Retro

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

FOOTBALL AND THE 1980S

LOOKING BACK RICHARD CROOKS TAKES A LOOK BACK AT A DECADE THAT WAS MARKED BY MEMORABLE MOMENTS ON THE PITCH […]

THE MARACANAZO

LOOKING BACK ROSS KILVINGTON RECALLS BRAZIL’S WORLD CUP AGONY IN 1950 AND HOW THEIR GOALKEEPER SUFFERED FOR IT… Good save: […]

HAMMER HOUSE OF HORRORS

WEST HAM UNITED MICHAEL LEE REFLECTS ON WEST HAM’S DISASTROUS 2002-03 SEASON WHICH SAW THEM RELEGATED FROM THE PREMIER LEAGUE… […]

ENGLAND’S 70S MAVERICKS

LOOKING BACK DAVID DOCHERTY EXAMINES THE FORTUNES OF HALF-A-DOZEN OF OUR MOST TALENTED PLAYERS… Invariably, when books are written about […]

DIRTY FRANK

LOOKING BACK KEVIN!HALLS LOOKS!BACK!AT THE CAREER!OF FRANK BARSON, THE!ORIGINAL FOOTBALL HARDMAN On the charge: Frank Barson in control and also […]

ENGLAND!ON THEIR!TRAVELS

LOOKING BACK COLIN ALLAN RECALLS THE 1959 TRIP TO THE AMERICAS… Bobby Charlton Jimmy Armfi eld ENGLAND’S tour of 1959 […]

THE GOOD OLD DAYS…

LOOKING BACK NEIL SAMBROOK REFLECTS ON HOW FOOTBALL HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS… Marksman: Tottenham’s Jimmy Greaves shoots against Aston […]

KEN FOGARTY’S BEST DAYS

LOOKING BACK STUART BOLTON CATCHES UP WITH THE STOCKPORT STALWART WHO PLAYED ALONGSIDE GEORGE BEST ON BOTH SIDES OF THE […]

BEST OF BRITISH

LOOKING BACK SIMON SHELDON TAKES A LOOK BACK AT THE LONG SINCE GONE BRITISH HOME CHAMPIONSHIP… Smart finish: England’s Kevin […]

STU’S WEMBLEY WONDERLAND

LOOKING BACK ASTON VILLA FAN STUART STEELYARD RECALLS WATCHING HIS BOYHOOD FAVOURITES BEAT MANCHESTER UNITED IN THE LEAGUE CUP FINAL […]

THE CHANGING GAME?

LOOKING BACK KEITH DIXON STEPS BACK IN TIME TO LOOK AT THE ISSUES AFFECTING FOOTBALL IN THE PAST… Glory boys: […]

THE CLOWN PRINCE OF SOCCER

LOOKING BACK Heyday: Len Shackleton in action for Sunderland WHILST Paul Gascoigne may lay claim to being the crankiest footballer […]

INDOOR FOOTBALL

SIMON SHELDON recalls when five and six-a-side competitions made a big impression… SIMON SHELDON WE HAVE all played a game […]

PELE, O REY (PELE, THE KING)

STUART BOLTON recalls when a young Brazilian turned in a virtuoso display… STUART BOLTON Unstoppable: Pele celebrates scoring for Brazil […]

MEMORY LANE: JUNE 1996

ENGLAND 4 HOLLAND 1 To see more of Bob Bond’s retro cartoons and caricatures, visit www.footballershappen.com … Continue reading… Access […]

MEMORY LANE: OCT 2002

EVERTON 2 ARSENAL 1 FOR NEARLY ALL OF THIS MATCH ARSENAL’S LONG UNBEATEN RUN LOOKED ENTIRELY SAFE. To see more […]

THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES, WAYNE

SIMON ASHURST reflects on Wayne Rooney’s success-laden years with Manchester United… SIMON ASHURST Magic moment: Wayne Rooney scores his wonder […]

MEMORY LANE: SEP 1973

SPURS 0 LEEDS 3 ROGER KIRKPATRICK WAS THE REFEREE AT WHITE HART LANE ON SATURDAY, HE WAS HIGHLY VISIBLE, AS […]

MISSING YOU, MARIO…

SIMON ASHURST on the enigma that is Mario Balotelli… SIMON ASHURST Nice one: Mario is in France now BALOTELLI, WHY […]

CAGLIARI LEGENDS

JAMES RICHARDS recalls when an island team shocked Italy’s footballing aristocracry… JAMES RICHARDS LOOKING at the Serie A table, it […]