UNSUNG HEROES ROBERT J WILSON SAYS RECENT EVENTS HAVE HIGHLIGHTED JUST HOW IMPORTANT SUPPORTERS REALLY ARE THE swift spread of […]

GRAND IDEAS JOHN WRAGG!BLASTS THE PREMIER LEAGUE’S LATEST PLAN… Hero and villain: Argentina captain Diego Maradona holds the World Cup […]

INTERNATIONAL SCENE MAT!GUY!REPORTS!ON!A!TEAM!PREPARING!FOR!THE!WORLD!CUP!-!AND!THEIR!WIDER!GOALS THE 3G pitch at Broadfield Stadium, Crawley, is teeming. Beneath the arc of the floodlights, myriad games […]

GETTING THE BALANCE RIGHT EXPERIENCED!NON-LEAGUE!PHYSIO!GAVIN!BLACKWELL CONSIDERS!THE!IMPORTANCE!OF!BACKROOM!!STAFF!AND THE!UNCERTAINTY!THEY!SOMETIMES!FACE… HAVING been involved in football for many years, I have worked for a […]

MIXING THINGS UP CHRIS!SERGEANT!EXAMINES HOW!SHIRT!NUMBERS HAVE!CHANGED!BEYOND !ALL!RECOGNITION… THE allocation of shirt numbers can be a source of consternation among footballing […]

BIRMINGHAM!CITY!FAN!KEITH!DIXON!REFLECTS!ON!THE!CAREER!OF!A!BLUES!HERO WHEN Ivor Broadis died in April last year, the accolade of being the oldest living England International footballer fell […]

SOUTHEND UNITED IT’S!OFTEN!SAID!THAT!FOOTBALL!CLUBS!FORGET!ABOUT!THEIR!OLD!PLAYERS,!THE HEROES!WHO!ACHIEVED!GREAT!FEATS!AND!SPILT!BLOOD!FOR!THE!CAUSE.!LATE!TACKLE! REPORTS!ON!HOW!SOUTHEND!UNITED!ARE!ONE!CLUB!ATTEMPTING!TO!BUCK!THE!TREND… Big reunion: Former Southend players met up last March and, inset, Derek Spence, left, and […]

CLASH OF THE GIANTS ROSS!KILVINGTON!LOOKS!BACK!AT!THE!CLASHES BETWEEN!TWO!OF!FOOTBALL’S!GIANTS… THE third place play-off at the World Cup is often seen as an afterthought, […]

WE’VE all got our favourite memories of the FA Cup, haven’t we? It’s a competition that has meant so much […]

BRENTFORD ON THE RISE LUKE!!PHELPS!!EXAMINES!!HOW!!BRENTFORD’S!!SHREWD RECRUITMENT!!HAS!!HELPED!!THEM!!CLIMB!!HIGH… BRENTFORD´S steady ascent up the Football League is one to be both studied and […]

COVENTRY CITY KEVIN!HALLS!RECALLS!A!GOALKEEPER!WHO!WOWED THE!FANS!AT!COVENTRY!WITH!!HIS!BRILLIANCE… Standing tall: Former Coventry goalkeeper Bill Glazier at the Legends Parade at the Ricoh Arena in […]

STEPPING UP IN STYLE STUART!STEELYARD LOOKS!ATTHE! CLUBS!WHO!HAVE SHONE!ON!THEIR! ARRIVAL!IN!THE! TOP-FLIGHT!OF ENGLISH!FOOTBALL… THE prime objective of a newly promoted club in […]

SOUTH AMERICA DYLAN!KRAIN!EXPLAINS!HOW!THE!SMALL!SOUTH! AMERICAN!COUNTRY!PUNCH!ABOVE!THEIR!WEIGHT Star quality: Uruguay produce top quality strikers like Luis Suarez and, left, Diego Forlan IN LATE […]

FA CUP IN CRISIS ROB!WILSON!LAMENTS!THE!WAY!THE!FA!CUP!HAS!BEEN!MARGINALISED!IN!THE!CHASE!FOR!MEGABUCKS THE first ever FA Cup final took place in 1872 at the Oval Cricket Ground. […]

FA CUP IN CRISIS EXPERIENCED!JOURNALIST!JOHN!WRAGG SAYS!THE!LIVERPOOL !MANAGER’S!FA!CUP NO-SHOW!CROSSED!THE!LINE Stern-faced: Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp at the 2-2 draw between his side […]

FOOTBALL LEGEND TOM BLACKETT LOOKS BACK AT THE LIFE OF THE LATE JIM SMITH IT WAS a sign of how […]

EVERTON’S NEW ERA DAVID DOCHERTY EXAMINES THE TASK AHEAD FOR EVERTON’S NEW BOSS AND TAKES A LOOK BACK AT HIS […]

KEVIN HALLS RECALLS A CRAZY DAY OF GOALS ALMOST 60 YEARS AGO… WELL, we are now into a new year […]

Spurs… and the Swinging Sixties, by Peter Jouning, self-published (available on Amazon), Price: £9.99 SUPPORTING Tottenham runs in the family […]

90 Minutes of Freedom, by Jamie Grundy, self-published (www.jamiegrundy.net), Price: £7.99 MOST of us take being able to play football […]