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...

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 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...

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...

ADDING COLOUR TO OUR GREAT GAME

What They Wore – Football League Club Colours 1888 to 1988, by John Suggett, www.johnsuggett.com, Price: £20 TO SAY that ‘What...

SUPER SHREWS

SHREWSBURY TOWN STEPHEN BRANDT RECALLS WHEN SHREWSBURY TOWN ENJOYED A SEASON TO REMEMBER… Leader of the pack: Shrewsbury manager Graham Turner...

STERLING V GOMEZ IT’S NOTHING NEW

FOOTBALL BUST-UPS EXPERIENCED FOOTBALL JOURNALIST JOHN WRAGG TELLS US ABOUT SOME SCRAPES AND JAPES Clash: Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling and Liverpool’s...