BILL!GLAZIERSKY! BLUES!LEGEND

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 April...

BUZZING!!BEES

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 applauded....

WELCOME!TO! LATE!TACKLE

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

HOLLANDV BRAZIL -A!WORLD CUP!RIVALRY

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, a...

BACK!TO THEIR!ROOTS

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 Andy...

GORDON!ASTALL ENGLAND’S!OLDEST

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 to...

IT’S!A!NUMBERS GAME

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 purists....

THE!TEAM!BEHIND THE!TEAM

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 number...

THE!PRIDE!OF!THE!CHAGOS!ISLANDS

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 and...

PAUL TAIT BLUES GOLDEN GOALS AND THAT T-SHIRT

WEMBLEY WINNER BIRMINGHAM CITY FANATIC KEITH DIXON TALKS TO THE FORMER MIDFIELDER ABOUT HIS COLOURFUL CAREER IT’S hard to believe it’s...

BACK HOME THE 2007 FA TROPHY FINAL

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

THE MAGIC OF FORT WILLIAM

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

MY EFLTEAM OF THE DECADE

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

REDS IN THE USA

GOING ON TOUR STEPHEN BRANDT LOOKS BACK AT WHEN LIVERPOOL FIRST HEADED TO THE STATES WHEN we see European clubs tour...

MICK’S TOP STOPPERS

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

WARMING UP FOR ‘66

PREPARING FOR GLORY COLIN ALLAN LOOKS BACK AT HOW ALF RAMSEY HONED HIS SQUAD IN READINESS FOR THE WORLD CUP ON...

RUNNING REPAIRS

EXPERIENCED PHYSIO GAVIN BLACKWELL ON THE VARIETY OF ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE DEALT WITH Pain game: Charlton’s Erhun Oztumer receives...

WATCHING BRIEF

IAN MCF ARLANE LOOKS AT THE WAY WE VIEW FOOTBALL-AND PREDICTS HOW IT COULD CHANGE… YOU can’t avoid the mainstream appeal...

ROONEY AND THE RAMS

DERBY COUNTY JOHN WRAGG TAKES A LOOK AT THE CHALLENGE FACING THE!ENGLAND LEGEND AT PRIDE PARK On the burst: Wayne Rooney...

IT’S NO ALDER- NARY STORY

GOING FOR GLORY MATT BADCOCK REPORTS ON THE ISLANDERS LOOKING TO BREAK A 100-YEAR DUCK HEARD the one about the football...

WHEN A SIMPLE GAME OF FOOTBALL MEANS A LOTMORE…

90 Minutes of Freedom, by Jamie Grundy, self-published (www.jamiegrundy.net), Price: £7.99 MOST of us take being able to play football for...

PETER TAKES A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE

Spurs… and the Swinging Sixties, by Peter Jouning, self-published (available on Amazon), Price: £9.99 SUPPORTING Tottenham runs in the family for...

BOXING DAY BONANZA

KEVIN HALLS RECALLS A CRAZY DAY OF GOALS ALMOST 60 YEARS AGO… WELL, we are now into a new year and...

DUNCAN EDWARDS STILL THEY COME…

MIKE FENTON RECALLS THE AWESOME ABILITY OF DUNCAN EDWARDS AND REPORTS ONHOW THE TOWN OF DUDLEY HAS REMEMBERED ITS GREATEST FOOTBALLER…...

ANCELOTTI BIDS TO UNSTICK THE TOFFEES

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

WOW WHAT A DECADE,

HIGHS AND LOWS JACQUES LE-BON TAKES A LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THE KEY MOMENTS AND STORIES OVER THE LAST TEN...

THANKS BALD EAGLE

FOOTBALL LEGEND TOM BLACKETT LOOKS BACK AT THE LIFE OF THE LATE JIM SMITH IT WAS a sign of how popular...

THE ROAD TO WEMBLEY

FOOTBALL JOURNEY CHRIS LINCORN TALKS TO FOOTBALL FANATIC ANDY ABOUT HIS ADVENTURES… Glory day: Arsenal celebrate winning the FA Cup in...

BREAKING FREE

FREESTYLE FOOTBALL PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL FREESTYLER AND THREE-TIME WORLD RECORD! HOLDER BEN NUTTALL. 19.TELLS US ABOUT HIS WORLD Top venue: Showing off...

UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE

THE POWER OF FOOTBALL MATT O’CONNOR-SIMPSON EXPLAINS HOW SIMPLE GAME OF FOOTBALL HELPED HIM THROUGH TOUGH TIMES Take a break: Little...