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GREEN LIONS MAULED

STEVE KENNEDY LOOKS AT CHANNEL ISLANDERS GUERNSEY’S TOUGH FIGHT AGAINST THE ELEMENTS… NON-LEAGUE IT PROVED to be a bitter tale […]

DON’T FORGET THE PHYSIO

LONG-SERVING NON-LEAGUE PHYSIOTHERAPIST GAVIN BLACKWELL EXPLAINS WHY IT CAN BE A PRECARIOUS PROFESSION… UNSUNG HEROES The way it was: Arsenal […]

GOING UP AND UP

Ian McFarlane looks at how Southampton and Norwich earned successive promotions to climb from League One to the Premier League… […]

PENALTY KINGS

JOHNLYONS LOOKS BACK!!AT ENGLAND’S DRAMATIC WORLD CUP VICTORY AGAINST COLOMBIA… AND AN OVERDUE SHOOT-OUT SUCCESS BREAKING THE SPELL I’D forgotten […]

TV TIMES

JOHN LYONS REFLECTS ON HOW HIS VIEWING HABITS HAVE CHANGED OVER THE YEARS WATCHING BRIEF Suits you: Sky Sports presenter […]

WEMBLEY WAIT PAYS OFF

Sam Stafford reflects on another memorable season for Lincoln, and taking his son to the home of football… FATHER AND […]

FLAIR AND DESPAIR

IAN McFARLANE REFLECTS ON A REMARKABLE SEASON IN WHICH THE NORTH-EAST OUTFIT REACHED TWO CUP FINALS AND SUFFERED RELEGATION… LOOKING […]

WELCOMETO LATE TACKLE

DID that World Cup really happen? Who would have thought that England would win a shoot-out and reach the semi-finals? […]

CHAMPIONS CHANCE

MAT GUY LOOKS AT FOUR UNHERALDED CLUBS WHO ENJOYED AN EARLY TASTE OF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FOOTBALL THIS SEASON… MIXING WITH […]

MY FOOTBALL LIFE

FED-UP with ex-players and so-called celebrities having all the fun with their dream teams and memories of the game? Let […]

GABBY’S FADED GLORY

JOHN WRAGG REFLECTS ON HOW THE ASTON VILLA STRIKER’S ONCE-PROMISING CAREER HAS GRADUALLY PETERED OUT… PROFILE GABBY Agbonlahor left Aston […]

RED-FACED!RUSSIA!

CHRIS DUNLAVY EXPLAINS WHY LITTLE IS EXPECTED OF THE WORLD CUP HOSTS… HOSTING THE PARTY IT’S no wonder Russian fans […]

THE ITALIAN JOB

EXPERIENCED JOURNALIST JOHN!WRAGG RECALLS WHAT IT WAS LIKE COVERING ENGLAND AT THE 1990 WORLD CUP THREE LIONS ON TOUR THE […]

THE MATCH OF THE CENTURY

Kevin Halls looks back to when England took on ‘The Rest of the World’ in a prestigious 1963 ‘friendly’… SPECIAL […]

SHATTERED DREAMS

MATT BELL REFLECTS ON THE IMPACT OF THE MUNICH AIR DISASTER ON THE NATIONAL TEAM… ENGLAND’S LOST STARS THE 1958 […]