JOHN LYONS REPORTS ON FOREST GREEN ROVERS’ STUNNING CAMPAIGN UNDER ROOKIE BOSS ROB EDWARDS… IF YOU had to pick a […]
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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 […]
EAGER BEAVER’S CRACKED IT
Paul ‘The Beaver’ Trevillion –A Story of Sock Tags and Self Belief, As told to Neil Jeffries, published by Scratching […]
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 ONE AND ONLY ST ANDREW’S
LIFELONG BIRMINGHAM CITY FAN KEITH DIXON DELVES INTO THE HISTORY OF THE BLUES’ FAMOUS OLD GROUND… Tough times: Birmingham’s St […]
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 […]
AND YOU CAN QUOTE ME ON THAT…
JOHN LYONS PICKS OUT HIS FAVOURITE QUOTES FROM THE FIRST HALF OF THE EFL SEASON FROM OUR SISTER PUBLICATION, THE […]
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 […]