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AJAX’S GLORY YEARS

DUTCH MASTERS DAVID DOCHERTY RECALLS WHEN THE DUTCH CLUB’S ‘TOTAL FOOTBALL’ RULED EUROPE Party time: Ajax celebrate in 1973 THE […]

WELCOME TO LATE TACKLE

IT’S hard to believe we’re a third of the way through the season already. August, September and October have simply […]

THE GOOD OLD DAYS…

LOOKING BACK NEIL SAMBROOK REFLECTS ON HOW FOOTBALL HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS… Marksman: Tottenham’s Jimmy Greaves shoots against Aston […]

ARSENAL’S IN MY DNA

FAMILY TIES CAN YOU THINK OF A SINGLE PLAYER WHO SCORED SEVEN GOALS IN A SINGLE GAME? Legendary figure: Arsenal’s […]

THE MAGIC OF MEMORABILIA

A PASSION FOR FOOTBALL KEVIN HALLS TELLS US ABOUT HIS RENEWED DESIRE FOR COLLECTING ALL THINGS FOOTBALL Sky Blue thinking: […]

DON’T BE SO GREEDY

THE PRICE OF FOOTBALL ROB BRADLEY URGES CLUBS TO SHOW A BIT OF COMPASSION TO THEIR CASH-STRAPPED SUPPORTERS… A YOUNG […]

GOING RETRO

BACK TO THE FUTURE DAN WHELAN LOOKS AT THE INCREASING DEMAND FOR NOSTALGIA ITEMS – OR IS IT SIMPLY FASHION […]

FRANK CLARK’S FOREST

LIFE AFTER CLOUGHIE IAN MCFARLANE RECALLS WHEN THE FORMER EUROPEAN CUP WINNER REVIVED THE REDS’ FORTUNES Hot-shot: Stan Collymore shoots […]

MEMORY LANE AUGUST 1974

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BLACKPOOLBURYAND THENEEDFORREFORM

DAN WHELAN TALKS TO BLACKPOOL SUPPORTERS’ TRUSTCHAIR CHRISTINESEDDON ABOUTWHATFOOTBALL MUSTDONEXT… FOOTBALL REVOLUTION Glad to be back: Blackpool fans at the […]

DIEGO’S CRAZY DAYS

TWO SIDES TO MARADONA JOHN LYONS GIVES HIS VERDICT ON A FILM ABOUT ONE OF FOOTBALL’S GREATS IN RECENT years […]

IAN DIGS BENEATH SURFACE

BOOK REVIEWS Life’s A Pitch – The Groundsman’s Tale, by Ian Darler, published by G2 Entertainment, Price: £12.99 Pride and […]

THE STRUGGLES OF SAN MARINO

MINNOWS UNDER FIRE IAN MCFARLANE EXAMINES THE INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS OF ONE OF THE WORLD’S SMALLEST COUNTRIES Duel: Davide Gualtieri up […]

DYNAMIC DYNAMO

BEHIND THE CURTAIN STEPHEN BRANDT LOOKS BACK AT A UKRAINE CLUB’S GLORY DAYS Champions: Kiev win the European Cup Winners’ […]

WELCOMETO LATETACKLE

AFTER a longer than anticipated summer break (please accept our apololgies), it’s good to be back. The new campaign is […]