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CARTOON CAPERS

Our resident artist Bob Bond laments the demise of the match cartoonist Tomorrow I’d like you to do Horwich Railwaymen’s […]

LIFE AFTER THE CUP HEROICS

Ben Smith looks at the reality for Maidstone United following their stint in the spotlight… Few underdog stories capture the […]

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MY UNSUNG ALL-TIME XI

Philip O’Rourke picks the players who don’t get the plaudits they deserve… SINCE football began, there have been star players […]

AND SMITH DOES SCORE

Barnaby Rostant looks at the career of evergreen centre-forward Matt Smith… YOU don’t tend to see many old-fashioned target men […]

SHAKESPEARE IN FOOTBALL

Sam Todd reflects on the Bard’s football references, and his continuing influence… Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou was among the […]

CHEEKY CHARLIE

TOM GREEN LOOKS AT THE LIFE AND TIMES OF CHARLIE MITTEN, WHO WENT FROM BURMA TO BOGOTA VIA OLD TRAFFORD […]

Troy Deeney celebrates scoring in play-off final 2015

HAPPY WITH OUR LOT

Watford fan Jonny Brick is quite content with his team never going up and never going down When Declan Rice […]

HOWARD’S WAY

LIFELONG BIRMINGHAM CITY SUPPORTER KEITH DIXON RECALLS WHEN HOWARD KENDALL HELPED SAVE THE BLUES FROM RELEGATION HALF A CENTURY AGO… […]

WHERE EAGLES DARE

Jose Peseiro was just the latest coach to find managing Nigeria an almost impossible task, writes Osasu Obayiuwana WITH the […]

PENALTY POINTS

Sam Todd looks at top-flight points deductions in light of Everton’s recent woes… EVERTON’S ten-point deduction for breaching the top […]

PASCAL’S MISSION

Ben Smith reports on Pascal Chimbonda’s adventure at Skelmersdale United – and how he hopes to inspire other black managers […]

THE WISE OLD OWL

Jonny Brick examines the career of legendary coach and manager Roy Hodgson ROY Hodgson has not yet written his memoir. […]

ENGLAND IN GERMANY

SAM SHEPPEY LOOKS BACK AT THE WORLD CUP IN 2006 AS ENGLAND GET SET TỌ RETURN TO GERMANY… What a […]

TIPPING THE SCALES

MATTHEW LUDDINGTON TALKS TO JOHN SCALES ABOUT HIS PLAYING DAYS-AND HIS LATEST EXPLOITS… What a feeling: Celebrating FA Cup success […]

DAVE’S TREASURE HUNT

Former Southampton striker Dave Puckett tells Jake Gunton about his efforts to track down some precious mementos of his playing […]

THREE OF A KIND

Tom Green looks back at a trio who failed to set the top-flight alight… WE LIKE to class the Premier […]

PAKISTAN PASSION

Michael Sheridan visited Pakistan and the mountains of Karimabad where women’s football is booming A YOUNG girl, wearing a thick […]

VINTAGE NEV’S GULLS EXPLOITS

STEVE HARRIS RECALLS THE DAYS WHEN LEGENDARY GOALKEEPER NEVILLE SOUTHALL PLAYED BETWEEN THE STICKS FOR TORQUAY UNITED… Committed: Neville Southall […]

DEFIANT HATTERS DIG DEEP

John Lyons reports on the unheralded side battling to prove their critics wrong… HANDS up if you believed Luton Town […]

MY FIRST LOVE

Colin Allan recalls his early days as a Sheffield Wednesday supporter… Why do fans support particular teams? Often, of course, […]

THE POWER OF PUNDITRY

Jonny Brick gives five reasons why punditry, or ‘banternalysis’ as he calls it, remains a key pillar of today’s football […]

YOU’RE WRONG, KIPLING!

Brighton fan David Williams reflects on the differing emotions of his club’s highs and lows In his famous poem If, […]

WATFORD I LIVERPOOLO

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GARETH’S GLORY BID

Robert J Wilson hopes the football Gods smile down on Gareth Southgate’s England this summer… IF THIS summer’s European Championships […]