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FEAR OF THE PROMISED
ASHLEY GREBB is not entirely sure he wants his team to win promotion to the Premier League… OUTSIDE, the icy […]
SPOTLAND THE FORWARDS FACTORY
JOHNNY GREANEY on why Rochdale has been a breeding ground for goal-getters SPOTLAND Stadium, Rochdale, has always been a little […]
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MEETING THE REAL LUTHER BLISSE TT
STEPHEN ROBERTS recalls the time he came face to face with one of his heroes – and the odd inspiration […]
FOOTBALL ON FILM
RAMON BENITEZ looks at how the beautiful game has been depicted on the big screen – with varying degrees of […]
SICK OF THE SPIN
KEITH MENARY says the incessant turning of the managerial merry-go-round is another turn off about the modern game THIS season has […]
GOALDEN BROWN
PATRICK NORRIE says the former PM had a vision for club ownership that would have benefited the game HE 2010 […]
EURO DRAW IS JUST A EURO BORE
CHRIS DUNLAVY explains how UEFA can put some excitement back into their Champions League THE soaring strings, the crystalline voices, […]
GARY LINEKER HE’S MORE THAN CHIPS AND QUIPS
ADAM MICHIE says the Match of the Day host deserves to be remembered for more than advertising crisps IN OCTOBER […]
The Second Coming of Third THIRD LANARK
MARK GODFREY recalls a long-forgotten football club – and looks at plans for it to rise again Third Lanark vs […]
MOACYR BARBOSA
A MISTAKE THAT SHOCKED A NATION SAM HUGHES looks back on the vitriol poured on Brazil’s goalkeeper for the ‘error’ […]
CUT IN WAGES WOULD BE JUST THE TICKET
Players’ salaries have driven up prices in football and TONY BARRETT says it’s time footballers considered supporters’ plight SOMEWHERE this […]
The Cape Crusaders
The performances of Cape Verde in the Africa Cup of Nations raised a few eyebrows, including those of DAN RAWLEY […]
FOLLOW THE LEADERS
KEITH MENARY bemoans the lack of chest-pumping skippers in modern-day football – and looks back at six of the best […]
PAUL MERSON… MAD PROPHET OF THE AIRWAVES
When a pun-peddling player-turned-pundit bins the banter to say something is wrong with football, it’s time to listen, writes LUKE […]
THEY JUST DON’T GET IT
One song sung at Old Trafford summed up all that was wrong with Manchester United for FC United of Manchester […]
TELLY ACHE
PAUL BROWN has an Andy Townsend-shaped problem with footie commentary on ITV Andy Townsend ANDY Townsend has an unmatched ability […]
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ARE YOU SITTING COMFORTABLY? THEN WE’LL BEGIN…
The new fad for missing games after taking the reins at a club is really grinding the gears of PAUL […]
WHEN SLIM JIM WAS ENGLAND’S BIGGEST SCOURGE
DAVID DOCHERTY looks at the glorious, if fleeting, career of Scotland in side forward Jim Baxter Pressing the self-destruct button […]
NO ONE’S PLAYING POLITICS
RAMÒN BENÍTEZ remembers when footballers were more willing to espouse their, mainly, left-wing leanings FOOTBALL is … sorry, was a […]
FOOTBALL FANS DON , T DO THINGS BY HALVES
MERV PAYNE laments a fashion disaster that is creeping its way to a terrace near you WHEN it comes to […]
MATCH MEMORIES… KEEGAN COMES TO TOON
MARK GODFREY remembers King Kev’s bow for the Magpies against QPR in August, 1982. IN the early 1980s there was […]
DO YOU LIKE THE BOOKS WOT I WROTE?
CHRIS DUNLAVY delves into the phenomenon of sporstmen trying their luck as authors CLEARLY, Frank Lampard had to mine the […]
ENGLAND C GET RESOUNDING A FOR ACHIEVMENT
STUART HAMMONDS looks back over a decade of excellence for Paul Fairclough and his Non-League international team WHEN Stuart Pearce […]
BLUE MOON I SAW YOU STANDING ALONE
GARETH ROBERTS suggests the behaviour of Roberto Mancini shows all is not well on the blue side of Manchester THERE’S […]
THE MICKEY MOUSE CUPS
NEIL COTTON examines the knock-out competitions that football discarded Jaap Stam and Romario clash in the Intercontinental Cup in 1999 […]
REMEMBERING CHARLTON’S GREAT DANE
NIGEL MANNERING recalls when the European Footballer of the Year joined the Second Division The January transfer window is in […]
BARGAIN OR BOMB? TRANSFER TRAUMAS
CHRIS DUNLAVY looks at some of the most expensive failures..and some of the greatest cut-price buys Nicolas Anelka AH, the […]