home comforts: In...

GLORY, GLORY TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

COLIN ALLAN RECALLS WHEN SPURS LED THE WAY FOR BRITISH CLUBS IN EUROPE... HIBERNIAN had been the first British club to...

VIKTOR GYOKERES COV’S SUPER SWEDE

COVENTRY CITY FANATIC KEVIN HALLS LOOKS AT THE IMPACT OF THE IN-FORM STRIKER AT THE CHAMPIONSHIP CLUB... Shooting star: Viktor Gyokeres...