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...

KENNY DALGLISH’S CELTIC GLORY DAYS

David Docherty looks back at a time when a young Scottish striker was making his name… LOOKING BACK I HAVE never...

VILLAGE PEOPLE

PAUL ARMSTRONG REFLECTS ON THE CHARM OF VILLAGE FOOTBALL AND THE ‘AGRICULTURAL!GAME’… VILLAGE Football. Don’t you just love it? Well, probably...

PROUD TIBET SEEK RETURN

MAT GUY REFLECTS ON WATCHING THE TIBETANS PLAY A DOZEN YEARS AGO AND EXPLAINS HOW THEY’RE TRYING TO GET BACK IN...

THE MADNESS OF FOOTBALL

KEVIN!HALLS PONDERS IF THE GAME IS BECOMING EVER-MORE CRAZY AS TIMES GOES BY… CAUGHT IN THE CHAOS The price you have...

COVENTRY CITY THE INVISIBLE CLUB

JOHN WRAGG TAKES A LOOK AT HOW THE SKY BLUES HAVE BECOME OUTSIDERS IN THEIR OWN HOME JOHN WRAGG SKY BLUE...

Everybody Loved Raymond

ROBERT J WILSON pays tribute to the late, great Ray Wilkins… ROBERT J WILSON MIDFIELD MAESTRO BORN in Hillingdon, west London...

THE RISE AND FALL OF FREDDY ADU

STEVE KENNEDY LOOKS AT HOW A TEENAGE PRODIGY HAS FOUND IT TOUGH TO FULFIL HIS TALENT!… STEVE KENNEDY FADED DREAMS AT...

Stanley Matthews Scourge of the Scots

COLIN ALLAN recalls when an England winger repeatedly tormented the Auld Enemy… AN ABIDING stereotype claims Scots are tight-fisted. Yet in...

ARSENE DESERVES RESPECT

ROBERT J WILSON SAYS WHAT ARSENAL MANAGER ARSENE WENGER HAS ACHIEVED WITH THE GUNNERS SHOULDN’T BE FORGOTTEN EVEN IF THE END...

Crisis? try York City…

SAM RADCLIFFE explains why fans of the big clubs have no need to whinge about their problems NON-LEAGUE West Ham’s Mark...

THE RISE OF FOOTBALL TECHNOLOGY

Spencer Buchan takes a look at how the game has changed – and is changing now… PATH TO THE FUTURE Spencer...

TONY’S TALES MAKE FOR A TOP READ…

Irish Soccer Migrants – A Social and Cultural History, by Conor Curran, published by Cork University Press, price: £24 (hardback), Rating...

KING KEV

JAMES RICHARDS CATCHES UP WITH EVERGREEN MORECAMBE STRIKER KEVIN ELLISON TO DISCUSS THE 39-YEAR-OLD’S!CAREER AND HOPES FOR THE FUTURE GOAL-DEN OLDIE...

THE TOP 10 FOOTBALL FILMS EVER…

MICHAEL RENOUF GIVES US HIS TAKE ON THE MOVIES THAT HAVE HIT THE TARGET MICHAEL RENOUF AT THE MOVIES 10. MIKE...

Swindon fans Keeping it Real

JACK LOWERS says supporters of lower league clubs are the heartbeat of the game FOOTBALL PASSION ENGLISH football is very much...

THE MAGIC OF MO

LIVERPOOL FAN CHRIS WILLIAMS HAILS THE IMPACT OF NEW REDS HERO MOHAMED SALAH… KING OF THE KOP SHOOTING STAR: Liverpool’s Mohamed...

THE MIGHTY MAGYARS

KEITH DIXON RECALLS WHEN SHELL-SHOCKED ENGLAND WERE OUTCLASSED AT WEMBLEY STADIUM… LOOKING BACK IN THE FIRING LINE: England keeper Gil Merrick...

EVANS SPICES UP POSH

IAN MCFARLANE TAKES A LOOK AT THE EXTRAORDINARY CAREER OF PETERBOROUGH UNITED’S NEW MANAGER MANAGER ON MOVE Glory day: Steve Evans...

Meeting George Best

STUART BOLTON recalls the day he briefly met a football legend A GLIMPSE OF FAME ACOUPLE of days after one of...

IT’S TIME THE THREE LIONS ROARED!

MATT BELL reckons England should be able to perform better than in recent times in Russia this summer… ENGLAND’S MISSION Frozen...

WELCOME TO LATE TACKLE

IF YOU’RE a regular reader, thanks for your continued support. If you’re a new reader… then where have you been? (Only...

Kenilworth Road a dying breed

Mat Guy takes a close look at one of the old-style grounds that is likely to soon bid farewell… CHANGING STADIA...

IN DEFENCE OF THEO

DAN BILLINGHAM SAYS THE FORMER ARSENAL FLYER DIDN’T DESERVE THE UNFLATTERING THIERRY HENRY COMPARISONS DAN BILLINGHAM In the shadow of a...

DONNY DISMAY

IAN McFARLANE LOOKS BACK AT DONCASTER ROVERS’ NIGHTMARE SEASON TWO DECADES AGO IAN McFARLANE AFTER a New Year of ale and...

NOOR HUSIN FROM AFGHANISTAN TO NOTTS

MAT GUY TAKES A LOOK AT THE LIFE OF A PLAYER WHO HAS COME A LONG WAY… MAT GUY AN UNLIKELY...

Cumbrians at the Crossroads

JAMES RICHARDS examines the situation at Carlisle United and discovers it’s a pivotal time for the club… JAMES RICHARDS CARLISLE UNITED...

WHEN KEVIN KEEGAN FELL OFF HIS BIKE!

SIMON SHELDON RECALLS WHEN TELEVISION SHOW SUPERSTARS WAS A SMASH HIT AND A LIVERPOOL AND ENGLAND STAR CAME A CROPPER SIMON...