FEW PUNDITS HAVE BACKED LIVERPOOL TO WIN THE PREMIER LEAGUE BUT THE FORMER CHAMPS ARE AS GOOD AS ANYONE ARGUES […]
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SECOND SEASON SYNDROME IN REVERSE
SAM TODD LOOKS AT CLUBS WHO HAVE THRIVED FOLLOWING THEIR OPENING CAMPAIGN AMONG THE BIG BOYS… Outfoxed ’em: Leicester savour […]
SMALL LEBOWSKI’S BIG MPACT
TREVOR STYNES REPORTS ON AN ITALIAN CLUB DOING THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY… Star signing: CS Lebowski made headlines when […]
BLUES’ GOLDEN SEASON
LIFELONG BIRMINGHAM CITY FAN KEITH DIXON LOOKS BACK AT A MEMORABLE CAMPAIGN HALF A CENTURY AGO… IT’S hard to believe […]
WELCOME TO LATE TACKLE
AS I pen these notes, Chelsea are top of the Premier League, but Liverpool, Man City, Man United, Everton and […]
RONALDO’S EARLY DAYS
ROBERT J WILSON RECALLS THE PORTUGUESE STAR’S FIRST SPELL WITH MANCHESTER UNITED… Having a laugh: Manchester United celebrate winning the […]
TERRY’S TALES
CHRIS DUNLAVY TALKS TO TERRY CURRAN ABOUT HIS EVENTFUL CAREER – INCLUDING THAT SHOCK SWITCH TO SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY… Big fan: […]
IVANO BONETTI AND GRIMSBY TOWN
DAN BARKER GRAY RECALLS WHEN AN ITALIAN STAR CAUSED SHOCKWAVES AT THE MARINERS… WIvano Bonetti isn’t the first that springs […]
VIKTOR GYOKERES COV’S SUPER SWEDE
COVENTRY CITY FANATIC KEVIN HALLS LOOKS AT THE IMPACT OF THE IN-FORM STRIKER AT THE CHAMPIONSHIP CLUB… Shooting star: Viktor […]
DON’T RUIN THE WORLD CUP FIFA
HARRY HENSHAW EXPLAINS WHY PLANS FOR A BIENNIAL TOURNAMENT WOULD BE A MASSIVE OWN-GOAL… On top of the world: France […]
GLORY, GLORY TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
COLIN ALLAN RECALLS WHEN SPURS LED THE WAY FOR BRITISH CLUBS IN EUROPE… HIBERNIAN had been the first British club […]
JIMMY GREAVES ENGLAND’S GOAL KING
ROBERT J WILSON LOOKS BACK AT THE LIFE OF THE LEGENDARY MARKSMAN WHO DIED IN SEPTEMBER AGED 81… Home comforts: […]
OLE’S CRUSADE
RICHARD SAYELL EXAMINES WHETHER MANCHESTER UNITED BOSS OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER HAS FINALLY FOUND THE MISSING PIECES OF THE PUZZLE TO […]
MIND THE GAP
ACTIVITY IN THE SUMMER TRANSFER WINDOW REFLECTS HOW THE FINANCIAL DEMOGRAPHIC OF EUROPEAN FOOTBALL HAS ALTERED SINCE THE PANDEMIC, ARGUES […]
NOVEL IDEA PROVES A WINNER
Playing For Keeps, by Chris Pullen, published by Matador, Price: £9.99 WHAT better inspiration for a novel than the world […]
DUTCH DISMAY AT ALTAR
Beautiful Bridesmaids Dressed in Oranje – The Unfulfilled Glory of Dutch Football, by Gary Thacker, published by Pitch Publishing, Price: […]
LONG LIVE THE LEAGUE CUP
SAM TODD TELLS US WHY HE IS AN UNASHAMED FAN OF OUR DOMESTIC FOOTBALL’S THIRD COMPETITION… Cup kings: Manchester City […]
MURPHY FEELS FAB AT FORTY
JOHN LYONS TALKS TO THE TRANMERE KEEPER Safe hands: Joe Murphy in action for Tranmere WHEN young Dubliner Joe Murphy […]
SUPER JACK-THE 100 MILLION POUND MAN
ROBERT J WILSON SAYS JACK GREALISH HAS ALL THE CREDENTIALS TO LIVE UP TO HIS INCREDIBLE PRICE TAG Settling in: […]
PIONEERING BLUES
LIFELONG BIRMINGHAM CITY SUPPORTER KEITH DIXON RECALLS WHEN HIS FAVOURITES LED THE WAY FOR ENGLISH SIDES IN EUROPE… Up for […]
THANKS IRON MAN
KEVIN HALLS TAKES A LOOK BACK AT THE LIFE OF COVENTRY CITY LEGEND GEORGE CURTIS… Glory day: George Curtis celebrates […]
MIXING WITH THE BEAST, A MONK AND ROONEY…
NIGE TASSLE JOURNEYS THROUGH THE SECOND TIER… What a feeling: Wycombe Wanderers’ Adebayo ‘The Beast’ Akinfenwa celebrates his last-gasp penalty […]
MATT’S MOVES
ZAK ARMIT AGE TALKS TO FORMER READING, BOLTON AND NOTTINGHAM FOREST DEFENDER MATT MILLS ABOUT HIS EVENTFUL CAREER. A WELL-TRAVELLED […]
TAKING FOOTBALL TO AFRICA AND BEYOND
TOM CUNNINGHAM TELLS THE TALE OF A CHARITY SPREADING THE JOY OF FOOTBALL WORLDWIDE… Dressed to impress: Children show off […]
WELCOME TO LATE TACKLE
SO MUCH for the pandemic meaning that Premier League clubs had less money to spend in the transfer market, eh? […]
HUNGARY’S LOST OPPORTUNITY
COLIN ALLAN RECALLS WHEN THE MAGICAL MAGYARS WERE STUNNED BY WEST GERMANY… IT WAS a rainy day in the Swiss […]
THE FOOTBALL LIBRARY
JONNY BRICK TELLS US ABOUT HIS PANDEMIC PROJECT, WHICH IS NOW A YEAR OLD… BOOKS are pandemic proof, so there […]
THE AMAZING SE DONS
RICKY CARROLL TAKES A LOOK AT THE SPECTACULAR RISE OF THE SUNDAY LEAGUE TEAM… SE DONS are, without a doubt, […]
SINGING THE BLUES
RICKY CARROLL TELLS US ABOUT A LIFETIME FOLLOWING CHELSEA… High jump: Chelsea’s Jakob Kjeldbjerg wins an aerial duel against Manchester […]
GERD MULLER – KING OF GOALS
ROBERT J WILSON LOOKS BACK AT THE LIFE OF THE LEGENDARY GERMAN STRIKER… Defining moment: Gerd Muller nets West Germany’s […]
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