Retro

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

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 […]

HIGHFIELD ROAD HEAVEN

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

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 […]

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 […]

A MAGICAL KARPATY RIDE

VOLODYMYR HOLOD RECALLS WHEN AN UNHERALDED UKRAINIAN SIDE CAUSED A MASSIVE SHOCK – AND INSPIRED A NATION… THE year 1969 is […]

DISASTROUS DERBY

KEVIN HALLS LOOKS BACK AT A SEASON THE RAMS WOULD RATHER FORGET… Floored: The Rams are devastated by Steven Gerrard’s […]

FEELING BLUE

BIRMINGHAM CITY FANATIC KEITH DIXON RECALLS WHEN HIS FAVOURITES LAST FEATURED IN AN FA CUP FINAL… What a hero: Manchester […]

BRILLIANT BELGIANS

STEPHEN BRANDT RECALLS WHEN BELGIUM FOOTBALL PUNCHED ABOVE ITS WEIGHT… BELGIUM have a top team now, but they were no […]

THE ITALIAN JOB

COLIN ALLAN RECALLS WHEN ENGLAND PASSED ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST TESTS WITH FLYING COLOURS,,, BILLY Wright passes to Stanley Matthews. […]