LUCAS STEPS UP

BARNABY ROSTANT REPORTS ON THE WINDING ROAD TAKEN BY BRAZILIAN GOALKEEPER LUCAS COVOLAN... Magic moment: Goalkeeper Lucas Covolan scores for Torquay...

DUGOUT DEMANDS

RICHARD SAYELL LOOKS AT THE FORTUNES OF STAR PLAYERS WHO HAVE STEPPED INTO MANAGEMENT... Derby Chelsea Valencia Monaco Montreal Derby R...

BIG BEN CHIMES FOR CHILE

JOHN LYONS REPORTS ON THE EXPLOITS OF BLACKBURN ROVERS STRIKER BEN BRERETON IN SOUTH AMERICA... What a feeling! Ben Brereton is...

WE’RE NEARLY THERE!

CHRIS DUNLAVY SAYS CRITICISM OF ENGLAND BOSS GARETH SOUTHGATE’S CONSERVATIVE STYLE IS WIDE OF THE MARK - AND THE THREE LIONS...

DON AND DUSTED

ERIK SAMUELSON TELLS CHRIS DUNLAVY ABOUT HIS BOOK CHARTING THE INCREDIBLE RISE OF AFC WIMBLEDON... We’ve Don it! AFC Wimbledon celebrate...

ALF’S BAPTISM OF FIRE

COLIN ALLAN RECALLS WHEN ENGLAND MADE AN EARLY ‘EUROS’ EXIT IN 1963 UNDER THEIR NEW MANAGER On the stretch: Jimmy Armfield...

ERIK’S EFFORT PAYS OFF

All Together Now, by Erik Samuelson, published by Pitch Publishing, Price: £19.99 ALL Together Now is billed as ‘The Extraordinary Story...

AN UNFORGETTABLE EUROS

ROBERT J WILSON PICKS OUT SOME OF HIS HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE CONTINENTAL SHOWPIECE... THERE is no doubting that Euro 2020 will...

MAGIC MACCA

SAM TODD TAKES A LOOK BACK AT THE LIFE OF PORTSMOUTH AND REP OF IRELAND STAR ALAN McLOUGHLIN ALAN McLoughlin’s death...

GO FOR IT, GARETH

CHRIS DUNLAVY EXPLAINS WHY THE ENGLAND BOSS MUST RELEASE THE HANDBRAKE IF THE THREE LIONS ARE TO TRIUMPH IN THE EUROS......

CHE SHOWS THE WAY

KEEPING THE FAITH KEITH DIXON  EXAMINES  HOW  DETERMINED  STRIKER CHE ADAMS HAS FOUGHT HIS WAY TO THE TOP OF THE GAME......

KEEPING IT REAL

SAM TODD SUGGESTS ENGLAND FANS SHOULDN’T GET TOO EXCITED ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP GLORY THIS SUMMER... WOULD it really...

WALES’ LOCAL HEROES

DAVID COLLINS HIGHLIGHTS THE GROWTH OF PLAYERS AT WELSH CLUBS GOING ON TO REPRESENT THEIR COUNTRY HAVING players from your club...

TERRY’S EURO ’96 WARM-UP

STUART STEELYARD RECALLS HOW TERRY VENABLES PLOTTED ENGLAND’S COURSE TOWARDS A MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS ON HOME TURF... AFTER Graham Taylor’s England failed...

SKY BLUES THRILLER

LIFELONG FAN KEVIN HALLS RECALLS HIS FAVOURITE COVENTRY CITY MATCH... HAVING been a Coventry supporter for 60 years, I have seen...

A ROLLERCOASTER LEEDS RIDE

AUTHOR STEVEN DAWSON EXPLAINS WHAT IT’S LIKE TO HAVE FOLLOWED HIS BELOVED TEAM FOR A QUARTER OF A CENTURY... ALTHOUGH I’d experienced...

THE RISE OF FANTASY FOOTBALL

MAX NYREN LOOKS AT HOW THE POPULAR GAME HAS GROWN FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS INTO A PHENOMENON... IT’S early August. Millions of...

ENGLAND NEED FAB FODEN

GARETH SOUTHGATE MUST PLAY MANCHESTER CITY STAR PHIL FODEN AT THE EUROS IF THE THREE LIONS ARE TO BE SUCCESSFUL, ARGUES...

BLACKPOOL’S ITALIAN JOB

COLIN ALLAN RECALLS WHEN THE SEASIDERS SHONE ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE... Crav-ing success: Overjoyed Blackpool skipper John Craven holds the Anglo-Italian...

CROATIAN SPURS

BARNABY ROSTANT RECALLS  WHEN THREE COMPATRIOTS PLAYED A STARRING ROLE  AT TOTTENHAM... Earning their Spurs: Vedran Corluka   Niko Kranjcar in action...

CURTIS COMES OF AGE

JAMES SMITH EXAMINES THE IMPACT OF YOUNG MIDFIELDER CURTIS JONES IN A TOUGH CAMPAIGN FOR LIVERPOOL... Making his mark: Curtis Jones...

TERRIFIC TYKES

BILLY MULLEY EXAMINES UNHERALDED BARNSLEY’S SUPERB SEASON... Take that: Loan signing Daryl Dike rifles home a superb winner against Birmingham ARGUABLY...

BOWYER BOOSTS BLUES

LIFELONG BIRMINGHAM CITY FAN KEITH DIXON GIVES HIS TAKE ON ANOTHER MANAGERIAL CHANGE AT ST ANDREW’S - AND FINDS REASONS TO...

ERNIE MOSS ONE OF OUR OWN

VOLODYMYR HOLOD TELLS THE TALE OF A TRUE CHESTERFIELD LEGEND AND HIS FAMILY’S BID TO SAFEGUARD PLAYERS AGAINST BRAIN INJURIES On...

HIGHFIELD ROAD HEAVEN

COVENTRY CITY SUPPORTER KEVIN HALLS RECALLS THE SKY BLUES’ FAMOUS OLD HOME... The way it was: Coventry’s old Highfield Road ground...

ALEX PUTS SOUL IN STEVENAGE

JOHN LYONS TALKS TO BORO MANAGER ALEX REVELL ABOUT HIS TESTING FIRST YEAR IN THE DUGOUT Getting his message across: Stevenage boss...

KILLIE KINGS

JAMES M GOWLAND RECALLS WHEN KILMARNOCK BECAME SCOTTISH CHAMPIONS FOR THE ONLY TIME IN THEIR HISTORY - IN A DRAMATIC CLIMAX...

CHELSEA CASH IN

DYLAN KRAIN EXAMINES THE BLUES’ SPENDING SPREE AMID THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF COVID-19 Hit and miss: Big-money signing Timo Werner has...

SUPER SERGIO

JOHN LYONS EXAMINES THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE ARGENTINIAN GOAL KING AT MANCHESTER CITY OVER THE PAST DECADE... Magic moment: Sergio Aguero...

WEDNESDAY WOES

LUKE PHELPS EXAMINES WHAT’S GONE WRONG AT HILLSBOROUGH... WHERE do you begin with Sheffield Wednesday? From boardroom to dressing room, the...