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GOOD BUT NOT BETTER
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THE CENTRE OF ATTENTION
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BRILLIANT BELGIANS
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FEELING BLUE
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DISASTROUS DERBY
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MAIN MAN MOYES
THOMAS BLOW SAYS WEST HAM NEED TO BACK BOSS DAVID MOYES THIS TIME AROUND IF THEY ARE TO CHALLENGE THE […]
RAUL MEIRELES – ONE OF A KIND
JOE HARVEY TAKES A LOOK BACK AT THE COLOURFUL CAREER OF THE FORMER LIVERPOOL AND CHELSEA MIDFIELDER Hitting the heights: Raul […]
A MAGICAL KARPATY RIDE
VOLODYMYR HOLOD RECALLS WHEN AN UNHERALDED UKRAINIAN SIDE CAUSED A MASSIVE SHOCK – AND INSPIRED A NATION… THE year 1969 is […]
CLASSY KIERNAN
BILLY MULLEY EXAMINES THE IMPACT OF MIDFIELDER KIERNAN DEWSBURY-HALL IN HIS LOAN SPELL AT LUTON TOWN… Making his mark: Kiernan […]
ALL ABOUT TOWN
DAVE WORTON REFLECTS ON HIS HARROGATE TOWN ADVENTURES OF THE LAST FEW YEARS ALONGSIDE DAUGHTER MOLLY… IN FEBRUARY 2016, I […]
WELCOME!TO LATE TACKLE
John Lyons, editor AS I pen these notes, West Ham are in fourth place in the Premier League – no, […]
REMEMBERING TIM’S TONES
SAM TODD LOOKS BACK AT THE CAREER OF TIM GUDGIN, THE MAN WHO ADDED A TOUCH OF CLASS TO THE CLASSIFIED […]
KENILWORTH ROAD – ONE OF A DYING BREED
MAX NYREN RECALLS A TRIP TO WATCH HIS FAVOURITES HULL CITY TAKE ON LUTON TOWN – AND BEING BOWLED OVER BY […]
BASEMENT BATTLES
LUKE BIRCH SAYS THE LEAGUE TWO PROMOTION RACE IS BOILING UP NICELY… Well done, pal: Cambridge’s Paul Mullin is congratulated […]
WHEN BORO RATTLED THE TOON
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SURPRISES SUCCESS
THOMAS HEATH SAYS THE NATIONS LEAGUE HAS BEEN AN UNEXPECTED TRIUMPH… THERE was an audible groan let out by most […]
TIME’S UP FOR TINDALL
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DAVID PLATT – ENGLAND HERO
STUART STEELYARD LOOKS BACK AT THE INCREDIBLE CAREER OF THE GOALSCORING MIDFIELDER… Defining moment: David Platt celebrates his last-gasp winner […]
WEDNESDAY WOES
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THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF DIEGO MARADONA
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A STEWARD’S VIEW
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DAVE’S TALES CAPTURE THE ESSENCE OF BEING A FAN
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Out of the Darkness, From Top to Rock Bottom, My Story in Football, by Matt Piper with Joe Brewin, published […]
LABOUR OF LOVE IS ON SOLID GROUND
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THE ITALIAN JOB
COLIN ALLAN RECALLS WHEN ENGLAND PASSED ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST TESTS WITH FLYING COLOURS,,, BILLY Wright passes to Stanley Matthews. […]
BLUNT BLADES
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