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MAKING HIS MARK
BOURNEMOUTH AND REPUBLIC OF IRELAND GOALKEEPER MARK TRAVERS TELLS CHRIS DUNLAVY ABOUT HIS BURGEONING CAREER… One to watch: Cherries keeper […]
ENGLISH MANAGERS’ PREMIER PAIN
HARRY GORDON LOOKS AT WHY HOMEGROWN BOSSES HAVE FAILED TO CONQUER THE DOMESTIC MOUNTAIN… So close: Kevin Keegan took Newcastle […]
CLIFF’S TIMELY PROGRAMME ODE
Programmes! Programmes! – Football and Life from Wartime to Lockdown, by Cliff Hague, published by Pitch Publishing, Price: £16.99 FOR […]
A RECIPE FOR THE FUTURE
More Than a Game – Saving Football From Itself, by Mark Gregory, published by Yellow Jersey, Price: £16.99 FORMERLY Ernst […]
BOWYER’S BLUES
LIFELONG BIRMINGHAM CITY FAN KEITH DIXON LOOKS AT THE IMPACT OF BOSS LEE BOWYER AT HIS BELOVED BLUES… Demanding: Blues […]
THE WRONG MESSAGE
FORMER LEICESTER CITY CEO BARRIE PIERPOINT SAYS FOOTBALL IS FACING A DANGEROUS PROBLEM AS SOCIAL MEDIA ABUSE GROWS… IN 1991, […]
FAN VILLAGE PHENOMENON
ROB BRADLEY EXPLAINS HOW WATCHING THE GAME IS NOW ONLY PART OF THE EXPERIENCE… Crowd scene: Supporters at the World […]
MAGIC MITRO
JOHN LYONS LOOKS AT FULHAM STRIKER ALEKSANDAR MITROVIC’S INCREDIBLE START TO THE SEASON… Rising to the challenge: Fulham hitman Aleksandar […]
‘WOR’ JACKIE AND THE TOON’S FA CUP TREBLE
COLIN ALLAN RECALLS WHEN THE LEGENDARY JACKIE MILBURN AND NEWCASTLE UNITED WERE CUP KINGS IN THE EARLY 1950S… Full stretch: […]
TIM’S GRECIANS DELIGHT
JOHN LYONS TALKS TO EXETER CITY MIDFIELDER TIMOTHEE DIENG ABOUT HIS SUCCESSFUL EARLY DAYS IN DEVON… Taking control: Frenchman Timothee […]
MILLS AND BOOM
EUROPEAN CUP WINNER GARY MILLS TELLS CHRIS DUNLAVY ABOUT HIS AMAZING CAREER… GARY Mills made his debut at 16, won […]
THE SOCIAL DILEMMA
BARNABY ROSTANT LOOKS AT THE MIXED FORTUNES OF FOOTBALLERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS SUCH AS TWITTER… IT WOULD seem the […]
UP FOR THE CUP
JOHN LYONS SAYS THE FA CUP HASN’T LOST ITS MAGIC FOR LOWER LEAGUE AND NON-LEAGUE CLUBS… Sharp-shooter: Mark Cullen scores […]
WELCOME TO LATE TACKLE
IT’S easy to get caught up in the Premier League and Champions League hype, isn’t it? True, it’s the elite […]
CAPTAIN MARVEL
IAN ASHBEE TELLS CHRIS DUNLAVY ABOUT HIS INCREDIBLE JOURNEY WITH HULL CITY… IAN Ashbee is talking about facing Luka Modric […]
AFRICA’S WAITING GAME
HARRY GORDON REFLECTS ON A PREDICTION BY PELE AND LOOKS FORWARD TO THE CONTINENT’S FUTURE… Lion-heart: Roger Milla celebrates one […]
THE VARDY LINE FOOTBALLERS’ MEMOIRS IN 2021
JONNY BRICK GIVES US HIS TAKE ON THE BEST OFFERINGS IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR CHRISTMAS READING MATERIAL… Setting the benchmark: […]
THE UNEXPECTED RISE OF SWINDON TOWN
SWINDON SUPPORTER JOE ACKLAM ADMITS THE ROBINS’ FINE FORM IN LEAGUE TWO THIS SEASON HAS CAUGHT EVEN DIE-HARD FANS BY […]
OH DANNY BOY
COVENTRY CITY FANATIC KEVIN HALLS RECALLS ONE OF HIS FAVOURITE SKY BLUES PLAYERS, WHOSE CAREER WAS CRUELLY CUT SHORT… Making […]
BRING ON THE SHAKERS
HARRY PHENSHAW ON THE PLIGHT OF BURY FC AND A NEW DAWN FOR THE GIGG LANE CLUB… Before the storm: […]
SUPER SACCHI
ROBERT J WILSON LOOKS AT HOW ITALIAN MASTERMIND ARRIGO SACCHI TRANSFORMED THE WAY 4-4-2 WAS PLAYED AND LED AC MILAN […]
WILD AT HEART
JOHN LYONS REPORTS ON CHRIS WILDER’S RETURN TO MANAGEMENT WITH MIDDLESBROUGH… Have a word: Middlesbrough manager Chris Wilder gives instructions […]
CANARIES’ SHAKY PERCH
SAM TODD EXAMINES NORWICH CITY’S DIFFICULTIES IN HOLDING ON TO THEIR TOP-FLIGHT STATUS… THE start of the current Premier League […]
MY WATFORD WOBBLE
JONNY BRICK EXPLAINS WHY HE’S QUESTIONING HIS SUPPORT FOR HIS FAVOURITE FOOTBALL TEAM.. So valuable: Watford winger Ismaila Sarr fights […]
UNITED NEED TASTY RICE
BARNABY ROSTANT SAYS MANCHESTER UNITED SHOULD BEEF UP THEIR MIDFIELD WITH THE WEST HAM AND ENGLAND MAN IF THEY WANT […]
TIMELY SALUTE TO SUPPORTERS
Football is Better with Fans, by Tony Rickson, published by Pitch Publishing, Price: £12.99 IT WAS somewhat ironic that we […]
CLIVE REVEALS HIS VOICE
Not for me, Clive – Stories From the Voice Of Football, by Clive Tyldesley, published by Headline, Price: £20 CLIVE […]
GOING UPSTAIRS
BARNABY ROSTANT REPORTS ON SOME FORMER FOOTBALL STARS WHO HAVE TAKEN INFLUENTIAL ROLES AT CLUBS OF DIFFERING SIZES… ROBBIE Savage […]
MUSCLING UP FOR BATTLE
EUAN BURNS EXPLAINS HOW FOOTBALLERS CAN TAKE THEIR GAME TO THE NEXT LEVEL WITH AN INTELLIGENT PLAN AND HARD WORK […]
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