Late Tackle

WHAT A SEASON!

by
The Late Tackle Magazine Team
2 June 2025

TOM WINCH EXPLORES SOME OF THE WORLD’S MORE UNUSUAL LEAGUE FORMATS

On the ball: Sheriff, right, in action in the UEFA Conference League

FOR most fans, a football season is a nine-month long period of contrasting emotions, flicking between joy and despair one weekend to the next as quickly as a light switch. However, it isn’t always like that:
GREENLAND: THE LEAGUE THAT LASTS A WEEK
The surprisingly football-growing country of Greenland hosts one of the more bizarre domestic league campaigns – lasting for just one week.
With the Danish territory providing a be...

Continue reading...

Access all our premium content for less than 50p per week!

SUBSCRIBE

Already a subscriber to our website? Login

More in Late Tackle

FOOTBALL AGAINST THE ENEMY

IN HIS LATEST PIECE ON FOOTBALL LITERATURE, JONNY BRICK HEADS BACK TO 1994, WHEN...
SEEING DIEGO

MARTIN MAZUR ON WHEN DIEGO MARADONA WAS BANNED FOR DRUG USE AND THEN MADE...
THE INVINCIBLES OF CWMBRAN TOWN

POET AND TRAVELLING WRITER CHRIS TOWERS HEADED TO SOUTH WALES TO WATCH A SIDE...
EAST ASIAN SPARKLERS

SAM SHEPPEY EXPLAINS WHY FOOTBALL LEAGUE CLUBS ARE INCREASINGLY HONING IN ON PLAYERS FROM...