VOLODYMYR HOLOD RECALLS WHEN AN UNHERALDED UKRAINIAN SIDE CAUSED A MASSIVE SHOCK – AND INSPIRED A NATION… THE year 1969 is […]
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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
JAMES M GOWLAND RECALLS NEWCASTLE’S DISCOMFORT WHEN THEY HAD TO VISIT NON-LEAGUE STEVENAGE BOROUGH IN THE FA CUP… Full stretch: […]
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
BARNABY ROSTANT REPORTS ON A DISAPPOINTING END TO JASON TINDALL’S LONG STINT AT BOURNEMOUTH… AFTER five consecutive seasons in arguably […]
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
LUKE PHELPS EXAMINES WHAT’S GONE WRONG AT HILLSBOROUGH… WHERE do you begin with Sheffield Wednesday? From boardroom to dressing room, […]
THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF DIEGO MARADONA
ROBERT J WILSON TAKES A LOOK BACK AT THE ARGENTINIAN LEGEND’S INCREDIBLE LIFE… On top of the world: Celebrating winning […]
A STEWARD’S VIEW
BEN ROBINSON GIVES US A WARTS-AND-ALL EXPLANATION OF ONE OF PFOOTBALL’S UNSUNG ROLES… IT’S often asked of footballers if they […]
DAVE’S TALES CAPTURE THE ESSENCE OF BEING A FAN
For the love not the glory, by Dave Worton, published by Led Astray Press (www.ledastraypress.bigcartel.com), Price: £10 IT’S fair to […]
HONEST PIPER’S CALL PROVIDES VALUABLE LESSONS
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
British Football’s Greatest Grounds -One Hundred Must-See Football Venues, by Mike Bayly, published by Pitch Publishing, Price: £30 MIKE Bayly […]
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
LUKE BIRCH EXAMINES WHAT’S GONE WRONG AT SHEFFIELD UNITED… FIVE points from their opening 18 games this season saw Sheffield […]
CORE VALUES
ROB BRADLEY ON THE CRUCIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A CLUB AND THEIR SUPPORTERS… AN EXPERIENCED pro at a club might view […]
ROONEY’S RAMS REVIVAL
LUKE PHELPS LOOKS AT HOW WAYNE ROONEY IS SETTLING INTO MANAGERIAL LIFE AT DERBY COUNTY IT ONLY seems like yesterday […]
THE HUD – SKY BLUE LEGEND
KEVIN HALLS EXPLAINS WHY STRIKER GEORGE HUDSON IS HIS ALL-TIME COVENTRY CITY HERO EVERY football club has their legends, players […]
CHURCHY THE KITMAN
ROB!BRADLEY EXPLAINS WHY LINCOLN UNITED WOULDN’T BE THE SAME WITHOUT THEIR POPULAR STALWART Bright spark: Steve Churcher shows off the […]
MARKETING MAGIC
HOW LEICESTER CITY OUTFOXED THEIR RIVALS OFF THE PITCH TO BOOST THEIR PROSPECTS ON IT… BEFORE the world of digital […]
BIG BEN CHIMES
BILLY MULLEY TALKS TO WATFORD DEFENDER BEN WILMOT ABOUT HIS RAPID RISE-AND HOW IT WAS AIDED BY A SPELL INITALY […]
ANDY CARROLL ON THE RAMPAGE
MICHAEL!LEE RECALLS WHEN AN INJURY-PRONE OLD-FASHIONED STRIKER GAVE THE ARSENAL DEFENCE A MAULING… A COMMON trope in British sitcoms is the […]
WELCOME TO LATE TACKLE
AFTER fans returned to stadiums in limited numbers at the tail end of last year, we were hoping it was […]
BLUES’ GLORY DAY
BIRMINGHAM CITY FANATIC KEITH DIXON RECALLS WHEN HIS BELOVED BLUES STUNNED ARSENAL IN THE LEAGUE CUP FINAL… IT’S hard to […]
PLAYER POWER
THOMAS BLOW SALUTES THE FOOTBALLERS TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE… WHEN the Premier League resumed in June with players taking […]
HARRY KANE – KING OF CLONES
NATHAN GORNALL EXAMINES WHAT!WOULD HAPPEN IF ONE PLAYER IN EACH PREMIER LEAGUE TEAM FILLED ALL THE OUTFIELD POSITIONS MY FRIEND Stu […]