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GIVE ’EM THE BOOT!

Pink, orange, yellow, turquoise – there’s no colour of boot that footballers don’t wear these days. But remember when boots […]

PRESS-ING MATTERS

DANIEL SMITH reckons there’s too much focus on the Premier League – and journalists are getting too close to their […]

THE MYTH OF CHRISTMAS

CHRIS DUNLAVY says being bottom at Yuletife is not necessarily a disaster YOU know what they say about being bottom […]

POPPING MY FOOTBALL CHERRY

‘ORRIBLE IVES’ of Wigan Athletic fanzine The Mudhutter remembers the first time Springfield Park IT WAS around about 1973-74 that […]

TACKLING BIRTHDAYS

Rubbish football cards… they were, er, quite good, actually, says ASHLEY GREB, and he wonders why we can’t buy them any […]

STRIPPED BACK

Christmas will help to breed a new generation of wanna-be football managers and stasticians -KEITH MENARY remembers the more innocent […]

HESKEY REVISITED

JAMES DUTTON looks at one of the most-maligned of the old-style centre-forward and asks, was he THAT bad? HAVE you […]

WRITE FOR LATE TACKLE

We’re always on the look out for contributions for future issues of Late Tackle. If you fancy writing for the […]

NOT SINGING ANY MORE?

NEIL SCOTT wonders why so few have cracked it when it comes to fusing togger and tunes into a successful […]

JUST GET ON WITH IT!

Tunnel cameras, handshakes and theme tunes -PAUL CANTWELL has had enough of the pre-match palaver and is thankful for Sky […]

BADGES OF DISHONOUR

WALSH’S WORLD – KRISTIAN WALSH REGRETS A FOOTBALL REVOLUTION THE ever-growing movement against modern football is a commendable one. Supporters are […]

PLAYING KETCHUP

LUKE CONSTABLE wonders if Fernando Torres will ever truly rediscover his goalscoring touch AS PART of Roman Abramovich’s increasingly esoteric […]

THUMB THING WE RELIED ON

CEEFAX 302-SATURDAY 3PM Ceefax – the staple source of information for many a football fan’s thumb – has broadcast its […]

SCHTOP, SCHTEVE!

THIS COUNTRY, WE, RE NOT READY YET! KEITH MENARY wasn’t pleased to see the ‘wally with the brolly’ back on […]

PRICED OUT OF FOOTBALL

GARETH ROBERTS laments the depressing gentrification of modern football THE BBC’S Price of Football feature was as extensive and comprehensive […]