BRISTOL PITY

CITY AND ROVERS MICHAEL LEE EXAMINES THE STATE OF FOOTBALL IN THE TWO-CLUB CITY... Oops: Bristol City concede against Stoke post-lockdown...

WELCOME!TO! LATE!TACKLE

LAST season is barely over and yet a new one is already upon us. That’s the reality of the strange world...

THE SOUTH LIVERPOOL REVIVAL

NON-LEAGUE SCENE MATT BADCOCK LOOKS AT HOW A FAMOUS OLD NON-LEAGUE NAME ARE ATTEMPTING TO RECAPTURE FORMER GLORIES... On the cusp:...

DON’T FORGET EURO 2008

STEPPING BACK IN TIME MICHAEL LEE ARGUES THIS TOURNAMENT DESERVES FAR GREATER RECOGNITION THAN IT USUALLY RECEIVES... STREET Fighter, for all...

THE BELL TOLLS

MAKING HIS MOVE THOMAS BLOW GIVES HIS TAKE ON TEENAGE STAR JUDE BELLINGHAM’S SUMMER SWITCH TO GERMANY... Brum do: Jude Bellingham...

GULLS’ G-FORCE

TORQUAY UNITED STEVE HARRIS LOOKS BACK AT WHEN STRIKE DUO DAVID GRAHAM AND MARTIN GRITTON SPARKLED FOR TORQUAY UNITED... Good shout:...

WORTHY TRIBUTE TO GOLDEN AGE OF BROADCASTING

After Extra Time and Penalties: Memories of a BBC Football Correspondent, by Mike Ingham, published by The Book Guild, Price: £12.99...

KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY – AND WIN

So what can my family do when I go to football?, by Owain Roderick, available on Amazon WHAT’S this book about?...

HASHTAG HEROINES

RAISING THE PROFILE EMILY CLOGG TELLS US ABOUT AN EXCITING NEW VENTURE IN WOMEN’S FOOTBALL... BACK in April, it was announced...

MARCHING ON TOGETHER!

LEEDS UNITED ANDREW CARTER ON THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF BEING A LIFELONG LEEDS UNITED FAN... Party time: Leeds United have...

JOURNEY INTO THE UNKNOWN

FOOTBALL’S NEW ERA COVENTRY CITY FAN KEVIN HALLS PONDERS WHAT THE NEW SEASON WILL BRING... On the up: Coventry are back...

HALL OF FAME GIVE IT A REST

GRAND IDEAS JOHN WRAGG!BLASTS THE PREMIER LEAGUE’S LATEST PLAN… Hero and villain: Argentina captain Diego Maradona holds the World Cup aloft...

FANS MAKE THE DIFFERENCE

UNSUNG HEROES ROBERT J WILSON SAYS RECENT EVENTS HAVE HIGHLIGHTED JUST HOW IMPORTANT SUPPORTERS REALLY ARE THE swift spread of the...

SKY BLUE – FOR LIFE!

COVENTRY CITY COVENTRY CITY FAN KEVIN HALLS SAYS FOOTBALL SUPPORTERS MUST STAY LOYAL… Champion feeling: Captain Liam Kelly lifts the League...

THERE’S ONLY 3 ADAMA TRAORES

IT’S A NAME GAME THE WOLVES STAR IS TEARING UP THEIPREMIER LEAGUE THIS SEASON BUT HE ISN’T THE ONLY ADAMA TRAORE...

EMERGENCY RESCUE

JOINING FORCES JOHN LYONS REPORTS ON A NEW LEAGUE THAT COULD HAVE POSITIVE BENEFITS FOR ALL ITS PARTICIPANTS… Stepping up: NHS...

EURO VISION

A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN STUART STEELYARD LOOKS BACK AT 11 ENGLISHMEN WHO WON A!LEAGUE TITLE WHILE PLAYING ABROAD… The Real...

BOB PAISLEY-THE PATRON SAINT OF PHYSIOS

LIVERPOOL LEGEND EXPERIENCED NON-LEAGUE PHYSIOTHERAPIST GAVIN BLACKWELL PAYS A PERSONAL TRIBUTE TO THE LIVERPOOL LEGEND Big effort: The new statue of...

MIND YOUR HEAD

SAFEGUARDING OUR KIDS MICHAEL CALLANDER TAKES A LOOK AT THE STEPS BEING TAKEN TO PROTECT YOUNG PLAYERS… Paying a heavy price:...

WELCOME TO LATE TACKLE

APOLOGIES for the longer than expected break between editions. The coronavirus pandemic has had an impact right across society and our...

DON’T BELIEVE THE HYPE

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

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE

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

THE CRAZIEST SEASONEVER!

THE 2019/20 SAGA LATE TACKLE EDITOR JOHN LYONS REFLECTS ON AN UNFORGETTABLE YEAR… IF SOMEONE had predicted what was going to...

RAMSEY TO THE RESCUE

LOOKING BAC COLIN ALLAN RECALLS WHEN ENGLAND MAINTAINED A PROUD UNBEATEN HOME RECORD BY THE SKIN OF THEIR TEETH Mr Cool:...

THE RISE OF SHEFFIE D UNITED

RAZOR-SHARP BLADES CHRIS WILDER AND THE OVERLAPPING CENTRE-BACKS JOE DAVIS TALKS TO FORMER BLADE MICHAEL TONGE ABOUT THE YORKSHIRE CLUB’S REMARKABLE...

THANKS JACK

FAREWELL TO A HERO JOHN LYONS LOOKS BACK AT THE LIFE OF THE LEGENDARY JACK CHARLTON… AS YOU read and watched...

YOU’RE!A!DISGRACE KLOPP

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 and...

SHOW!THE!CUP SOME!RESPECT

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. Wanderers...

THE!POWER OF!URUGUAY

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 October...

RISING!TO!THE!! !CHALLENGE

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 the...