Features

This is where you will find all of Late Tackle’s original Features which are full of expertise, analysis and opinion.

CARTOON CAPERS

Our resident artist Bob Bond laments the demise of the match cartoonist Tomorrow I’d like you to do Horwich Railwaymen’s […]

Troy Deeney celebrates scoring in play-off final 2015

HAPPY WITH OUR LOT

Watford fan Jonny Brick is quite content with his team never going up and never going down When Declan Rice […]

HOWARD’S WAY

LIFELONG BIRMINGHAM CITY SUPPORTER KEITH DIXON RECALLS WHEN HOWARD KENDALL HELPED SAVE THE BLUES FROM RELEGATION HALF A CENTURY AGO… […]

THE POWER OF PUNDITRY

Jonny Brick gives five reasons why punditry, or ‘banternalysis’ as he calls it, remains a key pillar of today’s football […]

THE WISE OLD OWL

Jonny Brick examines the career of legendary coach and manager Roy Hodgson ROY Hodgson has not yet written his memoir. […]

PURE FOOTBALL

Gordon Milne: Shankly, My Dad and Me, with Steve Younger, published by Pitch Publishing, Price: £25 IN HIS engrossing football […]

CUP FUN OVERFLOWS

The Magic of the FA Cup!, by Bob Bond, published by Pitch Publishing, Price: £19.99 IF YOU’RE a fan of […]

TWO BECOME ONE

On-song Dave Colmer explores whether you can support two football teams Back in 1996, the Spice Girls (remember them!) once […]

SCORPION KICKS

Alan Ayre explains why every team should have at least one Scorpio… FROM time immemorial Scorpio* has been considered the […]

POETIC TALES

Hinterlands – Travels around England’s non-league football grounds, by Christopher Towers, published by Big White Shed, Price: £10 FOOTBALL and […]

PASSING THE BATON

The Ghosts of Inchmery Road, by Mat Guy, published by 1889 Books, Price: £10.99 ANYONE who has read Mat Guy’s […]

DELVING DEEP

Unfit and Improper Persons: An Idiot’s Guide to Owning a Football Club, by Kevin Day, Kieran Maguire and Guy Kilty, […]

A COLOURFUL STORY

The Shirt Hunter – One man’s ceaseless pursuit of classic football kits, by Peris Hatton with Derek Hatton and Gary […]

MARSHALL ISLANDS’ MISSION

Steve Kennedy reports on the Pacific Ocean country’s bid to establish themselves on the world football map Football is undergoing […]

ENGLAND GLORY

Answered Prayers: England and the 1966 World Cup, by Duncan Hamilton, published by Riverrun, Price: £24.99 ‘ANSWERED Prayers’ is Duncan […]

GUNNING FOR CHANGE

Turncoat – How I Stopped Supporting Arsenal and Found a New Team, by Matt Coughlan, published by Pitch Publishing, Price: […]

FOOTBALL ON GRANDSTAND

Sam Todd looks back at a much loved television programme from yesteryear… FOR those of us who became hooked on […]

CUP OF CHEERS

A Sprinkle of Magic – Non-League Clubs in the FA Cup, by Aaron Moore, published by Pitch Publishing, Price: £12.99 […]

DOING ERNIE PROUD

Ernie! Hearfelt Recollections of the Footballing Legend Ernie Moss, by Stephen Poxon, published by Pitch Publishing, Price: £16.99 TO SAY […]

COVERING ALL ANGLES

Football and how to survive it, by Pat Nevin, published by Monoray, Price: £22 THIS is Pat Nevin’s second memoir, […]

WHAT NEXT FOR DRAGONS?

It’s Always Sunny in Wrexham, by Andrew Foley Jones, Price: £5.99 AFTER all that’s happened at Wrexham over the last […]

Going Places

Thomas Heath looks at the path taken by Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo’s new stomping grounds… ONCE upon a time, […]

Pretty Poly

Author Alex Ireland reflects on the history of the football shirt… THE humble football shirt has had a dramatic evolution […]

ENGAGING MEMOIR HITS SPOT

Inshallah United -AStory of Faith and Football, by Nooruddean Choudry, Published by Harper North, Price: £16.99 INSHALLAH United is an […]

The Kompany way

Alan Ayre examines how Burnley boss Vincent Kompany is using the lessons he’s learned to bring the glory days back […]