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A reluctant champion
In an extract from excellent new book ‘Joe Fagan, a reluctant champion’ ANDREW FAGAN and MARK PLATT recall the drama […]
Pilgrims have had their faith tested
TIM HART on what has been the most turbulent, testing, roller-coaster two years in the long history of a club […]
Inside ‘Franchise FC’
MARK SANDERSON wonders if there’s more to MK Dons than the ‘franchise’ by going to the core of the club, […]
The fantastic four
PATRICK JOHN looks past the flashy Dutch masters who took all the headlines at the San Siro 20 years ago […]
Taking back the game?
RANTS Gareth Roberts IT’S ironic that football as we know it was founded by public schoolboys. What is widely regarded […]
Breaking Koln tradition
WALSH’S WORLD Kristian Walsh on matters abroad ON the banks of the Rhine stand ornate market places, museums and a […]
Footy Art…
Name: Steve Welsh Age: 37 From: Middlesbrough Supports: Middlesbrough He says: I started to interview past players and began a […]
Something to shout about
Issue Three of Late Tackle – in all good newsagents on December 21 … Continue reading… Access all our premium […]
It’s groundhog day
CHARLIE McCANN of Victor Chandler isn’t holding out too much hope for England England limped into the Finals of next […]
The future’s bright, the future’s Belgium
JASPER TAYLOR reckons one of Europe’s lesser lights can match their neighbours The ‘Red Devils’ is a nickname regularly spouted […]
Fred Pentland — the man in the bowler hat
SAM HUGHES tells the amazing tale of the Englishman that gave Spain their footballing identity and once managed a team […]
HAIR WE GO
WE’RE as guilty as anyone for mourning all that’s gone from the game, but there’s one thing that has remained […]
Jon Stark: Footballer of the future
PAUL BROWN looks at one of the Seventies’ biggest football stars Jon Stark arrived on the football scene in the […]
The true burger king
DAN ROBERTS has tasted the best and worst of footy “cuisine” on his travels around the nation — he’s forgotten […]
What happened to the likely lads?
SCOTT TERRIO mourns the passing of the out-and-out winger, a player that seems to have been sacrificed to the modern […]
Hero worship ain’t what it used to be
OLLY RICKETTS takes a slightly depressing walk down World Cup memory lane I recently discovered that over the years I […]
If it’s good enough for Brazil, it’ll do for us
ROBERT NEVITT thinks Futsal could be the key to lifting the depression that follows England around when it comes to […]
Heroes and villains
CHRIS MARTIN wonders why fair play usually goes out of the window in football In the modern age football is […]
Great moustaches of football history
Number one: Jimmy Greaves … Continue reading… Access all our premium content for less than 50p per week! SUBSCRIBE Already […]
Getting stuck in
MERV PAYNE remembers the days when all he wanted was a silver foil badge I have a family escape plan […]
Rudderless Inter head for the rocks
PAUL GRECH sees tough times ahead for Inter after they fail to give another manager time As Giampiero Gasperini exited […]
Who’s the boss?
ROGER DOMENEGHETTI of whoateallthegoals.com wonders just how big a part football managers play in the suceess or otherwise of their […]
Hacked off with journos
RANTS Gareth Roberts WHAT’S the role of newspaper football journalists in the age of the internet? With every goal, every […]
The crazy gang
NEIL SCOTT on how goalies are no longer the team nutter You have to be mad to be a goalkeeper.” […]
It’s still ref-fing hell
Football dynasties come and go but one opponent remains undefeated. Mark SanderSon assesses the task facing the Fa’s respect programme […]
A cluster of cliches
ADAM HURREY of angleofpostandbar.blogspot.com runs a few choice football phrases up the flagpole to see who drops their trousers The […]
The one-cap wonder
PATRICK JOHN on the player that epitomised a decade and was loved by fans of two very different clubs, if […]
RANDOM…
with Patrick John DID YOU KNOW: Wycombe Wanderers’ mascot, Bodger, is based on a real person, former striker Tony ‘Bodger’ […]
Who loves Owen?
When Michael Owen scored THAT goal against Argentina in 1998, he had the world at his feet. Now, PETER SIMPSON […]