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/ 12 years agoTHE BEST OF THE WORST DIVERS
Jurgen klinsmann THE original and still the best. Pelting down the right wing during the 1990 World Cup final , Germany...
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Features
/ 12 years agoDiving Bored
GARETH ROBERTS RANTS GARETH ROBERTS is sick of the outpouring of mock outrage every time a player takes a tumble WHAT...
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Late Tackle
/ 12 years agoFROM NAZI TO HERO
COLIN PERRY details the amazing transformation of Bert Trautmann from hate figure to idol at Manchester City Leaving Wembley holding his...
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Features
/ 13 years agoCHEER UP LAWRO!
IF you’ve watched Match Of The Day, you’ve surely asked yourself the question: Why is Mark Lawrenson still on there? If...
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Europe
/ 13 years agoIN GOOD KOMPANY
STEVEN GREEN on the Belgian invasion – and how The Red Devils could soon be international dark horses ON transfer deadline...
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/ 13 years agoIS BRENDAN GETTING RODGERED
GARETH ROBERTS on more baffling boardroom battles at Anfield IT WAS supposed to be the wind of change that Liverpool needed...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoBEHIND THE ENEMY LINES
MARK SANDERSON on how a bitter rivalry is set aside every time Portsmouth pull on their training kit A15-MINUTE DRIVE is...
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Features
/ 13 years agoIs it time to say goodbye to the League Cup?
GARETH ROBERTS RANTS INTERNATIONAL breaks just weeks into the new campaign make little sense. But, if you’re like me and put...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoSEE EVERY GOAL? NOT ON SKY YOU WON’T
Like fingernails down a chalkboard, Sky’s latest advert for its football coverage caused many of us to wince. ASHLEY GREB was...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoEDUCATE MINDS AS WELL AS FEET
JONATHAN NORTH juggles being a university student with playing semi-pro for Wealdstone United. But previously he was a professional at Watford....
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoWELCOME TO LATE TACKLE
I’VE written before about something I call ‘the football bubble’. It’s a simple concept – inside it anything goes. People take...
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Features
/ 13 years agoGIVE US JUSTICE FOR HEYSEL!
It’s a terrace shout too often aired just to score points but what are the facts of the matter? OLIVER KAY...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoTHE BIG DEBATE… CRISIS CLUB OR FRONT RUNNER
CAN a football club be in crisis with just 90 minutes of the season on the clock? It seems so if...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoPEDIGREE PIGS IN A POKE…AND OTHER KINDS
CHRIS DUNLAVY charts some unseen big-money buys that came good...and some that didn’t WHEN Steve Kean announced that he hadn’t even...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoTHE MANAGER KNOWS ALL, FANS KNOW F*** ALL!
Managers come in for a lot of stick but PAUL CANTWELL says supporters get their fair share of flak as well...
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Features
/ 13 years agoReasons to be thankful for Rafa
WALSH'S WORLD - Kristian walsh looks at the legacy of rafa benitez LIVERPOOL fans have a lot to thank Rafael Benítez for....
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Features
/ 13 years agoBOOZE, BIRDS AND A FIGHT EVERY WEEK
CHRIS DUNLAVY meets Roy McDonough, sent off 22 times in his career, after rejection cost him his chance of a top...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoTHE NUMBER ONE ONES OF NUMBERS
SAM HUGHES pays tribute to Lev Yashin, the goalkeeper known as The Black Spider “What kind of a goalkeeper is the...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoRON OF THE BEST
Ron Atkinson’s reputation is permanently stained by the low point of his 2004 racist gaffe but PETER BATEMAN says it’s still...
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Features
/ 13 years agoFERGIE’S GLAZER GAFFE WAS AN OLYMPIC-SIZED MISTAKE
GARETH ROBERTS RANTS WITH all the fuss surrounding the Olympic Games, it was a good time to bury bad news –...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoSTAR SIGNINGS THAT CRASHED TO EARTH
CHRIS DUNLAVY looks at some of the joyful early season arrivals who proved to be miserable flops instead Emerson Kevin Davies...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoOH MAN, I LOVE AVB
Villas-Boas divides opinions – is he a football genius or a one-season wonder? For JACK HOWES there’s no fence-sitting. In fact,...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoPSG-LEE
It’s not just Manchester City that are being bankrolled to success. DECLAN OLLEY reckons it’s only a matter of time until...
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Late Tackle
/ 13 years agoCHAMPION WHEEZERS OF WORLD
CHRIS DUNLAVY picks his top Xl from those who liked more than the occasional puff behind the bike sheds SMOKING, as...