TV TIMES

JOHN LYONS REFLECTS ON HOW HIS VIEWING HABITS HAVE CHANGED OVER THE YEARS WATCHING BRIEF Suits you: Sky Sports presenter Scott...

PENALTY KINGS

JOHNLYONS LOOKS BACK!!AT ENGLAND’S DRAMATIC WORLD CUP VICTORY AGAINST COLOMBIA… AND AN OVERDUE SHOOT-OUT SUCCESS BREAKING THE SPELL I’D forgotten what...

GOING UP AND UP

Ian McFarlane looks at how Southampton and Norwich earned successive promotions to climb from League One to the Premier League… THE...

COME ON CLUBS, GIVE OUR KIDS A CHANCE

Robert J Wilson urges the Premier League top dogs to back England by blooding young players… THE PATH TO SUCCESS Super...

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...

Lights, Camera, Action!

John Lyons talks to author Dave Roberts, whose book has been adapted for the silver screen… HITTING THE BIG-TIME WHEN Dave...

ENGLAND’S NO.1S

DAVID DOCHERTY LOOKS BACK AT THE PERFORMANCES OF THREE LIONS KEEPERS AT WORLD CUPS THROUG THE DECADES GOALIES’ FORTUNES ENGLISH goalkeepers...

BLUES BROTHERS

Keith Dixon looks back at how two World Cup winners flattered to deceive at Birmingham City… TESTING TRANSITION IT’S been another...

ENGLAND AND ROAD TO GLORY

JOHN LYONS TAKES A LOOK AT HOW THE THREE LIONS CAN SHOCK THE FOOTBALL WORLD IN RUSSIA A NATION HOPES… HAVE...

THAT’S SCANDALOUS

SIMON SHELDON REFLECTS ON SOME OF THE MORE CONTROVERSIAL EPISODES IN WORLD CUP HISTORY TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED SINCE the World...

YOU’VE BEEN TRUMPED

JOHN LYONS TAKES A LOOK AT A NEW VERSION OF A POPULAR GAME FOOTBALL LEGENDS THOSE with long enough memories will...

BIG IN JAPAN

JOHN LYONS TALKS TO DIARMUID LINEHAN ABOUT WHAT IT’S LIKE TO PLAY FOOTBALL IN THE FAR EAST… WORLD SCENE GARY Lineker...

A-ZOF WORLD CUP TRIVIA

SIMON SHELDON COMES UP WITH SOME USEFUL, OR USELESS, BITS OF WORLD CUP HISTORY (DEPENDING ON YOUR POINT OF VIEW) TO...

FAMOUS FIVE

Ian McFarlane reckons there are a handful of genuine contenders for the biggest prize in football … RIVALS FOR THE CROWN...

Scotland’s World Cup own-goal

Colin Allan recalls when the Scots turned down the chance to play in the 1950 finals… LOOKING BACK Crucial goal: Roy...

DON’T IGNORE VARDY

CHRIS DUNLAVY EXPLAINS WHY THE LEICESTER SPEEDSTER COULD HAVE A CRUCIAL ROLE TO PLAY IN!RUSSIA TACTICAL MATTERS Shooting stars: Leicester striker...

ESSAM EL-HADARY FOOTBALL’S PETER PAN

STEVE KENNEDY LOOKS AT THE AMAZING CAREER OF THE VETERAN EGYPT GOALKEEPER… KING OF THE PHARAOHS EGYPT are unlikely to break...

IT’S A WEIRD WORLD

MAT GUY TAKES AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT SOME OF THE MORE UNUSUAL STORIES FROM FOOTBALL’S SHOWPIECE EVENT STRANGE TALES THE World...

SHATTERED DREAMS

MATT BELL REFLECTS ON THE IMPACT OF THE MUNICH AIR DISASTER ON THE NATIONAL TEAM… ENGLAND’S LOST STARS THE 1958 World...

SIR BOBBY

JOHN LYONS TALKS TO GABRIEL CLARKE ABOUT HIS NEW FILM ON THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AN ENGLISH FOOTBALL GREAT… THE...

GETTING RIGHT TO THE HART OF ITALIA 90

World in Motion - The Inside Story of Italia ’90, The Tournament That Changed Football, by Simon Hart. Published by deCoubertin,...

Mexico ’86 kick-started myWorld Cup love affair!

Robert J Wilson says nothing can beat the magic of football’s showpiece event… WORLD OF ITS OWN FOR me, there is...

THE MATCH OF THE CENTURY

Kevin Halls looks back to when England took on ‘The Rest of the World’ in a prestigious 1963 ‘friendly’… SPECIAL ENCOUNTER...

THE POWER OFPANINI

JOHN LYONS SAYS THE WORLD CUP JUST WOULDN’T BE THE SAME WITHOUT THE FAMOUS STICKER ALBUMS FOOTBALL TRADITION WHEN Giuseppe Panini...

THE ITALIAN JOB

EXPERIENCED JOURNALIST JOHN!WRAGG RECALLS WHAT IT WAS LIKE COVERING ENGLAND AT THE 1990 WORLD CUP THREE LIONS ON TOUR THE last...

DIFFERENT WORLD…

JOHN LYONS PREVIEWS A TOURNAMENT THAT GIVES FOOTBALLS OUTCASTS A CHANCE TO SOWCASE THEIR SKILLS. STAGE TO SHINE CAN’T get to...