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/ 14 years agoTHE GROWING-UP MOMENT YOU REALISE THAT TACTICS AREN’T MINTS
NICK YOUNG on how England’s finally smelling the coffee when it comes to tactics Rory Delap ONE of the great things...
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/ 14 years agoCHINA GIANT IS WAKING AND FLEXING IT’S FOOTBALLING MUSCLES
ANDREW CRAWFORD on why football in China is finally on the up Nicolas Anelka meets his new fans THE Chinese Super...
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/ 14 years agoCruyff ’s funny turn
LIAM MILNER on the trials and tribulations of one of Europe’s biggest clubs that has seen some of its greatest names...
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/ 14 years agoStory of the Blues
MICK RATHBONE spent 35 years as a player and physio at Birmingham, Blackburn and Everton. This extract from ‘The Smell Of...
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/ 14 years agoGoodbye Ceefax
Blocky, slow, clumpy but a much-loved source of vital information. MIKE MARTIN mourns the passing of analogue Ceefax to the big...
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/ 14 years agoCome on Pool City!
PAUL BROWN with the tale of the league “everyone was talking about” in 1978 — but only for 15 weeks Forget...
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/ 14 years agoIn praise of the gaffer
OLLY RICKETTS argues that even today, success requires more than just money As Roger Domeneghetti argued in his excellent piece on...
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/ 14 years agoThe anatomy of a transfer saga
ADAM HURREY of angleofpostandbar.blogspot.com on how players, agents, pundits and the media come together to produce one of the more tedious...
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/ 14 years agoThe ultimate academy
JAMES HERD can’t understand why the big clubs spend so little time and effort scouting players in non-league football Roy Essandoh,...
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/ 14 years agoThe fantastic four
PATRICK JOHN looks past the flashy Dutch masters who took all the headlines at the San Siro 20 years ago and...
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/ 14 years agoRANDOM…
with Patrick John DID YOU KNOW: On Christmas Day 1935, Oldham beat Tranmere 4-1 in the old Third Division North. Big...
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/ 14 years agoInside ‘Franchise FC’
MARK SANDERSON wonders if there’s more to MK Dons than the ‘franchise’ by going to the core of the club, the...
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/ 14 years agoLate Tackle issue four – even slicker than Neil Warnock’s 1970s barnet
Issue four of Late Tackle – in all good newsagents on February 29 ... Continue reading... Access all our premium content...
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/ 14 years agoPilgrims have had their faith tested
TIM HART on what has been the most turbulent, testing, roller-coaster two years in the long history of a club that...
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/ 14 years agoBasqueing in the glory
WALSH’S WORLD Kristian Walsh on matters abroad There’s nothing better in football than watching a team which typifies the city it...
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/ 14 years agoA reluctant champion
In an extract from excellent new book ‘Joe Fagan, a reluctant champion’ ANDREW FAGAN and MARK PLATT recall the drama of...
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/ 14 years agoThe good doctor
STEPHEN TUDOR pays a personal tribute to the football genius that was Socrates After a long battle with illness, the great...
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/ 14 years agoMy affair with Reading
MARK SEGAL had a break from his beloved West Ham to run off with another team Support for your football club...
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/ 14 years agoPop down the local
CHRIS MARTIN wishes most Manchester United fans still came from Salford Prawn sandwiches, floppy jester hats, a brand new replica kit...
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/ 14 years agoSpecial reserves that made the grade
SAM HUGHES on a team that were more than just ‘the stiffs’ Generally, reserve sides of big clubs in Spain struggle. Whether...
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/ 14 years agoWelcome to Late Tackle
FIRST of all, a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year – and thanks for buying Late Tackle. We’ve had a lot...
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/ 14 years agoThe missing Lincs
ALAN JOHNSON reports on a torrid time for Lincolnshire that has seen four league clubs reduced to just one When Aldershot...
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/ 14 years agoHAIR WE GO
WE’RE as guilty as anyone for mourning all that’s gone from the game, but there’s one thing that has remained constant...
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/ 14 years agoRANDOM…
with Patrick John DID YOU KNOW: Wycombe Wanderers’ mascot, Bodger, is based on a real person, former striker Tony ‘Bodger’ Horseman....
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/ 14 years agoFred Pentland — the man in the bowler hat
SAM HUGHES tells the amazing tale of the Englishman that gave Spain their footballing identity and once managed a team that...
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/ 14 years agoThe one-cap wonder
PATRICK JOHN on the player that epitomised a decade and was loved by fans of two very different clubs, if not...
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/ 14 years agoThe future’s bright, the future’s Belgium
JASPER TAYLOR reckons one of Europe’s lesser lights can match their neighbours The ‘Red Devils’ is a nickname regularly spouted in...
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/ 14 years agoA cluster of cliches
ADAM HURREY of angleofpostandbar.blogspot.com runs a few choice football phrases up the flagpole to see who drops their trousers The animal...
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/ 14 years agoIt’s groundhog day
CHARLIE McCANN of Victor Chandler isn’t holding out too much hope for England England limped into the Finals of next year’s...
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/ 14 years agoIt’s still ref-fing hell
Football dynasties come and go but one opponent remains undefeated. Mark SanderSon assesses the task facing the Fa’s respect programme in...
