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EXPERIENCED NON-LEAGUE PHYSIO GAVIN BLACKWELL LOOKS AT THE IMPORTANT ROLE PLAYED BY THOSE ENTRUSTED WITH LOOKING AFTER PLAYERS’ WELFARE… In […]

JOBS FOR THE BLUE BOYS

LIFELONG BIRMINGHAM CITY SUPPORTER KEITH DIXON FINDS SOME REASONS FOR OPTIMISM AFTER ANOTHER TESTING CAMPAIGN… Partnership: Blues technical director Craig […]

RECORD-BREAKING ROYALS

GEORGE BUTLER RECALLS WHEN READING RAN RIOT IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP… AFTER previous disappointments, Reading finally escaped from the Championship in […]

EVERTON’S CUP MIRACLE

COLIN ALLAN RECALLS WHEN THE TOFFEES HIT BACK TO STUN SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY IN THE 1966 FA CUP FINAL… APPROACHING an […]

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STICKY TOFFEES

LUKE BIRCH LOOKS AT EVERTON’S FORTUNES OVER THE PAST DECADE… IN JULY 2013, Everton manager David Moyes was head-hunted by […]

THE GREAT ESCAPE

DAVE COLMER REPORTS ON HOW HULLBRIDGE SPORTS AVOIDED THE DROP… Here we go: Handshakes before Hullbridge vs Tilbury IF THIS […]

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MY SEVEN DEADLY SINS

STEVE TOLMIE EXPLAINS WHY HE COULD NEVER HAVE BEEN A PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLER… TOUCH, speed, mindset, game intelligence, physique… ask the […]

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WELCOME TO LATE TACKLE

WOW, it’s been quite a season, hasn’t it? If anything summed it up, it was Manchester City’s remarkable last day […]

BRENDAN’S KOP TIME

DANIEL MOFFAT LOOKS BACK AT BRENDAN RODGERS TENURE IN THE LIVERPOOL HOTSEAT IN THE 2011-12 season, Liverpool won the League […]

DON’T FORGET THE NO.2S

JONNY BRICK CELEBRATES FAMOUS ASSISTANT MANAGERS REMEMBER in the Austin Powers films when Doctor Evil often turned to his assistant […]

MEMORY LANE JAN 1992

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SKY BLUE THINKING

COVENTRY CITY FAN KEVIN HALLS REFLECTS ON HIS TEAM’S 2021-22 SEASON…. WELL, that’s another football season over and, just like […]

LIONESSES ON THE PROWL

HARRY GORDON EXAMINES THE ENGLAND WOMEN’S PROSPECTS IN THIS SUMMER’S EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP… AFTER the heartbreak of the England men’s penalty […]

THE GREEN MACHINE

JOHN LYONS REPORTS ON FOREST GREEN ROVERS’ STUNNING CAMPAIGN UNDER ROOKIE BOSS ROB EDWARDS… IF YOU had to pick a […]

A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK

BILLY LAWRENCE LOOKS AT FAMILY TIES IN THE FOOTBALL WORLD… Smile please: Cristiano Ronaldo Jr is following in dad’s footsteps […]

CROSSING THE BRIDGE

DAVE COLMER LOOKS FORWARD TO NEW ADVENTURES WATCHING NON-LEAGUE SIDE HULLBRIDGE SPORTS… AFTER years of thinking about it, the wife […]

THE TRUE VALUE OF REVIE

Don Revie: The Biography, by Christopher Evans, published by Bloomsbury Sport, Price: £20 WHEN football fans talk about the greatest […]

NOVEL APPROACH PAYS

The Lives of Stanley B, by Mat Guy, published by 1889 Books, Price: £9.99 MAT Guy has packed plenty of […]

TOP STARS AND CHARM

’71/’72: Football’s Greatest Season?, by Daniel Abrahams, published by Pitch Publishing, Price: £16.99 MANY people regard the 1971/72 football season […]

THE AMERICAN DREAM

HARRY GORDON ON THE RISE OF THE MLS AND US SOCCER… Trend-setter: David Beckham brought great publicity to MLS MLS, […]

HUNTING WITH WOLVES

JOE ACKLAM EXAMINES THE OLD GOLD’S IMPRESSIVE SEASON UNDER UNHERALDED BOSS BRUNO LAGE… WHEN the little known Bruno Lage replaced […]

MY FOOTBALL LIFE

LATE TACKLE CONTRIBUTOR JOE ACKLAM DISCUSSES HIS FOOTBALLING LIKES, DISLIKES, FIRSTS AND MEMORIES, WITH THE CONDITION THAT HE WAS IN […]