Retro

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

GAZZA, GLENN AND LA MANGA

LOOKING BACK STUART STEELYARD RECALLS WHEN PAUL GASCOIGNE’S ENGLAND CAREER CAME TO A SUDDEN AND CONTROVERSIAL END…. ENGLAND’S qualifying group […]

DUTCH MASTERS

LOOKING BACK ROSS KILVINGTON REFLECTS ON THE LEGACY OF HOLLAND’S 1974 WORLD CUP FINALISTS… SOMETIMES in sport, we think of […]

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 […]

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 […]

INDOOR FOOTBALL

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

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 […]