Retro

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

OH DANNY BOY

COVENTRY CITY FANATIC KEVIN HALLS RECALLS ONE OF HIS FAVOURITE SKY BLUES PLAYERS, WHOSE CAREER WAS CRUELLY CUT SHORT… Making […]

MILLS AND BOOM

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

TERRY’S TALES

CHRIS DUNLAVY TALKS TO TERRY CURRAN ABOUT HIS EVENTFUL CAREER – INCLUDING THAT SHOCK SWITCH TO SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY… Big fan: […]

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 […]

GAZZA-AT BOSTON UNITED

DAN BARKER GRAY RECALLS PAUL GASCOIGNE’S LAST HURRAH AS A PLAYER… IT’S not unusual for former top-flight players to find […]

MANCINI’S BAPTISM OF FIRE

TREVOR STYNES RECALLS WHEN ROBERTO MANCINI BEGAN HIS MANAGERIAL CAREER WITH FIORENTINA… Calm before the storm: Fiorentina coach Roberto Mancini […]

MEMORY LANE JAN 1975

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MEMORY LANE JAN 1949

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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

CHAMPION FEELING

COLIN ALLAN RECALLS WHEN ENGLAND BEAT REIGNING WORLD CUP WINNERS WEST GERMANY TWICE IN THE MID-1950S Shake on it: England […]

MEMORY LANE

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QUIZZICAL LOOKS

SAM TODD UNCOVERS PLAYERS AND OFFICIALS WHO HAVE SHONE ON TELEVISION SHOWS… AN OLYMPIC sailor wins £1,500 for a Premier […]

KILLIE KINGS

JAMES M GOWLAND RECALLS WHEN KILMARNOCK BECAME SCOTTISH CHAMPIONS FOR THE ONLY TIME IN THEIR HISTORY – IN A DRAMATIC […]

HIGHFIELD ROAD HEAVEN

COVENTRY CITY SUPPORTER KEVIN HALLS RECALLS THE SKY BLUES’ FAMOUS OLD HOME… The way it was: Coventry’s old Highfield Road […]

DAVID PLATT – ENGLAND HERO

STUART STEELYARD LOOKS BACK AT THE INCREDIBLE CAREER OF THE GOALSCORING MIDFIELDER… Defining moment: David Platt celebrates his last-gasp winner […]