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INDOOR FOOTBALL
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SOMETHING TO ROO?
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£200 MILLION? ER, NOT QUITE…
CHRIS LINCOLN reports on some of the more unusual transfer fees in football history CHRIS LINCOLN Ian Wright BRAZILIAN hot-shot […]
PANIC AT THE PALACE
MATT BELL examines Crystal Palace’s decision to axe Frank de Boer and replace him with ex-England boss Roy Hodgson… SOME […]
GIVE STARLETS A GO…
DAN BILLINGHAM says it’s important managers aren’t afraid to select young players – and suggests Germany are an example to […]
LINGERING LATICS
JAMES RICHARDS looks at a team that have become stuck in English football’s third tier… JAMES RICHARDS THE name Pine […]
WELCOME TO LATE TACKLE
We’re always on the look out for contributions for future issues of Late Tackle. If you fancy writing for the […]
ALEX JACKSON: WEMBLEY’S FIRST HAT-TRICK HERO
DAVID DOCHERTY takes a look back at the career of a legendary player who shone for club and country… DAVID […]
MY FIRST TIME…
KEVIN HALLS recalls his ‘real’ Coventry City debut – and how a disastrous beginning didn’t put him off KEVIN HALLS […]
BOSSES UNITE TO BEAT BIG KILLER
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WAG CORNER
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THE MAGIC OF MOTTY
KEVIN HALLS takes an affectionate look back at the career of a commentating icon… KEVIN HALLS AS THE saying goes: […]
BIG DUNC’S NEW PATH
JONATHAN SHEIKH-MILLER says Duncan Ferguson has come a long way from the controversial firebrand of his playing days… JONATHAN SHEIKH-MILLER […]
SILVER LINING FOR THE GOLDEN GENERATION
RAY HARPER suggests that England’s recent stumbles put former displays into a different context… RAY HARPER All over: England’s players […]
GLENN HAS GOT BIG PLANS FOR THE BLUES
MATT BADCOCK, of our sister publication The Non-League Paper, talks to brash Billericay Town owner Glenn Tamplin about his ambitions… […]
HARRY’S (END) GAME
Lifelong Birmingam City fan KEITH DIXON puts forward his theory as to why the Harrry Redknapp era suddenly came to […]
MEMORY LANE: JUNE 1996
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PROUD TO BE WELSH
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PELE, O REY (PELE, THE KING)
STUART BOLTON recalls when a young Brazilian turned in a virtuoso display… STUART BOLTON Unstoppable: Pele celebrates scoring for Brazil […]
THE END OF THE GRAVY TRAIN?
JOHN WRAGG explains why there could be danger ahead for the mega-bucks Premier League… JOHN WRAGG IS THE massive football […]
DON,T HOLD YOUR BREATH, NEYMAR
DANNY PRYER insists the Brazilian star’s record-busting transfer to Paris Saint- Germain won’t help him be the world’s best…yet DANNY […]
GIVE MANAGERS A BREAK!
ROBERT J WILSON says the pressure on top level bosses to be successful in the mega-bucks Premier League is getting […]
BLUENOSE KEITH SCENTS A STORY
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TIME,S TICKING FOR THE DINOSAUR
DAVE PAGE reflects on a German stalwart struggling to keep their head above water… DAVE PAGE ONE of football’s great […]
CHECK IT OUT?
JOHN LYONS looks at the prospects for a muchmaligned competition… JOHN LYONS Oh yes! Coventry’s George Thomas scores what turned […]
SPEND IT LIKE, ARRY!
IAN McFARLANE suggests veteran boss Harry Redknapp will be eager to splash the cash at Championship outfit Birmingham City… IAN […]
TRANSFER MADHOUSE
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BLUES, VILLANS AND BAGGIES SHARE SPOTLIGHT
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FOOTBALL VS RUGBY
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