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/ 7 years agoToto Schillaci Italia ’90 sensation
Peter Jones recalls when an unheralded striker caught the world’s attention… SEIZING THE SPOTLIGHT THERE’S no doubt who the surprise star...
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/ 7 years agoWELCOME TO LATE TACKLE
THE domestic season is over, the European trophies have been dished out…. so bring on the World Cup! Yes, it’s that...
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/ 7 years agoDIFFERENT WORLD…
JOHN LYONS PREVIEWS A TOURNAMENT THAT GIVES FOOTBALLS OUTCASTS A CHANCE TO SOWCASE THEIR SKILLS. STAGE TO SHINE CAN’T get to...
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/ 7 years agoTHE POWER OFPANINI
JOHN LYONS SAYS THE WORLD CUP JUST WOULDN’T BE THE SAME WITHOUT THE FAMOUS STICKER ALBUMS FOOTBALL TRADITION WHEN Giuseppe Panini...
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/ 7 years agoMexico ’86 kick-started myWorld Cup love affair!
Robert J Wilson says nothing can beat the magic of football’s showpiece event… WORLD OF ITS OWN FOR me, there is...
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/ 7 years agoSIR BOBBY
JOHN LYONS TALKS TO GABRIEL CLARKE ABOUT HIS NEW FILM ON THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AN ENGLISH FOOTBALL GREAT… THE...
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/ 7 years agoIT’S A WEIRD WORLD
MAT GUY TAKES AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT SOME OF THE MORE UNUSUAL STORIES FROM FOOTBALL’S SHOWPIECE EVENT STRANGE TALES THE World...
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/ 7 years agoDON’T IGNORE VARDY
CHRIS DUNLAVY EXPLAINS WHY THE LEICESTER SPEEDSTER COULD HAVE A CRUCIAL ROLE TO PLAY IN!RUSSIA TACTICAL MATTERS Shooting stars: Leicester striker...
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/ 7 years agoFAMOUS FIVE
Ian McFarlane reckons there are a handful of genuine contenders for the biggest prize in football … RIVALS FOR THE CROWN...
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/ 7 years agoBIG IN JAPAN
JOHN LYONS TALKS TO DIARMUID LINEHAN ABOUT WHAT IT’S LIKE TO PLAY FOOTBALL IN THE FAR EAST… WORLD SCENE GARY Lineker...
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/ 7 years agoTHE MAGIC OF MO
LIVERPOOL FAN CHRIS WILLIAMS HAILS THE IMPACT OF NEW REDS HERO MOHAMED SALAH… KING OF THE KOP SHOOTING STAR: Liverpool’s Mohamed...
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/ 7 years agoTHE TOP 10 FOOTBALL FILMS EVER…
MICHAEL RENOUF GIVES US HIS TAKE ON THE MOVIES THAT HAVE HIT THE TARGET MICHAEL RENOUF AT THE MOVIES 10. MIKE...
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/ 7 years agoTONY’S TALES MAKE FOR A TOP READ…
Irish Soccer Migrants – A Social and Cultural History, by Conor Curran, published by Cork University Press, price: £24 (hardback), Rating...
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/ 7 years agoCrisis? try York City…
SAM RADCLIFFE explains why fans of the big clubs have no need to whinge about their problems NON-LEAGUE West Ham’s Mark...
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/ 7 years agoStanley Matthews Scourge of the Scots
COLIN ALLAN recalls when an England winger repeatedly tormented the Auld Enemy… AN ABIDING stereotype claims Scots are tight-fisted. Yet in...
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/ 7 years agoEverybody Loved Raymond
ROBERT J WILSON pays tribute to the late, great Ray Wilkins… ROBERT J WILSON MIDFIELD MAESTRO BORN in Hillingdon, west London...
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/ 7 years agoTHE MADNESS OF FOOTBALL
KEVIN!HALLS PONDERS IF THE GAME IS BECOMING EVER-MORE CRAZY AS TIMES GOES BY… CAUGHT IN THE CHAOS The price you have...
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/ 7 years agoPROUD TIBET SEEK RETURN
MAT GUY REFLECTS ON WATCHING THE TIBETANS PLAY A DOZEN YEARS AGO AND EXPLAINS HOW THEY’RE TRYING TO GET BACK IN...
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/ 7 years agoVILLAGE PEOPLE
PAUL ARMSTRONG REFLECTS ON THE CHARM OF VILLAGE FOOTBALL AND THE ‘AGRICULTURAL!GAME’… VILLAGE Football. Don’t you just love it? Well, probably...
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/ 7 years agoKENNY DALGLISH’S CELTIC GLORY DAYS
David Docherty looks back at a time when a young Scottish striker was making his name… LOOKING BACK I HAVE never...
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/ 7 years agoKenilworth Road a dying breed
Mat Guy takes a close look at one of the old-style grounds that is likely to soon bid farewell… CHANGING STADIA...
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/ 7 years agoWELCOME TO LATE TACKLE
IF YOU’RE a regular reader, thanks for your continued support. If you’re a new reader… then where have you been? (Only...
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/ 7 years agoIT’S TIME THE THREE LIONS ROARED!
MATT BELL reckons England should be able to perform better than in recent times in Russia this summer… ENGLAND’S MISSION Frozen...
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/ 7 years agoMeeting George Best
STUART BOLTON recalls the day he briefly met a football legend A GLIMPSE OF FAME ACOUPLE of days after one of...