JIMMY HOGAN HUGO MEISL – FOOTBALL VISION ARIES

SIMON SHELDON EXAMINES HOW AN ENGLISH COACH AND AN AUSTRIAN MANAGER TRANSFORMED THE CONTINENTAL GAME… MANAGERIAL DOUBLE ACT WHENEVER there are...

KEV’S!OUT! NO!PROBLEM

DANNY!PRYER!SAYS! MANCHESTER!CITY! SHOWCASED!THEIR! WORLD-CLASS!SQUAD DEPTH!IN!KEVIN! DE!BRUYNE’S!RECENT ABSENCE!AND!THE PREMIER!LEAGUE AND!EVEN!EUROPE SHOULD!BE!SCARED But Kevin De Bruyne is back from injury now Let’s see...

HELPING THE FORGOTTEN FOOTBALLERS…

John Wragg finds out about efforts being made to support the heroes of yesteryear Backing: England keeper Gordon Banks, seen here...

VIRTUAL REALITY THE NEW REALITY

IAN MCFARLANE EXAMINES THE BURGEONING FOOTBALL VIDEO GAMES MARKET AND ASKS WHETHER IT’S GONE TOO FAR AS A 32-year-old who has...

THE REAL MAGIC OF THE FA CUP

John Lyons examines whether the heartbeat of the world’s oldest competition is still as strong as ever lower down the ladder...

THE UPS AND DOWN OF LEAGUE LADDERS

SIMON SHELDON RECALLS WHEN SIMPLE TEAM TABS PROVIDED PLENTY OF AMUSEMENT. Early days: Ladders from the 1974-75 season History: The first...

Cup of cheers – and tears!

Former Non-League Paper editor Stuart Hammonds, now the press and communications manager at Luton Town, reached the FA Cup first round...

MATT IS JUST GLAD ALL ROVER

BOOK REVIEWS LIFELONG Tranmere fan Matt Jones was so happy when the club won promotion that he decided to write a...

Mourinho & Pogba the shift in power

Robert J Wilson sugggests that players tend to hold the upper hand these days… BROADLY speaking, it can be quite difficult...

MAKING!THE! IMPOSSIBLE! POSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JOHN!LYONS!LOOKS!AT!THE LEGACY!OF!THE!LATE! LEICESTER!CITY!OWNER! VICHAI!!SRIVADDHANAPRABHA Kings of England: Leicester celebrate their title success with an open-top bus ride YOU only have to...

SKY BLUE HEAVEN AND HELL

KEVIN HALLS REFLECTS ON MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY OF FOLLOWING COVENTRY CITY… Pioneer: Jimmy Hill I’VE been supporting my club...

MOSES!ODUBAJO!- MAKING!MUM!ROUD

John Lyons finds out how the Brentford defender has overcome personal heartache to make a differebce on and off the pitch…...

MIND!HOW!YOU!GO

JOHN!!LYONS!!LOOK!!AT!!HOW!!FOOTBALL!!IS!!PLAYING!!ITS!!PART!!IN!!TACKLING!!MENTAL!!HEALTH!!PROBLEMS Doing their bit: From left, Luke Prosser, Darius Charles, Deji Oshilaja and James Shea THE issue of mental health problems...

LOLLEY’S JOLLY AGAIN

PLAYER INTERVIEW CHRIS!DUNLAVY!CATCHES!UP WITH!A!WINGER!ENJOYING LIFE!IN!THE!CHAMPIONSHIP WITH!NOTTINGHAM!FOREST Ecstatic: Joe Lolley celebrates scoring for Forest ASIZE really matters in some sports. For example,...

ALTITUDE SICKNESS? DON’T RISE TO IT

CHRIS DUNLAVY LOOKS BACK AT WHEN FIFA BLUNDERED IN TO A SOUTH AMERICAN SQUABBLE HIGH LEVEL CONTROVERSY FEBRUARY, 2007. The players...

HE!ORIGINAL!BANKSY

DAVID!!!DOCHERTY!!!TAKES!!!AN!!!IN-DEPTH!!!LOOK!!!BACK!!!AT! THE!!!CAREER!!!OF!!!AN!!!ENGLAND!!!GOALKEEPING!!!LEGEND… ENGLAND’S NUMBER ONE On top of the world: England’s Gordon Banks shows off the Jules Rimet Trophy and, inset,...

DON’T FORGET THE PHYSIO

LONG-SERVING NON-LEAGUE PHYSIOTHERAPIST GAVIN BLACKWELL EXPLAINS WHY IT CAN BE A PRECARIOUS PROFESSION… UNSUNG HEROES The way it was: Arsenal manager...

IT CAN ONLY BE… BIELSA

John Lyons takes an in-depth look at what’s in store at Leeds United under ‘El Loco’… The eyes have it: Leeds...

WINNING CAND LOSINGJ THEPOOLS

SIMON SHELDON REFLECTS ON THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF A GAME THAT ONCE CAPTIVATED MILLIONS… CASHING IN AT THEIR peak in...

GERRARD AND LAMPARD GO FOR GOLD.

ROBERT J WILSON ON THE CHALLENGE AHEAD FOR TWO FORMER ENGLAND MIDFIELD STARS… TAKING THE NEXT STEP Good times: Frank Lampard...

GREEN LIONS MAULED

STEVE KENNEDY LOOKS AT CHANNEL ISLANDERS GUERNSEY’S TOUGH FIGHT AGAINST THE ELEMENTS… NON-LEAGUE IT PROVED to be a bitter tale for...

THE GHOST OF WHITE HART LANE

DAVID DOCHERTY RECALLS THE LIFE AND TIMES OF TOTTENHAM AND SCOTLAND STAR JOHN WHITE WHO WAS TAKEN TOO SOON… TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR...

EXPLORINGALL THE BIG ISSUES

BOOK REVIEWS Soccology, by Kevin George, Published by Twinclian Press, Price: £17.99. Rating out of 10: 9 FOR many children around...

GABBY’S FADED GLORY

JOHN WRAGG REFLECTS ON HOW THE ASTON VILLA STRIKER’S ONCE-PROMISING CAREER HAS GRADUALLY PETERED OUT… PROFILE GABBY Agbonlahor left Aston Villa...

THREE TO WATCH

1. Phil Foden – The fact the 18-year-old midfielder notched up ten appearances, albeit with seven from the bench, for Manchester...

THECURSE OF SECOND SEASON SYNDROME

SAM COX TAKES A LOOK AT WHETHER CLUBS REALLY ARE AT A GREATER RISK AFTER STAYING UP FIRST TIME AROUND IN...

GAME.for a LAUGH

WE ASKED AUSTRALIAN COMEDIAN AND LIVERPOOL FAN STEEN RASKOPOULOS FOR HIS THOUGHTS ON THE WORLD CUP – AND THE NEW SEASON…...

SIZE DOESN’T MATTER (IN FOOTBALL)!

KEVIN HALLS TAKES A LOOK AT SOME OF THE ‘SHORTER’ PLAYERS WHO HAVE STOOD TALL IN THE BEAUTIFUL GAME DIMINUTIVE HEROES...

YOU DID US PROUD LADS

KEVIN HALLS TIPS HIS HAT TO ENGLAND’S WORLD CUP SQUAD – AND OFFERS AN APOLOGY TO MANAGER GARETH SOUTHGATE… THREE LIONS...

MY FOOTBALL LIFE

FED-UP with ex-players and so-called celebrities having all the fun with their dream teams and memories of the game? Let true...