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THE NEW issue of Late Tackle is in your shops now! You’ll be able to find us in over 400 WHSmith […]
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AL, S BIG DAY OUT AT LINCOLN…
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FAR AWAY FOOTBALL
THE SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN TOMOS KNOX looks at how football battles to flourish in the far-flung islands of Saint Helena, […]
MUM’S TRIBUTE TO TRAGIC RICH
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BALLON SORE!
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THE COWSHED AT LAST
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WINGAAH
JAMES MASON tells us that we need to let our heads rule our hearts when it comes to assessing the […]
ROONEY READY FOR THE RECORD
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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 […]
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR!
GARY TEDDER on how the Leyton Orient revolution hasn’t turned out exactly as planned THE proverb ‘Be careful what you […]
DIVING BORED
ROB BRADLEY suggests revamping the penalty laws could be one way of trying to curb the growing menace of diving […]
WAG CORNER
MATTHEW JAMES casts his seasoned eye over the form KEVIN-PRINCE Boateng is a footballing enigma. During the Brazil World Cup […]
WINTER OF DISCONTENT
GARY TEDDER recalls when his beloved Arsenal were stunned by Third Division Swindon Town in the League Cup Final in […]
COULD A RETURN TO ATLETICO MADRID SEE THE REBIRTH OF EL NINO?
DAVE BODYMORE explains why Atletico Madrid is the perfect place for Fernando Torres to recapture the form that once made […]
DON’T BLAME THE REF!
JOHN LYONS says managers need to take a look at themselves before criticising the man-in-black… Derby’s John Eustace tangles with Ipswich’s […]
LEGIA WARSAW
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