HERO PACKIE PACKED A LOT INTO CAREER

JOHN LYONS reviews the latest books to reach us at Late Tackle… PACKIE BONNER – THE LAST LINE, BY PACKIE BONNER...

FAB FOUR ON TOUR IN LAS VEGAS!

GED BARNES imagines what would happen if Jose Mourinho, Arsene Wenger, Louis Van Gaal and Manuel Pellegrini went away for a...

TALES OF THE FAMOUS VICTORY

MATTHEW EDWARDS looks back at Arbroath’s 36-0 win against Bon Accord in 1885... Ian Wishart, Murdo MacLeod, Jimmy Stirling and Tom...

WAG CORNER

Anna Stachurska Lewandowski scores...again FIVE goals in nine minutes. Not something that happened on a Sunday morning at the local park,...

From Wales, but not for all…

By Harry Elliot Swansea City are the only current Welsh representative of the Premier League. The season before last there was...

Have you herd the one about the cows?

By James Riley For most football fans the phrase “emotional rollercoaster” usually refers to an absorbing, high-scoring match, and not the...

And the man of the match is….

By Rob Bradley To us mere mortals you’d imagine it must be marvellous to be marked down as the main man...

The biggest football club in the world?

By Ryan Ferguson Football fans have always debated which club is the biggest in a specific city, region, country and even...

A quest to find a place to belong in the circus of modern football

By Billy Crawford Why do we end up supporting the football clubs we do? For some of us it’s a family...

Rochdale – why the small Lancashire club is the right one for me

by Richard Foad I’ve been asked the question headlining this article many times over the years after professing my support for...

The biggest club in the world?

by Ryan Ferguson Football fans have always debated which club is the biggest in a specific city, region, country and even...

What happened to the fluorescent ‘keeper kits of the 90s?

by Neil Cotton In the now annual summer ritual of new kit releases it is not unusual to see a full...

Is van Gaal’s style the reason why Wayne Rooney cannot score?

For most Manchester United fans, the jury is still out on Louis van Gaal. The Dutchman’s managerial style is completely unique...

Sports Betting Picks – Handicapping Tips From the Kings Chair

By Masoom Anwar The world’s most popular sport among fans is almost its most popular among sports bettors, as well. Both...

CASTAWAY

GED BARNES takes a look at two players who left English shores early – Paul Pogba and Kevin De Bruyne –...

THE BIGGEST FOOTBALL CLUB IN THE WORLD?

RYAN FERGUSON attempts to come up with a definitive answer to the question that’s often asked You win again: Real Madrid...

GRAHAM REALLY GAVE IT HIS BEST SHOT…

JOHN LYONS reviews the latest books to reach us at Late Tackle… TO MAKE A DREAM SURVIVE, BY GRAHAM BROOKLAND, PUBLISHED...

AND THE MAN OF THE MATCH IS…

ROB BRADLEY examines the rights, wrongs and unpredictable decisions taken for the star player TO US mere mortals you’d imagine it...

MADCAP LEAGUE FOOTBALL

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THE TRUTH ABOUT ASHLEY COLE

JONNY BRICK believes it’s time to forget the controversies and negative press and focus on the football... Italian job: Ashley Cole...

WHY ROCHDALE?

RICHARD FOAD explains his lifelong love for an unfashionable club...  I’VE been asked the question headlining this article many times over...

DON’T PIILE PRESSURE ON REECE…

DANNY RUST urges caution over the new West Ham hope – and looks back at the fortunes of other teen starlets...

You can change clubs!

AT LATE TACKLE, we receive plenty of articles every month and this time around there was a connection between a couple...

DEVELOPMENT MATTERS

GARY TEDDER believes greater efforts must be made to give young English starlets the chance to shine... THE musings of a...

JEEPERS KEEPERS

NEIL COTTON bemoans the demise of the fluorescent, multicoloured goalie jerseys which brought extra colour to the game IN THE now...

FOOTBALL FOOD CHAIN IS EATING UP THE GAME

DAVID GORMAN says that club football is losing its way as money reigns – and that international football is purer THE...

COMING HOME

BILLY CRAWFORD on his quest to find a place to belong in the circus of modern football... WHY do we end...

WHY I HAD TO QUIT MILLWALL

Long-standing Lions fan ANT MEADS explains why he’s taken the life-changing decision to abandon his boyhood club... I’M 36-years-old and for...

Chile’s glory at last in the Copa America!

John Lyons on how the Chileans finally bagged their first piece of silverware

Gills go to Qatar and back!

Daniel Storey on how Gillingham fans face a marathon mission to follow their team in the coming campaign