GARETH ROBERTS RANTS 17 April 2013 0 comments Why is everyone smartin, over Martin? GARETH ROBERTS takes a closer look at the sacking of O’Neill EVERYONE was […]
CUT IN WAGES WOULD BE JUST THE TICKET 17 April 2013 0 comments Players’ salaries have driven up prices in football and TONY BARRETT says it’s time footballers considered supporters’ plight SOMEWHERE this […]
MOACYR BARBOSA 17 April 2013 0 comments A MISTAKE THAT SHOCKED A NATION SAM HUGHES looks back on the vitriol poured on Brazil’s goalkeeper for the ‘error’ […]
The Second Coming of Third THIRD LANARK 17 April 2013 0 comments MARK GODFREY recalls a long-forgotten football club – and looks at plans for it to rise again Third Lanark vs […]
GARY LINEKER HE’S MORE THAN CHIPS AND QUIPS 17 April 2013 0 comments ADAM MICHIE says the Match of the Day host deserves to be remembered for more than advertising crisps IN OCTOBER […]
EURO DRAW IS JUST A EURO BORE 17 April 2013 0 comments CHRIS DUNLAVY explains how UEFA can put some excitement back into their Champions League THE soaring strings, the crystalline voices, […]
GOALDEN BROWN 17 April 2013 0 comments PATRICK NORRIE says the former PM had a vision for club ownership that would have benefited the game HE 2010 […]
SICK OF THE SPIN 17 April 2013 0 comments KEITH MENARY says the incessant turning of the managerial merry-go-round is another turn off about the modern game THIS season has […]
FOOTBALL ON FILM 17 April 2013 0 comments RAMON BENITEZ looks at how the beautiful game has been depicted on the big screen – with varying degrees of […]
MEETING THE REAL LUTHER BLISSE TT 17 April 2013 0 comments STEPHEN ROBERTS recalls the time he came face to face with one of his heroes – and the odd inspiration […]
WRITE FOR LATE TACKLE 17 April 2013 0 comments We’re always on the look out for contributions for future issues of Late Tackle. If you fancy writing for the […]
SPOTLAND THE FORWARDS FACTORY 17 April 2013 0 comments JOHNNY GREANEY on why Rochdale has been a breeding ground for goal-getters SPOTLAND Stadium, Rochdale, has always been a little […]
FEAR OF THE PROMISED 17 April 2013 0 comments ASHLEY GREBB is not entirely sure he wants his team to win promotion to the Premier League… OUTSIDE, the icy […]
BOUNDARY SPARKS 17 April 2013 0 comments Oldham’s cup exploits this season have brought back the 1989-90 campaign and an unlikely trip from Pennine Way to Wembley […]
PAUL MERSON… MAD PROPHET OF THE AIRWAVES 27 February 2013 0 comments When a pun-peddling player-turned-pundit bins the banter to say something is wrong with football, it’s time to listen, writes LUKE […]
FOLLOW THE LEADERS 27 February 2013 0 comments KEITH MENARY bemoans the lack of chest-pumping skippers in modern-day football – and looks back at six of the best […]
The Cape Crusaders 27 February 2013 0 comments The performances of Cape Verde in the Africa Cup of Nations raised a few eyebrows, including those of DAN RAWLEY […]
THE MICKEY MOUSE CUPS 27 February 2013 0 comments NEIL COTTON examines the knock-out competitions that football discarded Jaap Stam and Romario clash in the Intercontinental Cup in 1999 […]
BLUE MOON I SAW YOU STANDING ALONE 27 February 2013 0 comments GARETH ROBERTS suggests the behaviour of Roberto Mancini shows all is not well on the blue side of Manchester THERE’S […]
ENGLAND C GET RESOUNDING A FOR ACHIEVMENT 27 February 2013 0 comments STUART HAMMONDS looks back over a decade of excellence for Paul Fairclough and his Non-League international team WHEN Stuart Pearce […]
DO YOU LIKE THE BOOKS WOT I WROTE? 27 February 2013 0 comments CHRIS DUNLAVY delves into the phenomenon of sporstmen trying their luck as authors CLEARLY, Frank Lampard had to mine the […]
MATCH MEMORIES… KEEGAN COMES TO TOON 27 February 2013 0 comments MARK GODFREY remembers King Kev’s bow for the Magpies against QPR in August, 1982. IN the early 1980s there was […]
FOOTBALL FANS DON , T DO THINGS BY HALVES 27 February 2013 0 comments MERV PAYNE laments a fashion disaster that is creeping its way to a terrace near you WHEN it comes to […]
NO ONE’S PLAYING POLITICS 27 February 2013 0 comments RAMÒN BENÍTEZ remembers when footballers were more willing to espouse their, mainly, left-wing leanings FOOTBALL is … sorry, was a […]
WHEN SLIM JIM WAS ENGLAND’S BIGGEST SCOURGE 27 February 2013 0 comments DAVID DOCHERTY looks at the glorious, if fleeting, career of Scotland in side forward Jim Baxter Pressing the self-destruct button […]
ARE YOU SITTING COMFORTABLY? THEN WE’LL BEGIN… 27 February 2013 0 comments The new fad for missing games after taking the reins at a club is really grinding the gears of PAUL […]
WRITE FOR LATE TACKLE 27 February 2013 0 comments We’re always on the look out for contributions for future issues of Late Tackle. If you fancy writing for the […]
TELLY ACHE 27 February 2013 0 comments PAUL BROWN has an Andy Townsend-shaped problem with footie commentary on ITV Andy Townsend ANDY Townsend has an unmatched ability […]
THEY JUST DON’T GET IT 27 February 2013 0 comments One song sung at Old Trafford summed up all that was wrong with Manchester United for FC United of Manchester […]
YOUR TEAM’S CALLED WHAT EXACTLY? 23 January 2013 0 comments CHRIS DUNLAVY looks at some of the more colourful – and fanciful – club names BACK in the day, there […]