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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 […]

TOMMY’S THE TOPS

KEVIN HALLS EXPLAINS WHY TOMMY HUTCHINSON IS HIS COVENTRY CITY ALL-STAR… Class act: Tommy Hutchison in Coventry colours playing for […]

SUPER SUTTON

JOHN LYONS REPORTS ON THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWCOMERS MAKING A BIG MPRESSION… Leap of faith: David Ajiboye celebrates scoring for […]

LIFE AFTER FOOTBALL

KIT PARSONS TALKS TO FORMER OXFORD UNITED STRIKER JAMES CONSTABLE ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES PLAYERS FACE WHEN THEY HANG UP THEIR […]

THE UGLY GAME

SAM TODD REPORTS ON THE WORRYING RISE IN INCIDENTS OF POOR BEHAVIOUR BY SUPPORTERS… THE FA Cup fourth round weekend […]

WELCOME TO LATE TACKLE

IT’S hard to believe we’re approaching the business end of the season, isn’t it? Yet time is flying by and […]

TAKING ON THE SOVIETS

COLIN ALLAN RECALLS WHEN ENGLAND MET THE USSR FOUR TIMES IN 1958… High jump: Legendary keeper Lev Yashin punches the […]

THE BEAT GOES ON

EFFORTS TO REMEMBER IPSWICH TOWN LEGEND KEVIN BEATTIE ARE GOING FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH… Powerhouse: Ipswich Town’s Kevin Beattie THE […]

LEONE STARS SPARKLE

GEORGE BUTLER REPORTS ON SIERRA LEONE’S RETURN TO THE BIG TIME… THE sun has now set on the 33rd edition […]

WORLD CUP FOLLY

JOE ACKLAM FEARS FOOTBALL’S SHOWPIECE WILL SUFFER IF TOURNAMENTS EVERY TWO YEARS FOLLOW THE UPCOMING EXPANSION TO 48 TEAMS… This […]

YOUTH CUP OF DREAMS

IN ADVANCE OF THE PUBLICATION OF HIS BOOK ON THE FA YOUTH CUP, JONNY BRICK FINDS THE TOP CAT AMONG […]

CHELSEA 0 WEDNESDAY 2

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DAN THE PHOTO MAN

NOTTS COUNTY FAN IAN KIRKE SALUTES PHOTOGRAPHER DAN WESTWELL’S EFFORTS TO CAPTURE THE CLUB’S AND SUPPORTERS’ SPECIAL MOMENTS… WITH Nottingham […]

A ROLLERCOASTER 70S RIDE

AUTHOR JON SPURLING LOOKS BACK AT AN UNFORGETTABLE FOOTBALL DECADE… Cup kings: Manchester United celebrate beating Liverpool in the 1977 […]

SOARING SEAGULLS

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION FAN TOBY REED-MCGILL REFLECTS ON HIS CLUB’S UPWARDLY MOBILE JOURNEY IF YOU had told Brighton fans […]

A-Z OF BLUES

LIFELONG BIRMINGHAM CITY FAN KEITH DIXON TAKES US ON A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD… THERE is little doubt that the […]

FOOTBALL GODS

HARRY GORDON TAKES A LOOK AT PLAYERS WHO HAVE ATTRACTED MASSIVE ADORATION OF FANS… A POTHEOSIS is the glorification of a […]

WINNING VS ENTERTAINMENT

JOE ACKLAM GIVES HIS VIEW ON THE BALANCE BETWEEN WINNING AT ALL COSTS AND LOSING IN STYLE… Attacking intent: Raphinha […]

THE BIG FREEZE

KEVIN HALLS RECALLS WHEN FOOTBALL WAS FROZEN OUT IN THE WINTER OF 1963… Snow joke: When football was put on […]