HISTORY LESSONS MICHAEL LEE EXPLAINS WHY MODERN DAY FOOTBALL ISN’T NECESSARILY THE BEST… True great: Pele in action for Brazil […]

THE ROUTE AHEAD ROB BRADLEY SAYS CLUBS NEED TO LEARN SOME VALUABLE LESSONS FROM THE CORONAVIRUS-INDUCED SHUTDOWN… Shutdown: The coronavirus […]

INTERNATIONAL SCENE MAT!GUY!REPORTS!ON!A!TEAM!PREPARING!FOR!THE!WORLD!CUP!-!AND!THEIR!WIDER!GOALS THE 3G pitch at Broadfield Stadium, Crawley, is teeming. Beneath the arc of the floodlights, myriad games […]

FA CUP IN CRISIS EXPERIENCED!JOURNALIST!JOHN!WRAGG SAYS!THE!LIVERPOOL !MANAGER’S!FA!CUP NO-SHOW!CROSSED!THE!LINE Stern-faced: Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp at the 2-2 draw between his side […]

FA CUP IN CRISIS ROB!WILSON!LAMENTS!THE!WAY!THE!FA!CUP!HAS!BEEN!MARGINALISED!IN!THE!CHASE!FOR!MEGABUCKS THE first ever FA Cup final took place in 1872 at the Oval Cricket Ground. […]

SOUTH AMERICA DYLAN!KRAIN!EXPLAINS!HOW!THE!SMALL!SOUTH! AMERICAN!COUNTRY!PUNCH!ABOVE!THEIR!WEIGHT Star quality: Uruguay produce top quality strikers like Luis Suarez and, left, Diego Forlan IN LATE […]

STEPPING UP IN STYLE STUART!STEELYARD LOOKS!ATTHE! CLUBS!WHO!HAVE SHONE!ON!THEIR! ARRIVAL!IN!THE! TOP-FLIGHT!OF ENGLISH!FOOTBALL… THE prime objective of a newly promoted club in […]

COVENTRY CITY KEVIN!HALLS!RECALLS!A!GOALKEEPER!WHO!WOWED THE!FANS!AT!COVENTRY!WITH!!HIS!BRILLIANCE… Standing tall: Former Coventry goalkeeper Bill Glazier at the Legends Parade at the Ricoh Arena in […]

BRENTFORD ON THE RISE LUKE!!PHELPS!!EXAMINES!!HOW!!BRENTFORD’S!!SHREWD RECRUITMENT!!HAS!!HELPED!!THEM!!CLIMB!!HIGH… BRENTFORD´S steady ascent up the Football League is one to be both studied and […]

WE’VE all got our favourite memories of the FA Cup, haven’t we? It’s a competition that has meant so much […]

CLASH OF THE GIANTS ROSS!KILVINGTON!LOOKS!BACK!AT!THE!CLASHES BETWEEN!TWO!OF!FOOTBALL’S!GIANTS… THE third place play-off at the World Cup is often seen as an afterthought, […]

SOUTHEND UNITED IT’S!OFTEN!SAID!THAT!FOOTBALL!CLUBS!FORGET!ABOUT!THEIR!OLD!PLAYERS,!THE HEROES!WHO!ACHIEVED!GREAT!FEATS!AND!SPILT!BLOOD!FOR!THE!CAUSE.!LATE!TACKLE! REPORTS!ON!HOW!SOUTHEND!UNITED!ARE!ONE!CLUB!ATTEMPTING!TO!BUCK!THE!TREND… Big reunion: Former Southend players met up last March and, inset, Derek Spence, left, and […]

BIRMINGHAM!CITY!FAN!KEITH!DIXON!REFLECTS!ON!THE!CAREER!OF!A!BLUES!HERO WHEN Ivor Broadis died in April last year, the accolade of being the oldest living England International footballer fell […]

MIXING THINGS UP CHRIS!SERGEANT!EXAMINES HOW!SHIRT!NUMBERS HAVE!CHANGED!BEYOND !ALL!RECOGNITION… THE allocation of shirt numbers can be a source of consternation among footballing […]

GETTING THE BALANCE RIGHT EXPERIENCED!NON-LEAGUE!PHYSIO!GAVIN!BLACKWELL CONSIDERS!THE!IMPORTANCE!OF!BACKROOM!!STAFF!AND THE!UNCERTAINTY!THEY!SOMETIMES!FACE… HAVING been involved in football for many years, I have worked for a […]

WEMBLEY WINNER BIRMINGHAM CITY FANATIC KEITH DIXON TALKS TO THE FORMER MIDFIELDER ABOUT HIS COLOURFUL CAREER IT’S hard to believe […]

EVERTON’S NEW ERA DAVID DOCHERTY EXAMINES THE TASK AHEAD FOR EVERTON’S NEW BOSS AND TAKES A LOOK BACK AT HIS […]

NEW WEMBLEY WONDERS CHRIS LINCOLN RECALLS PREMIER LINKS, ONE-GAME WONDERS AND FREESTYLING SAVIOURS Ecstasy: Stevenage celebrate beating Kidderminster in a […]

FOOTBALL LEGEND TOM BLACKETT LOOKS BACK AT THE LIFE OF THE LATE JIM SMITH IT WAS a sign of how […]

SHOWING TRUE SPIRIT MAT GUY REPORTS ON AN ISOLATED CLUB STAYING STRONG IN THE FACE OF DVERSITY… Keeping an eye […]

A CLASS APART CHRIS DUNLAVY OF OUR SISTER PUBLICATION THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE PAPER SELECTS HIS ALL-STAR XI FROM the rise […]

GOING ON TOUR STEPHEN BRANDT LOOKS BACK AT WHEN LIVERPOOL FIRST HEADED TO THE STATES WHEN we see European clubs […]

IN SAFE HANDS WHEN it comes to top Mick Payne has worked with some of the best in the game.The […]

PREPARING FOR GLORY COLIN ALLAN LOOKS BACK AT HOW ALF RAMSEY HONED HIS SQUAD IN READINESS FOR THE WORLD CUP […]