Interviews

In a generic fixture in 1997, Des Linton leapt into the air when an opposition player made a dangerous challenge....

On 22nd July 1981, spectators inside the Spartan Stadium cluster together to form a modest crowd of just over 11,000....

It is a Friday morning. You are preparing to coach your players for tomorrow’s fixture against a promotion contender. You...

The stoker The stoker is responsible for continually feeding the fire, ensuring the smooth running of the engine. Sure, the...

In a bygone era of football, it was commonplace for up-and-coming football managers to cut their teeth in non-league or...

To the match-going football fan, a team may, on occasion, appear to be just 11 players out on the field...

In May 2008, Bob Booker was taking a break from football on holiday in Menorca. He was out of the...

Goalkeeping coach Mick Payne knows the English Non-League set-up quite well. His role at Dagenham and Redbridge led to him...

The bond between football and the media has become so interwoven over recent decades that it almost resembles a co-dependent...

Dave Bassett has countless stories to tell. They are locked in his vault and each one is always ready to...

A look at the cruel side of football; the side we don't see on Sky Sports at 4pm Sunday Football...

‘It’s an isolated position and it really needs specialised psychology,’ wrote former Scotland manager Gordan Strachan on goalkeeping in 2004. The...

In this episode, Mark speaks to Justin Walley, who in 2018 guided Matabeleland to the finals of the CONIFA World...

We talk to David Squires - cartoonist and satirist at The Guardian - about his brilliant new book, Goalless Draws...

BY MARK GODFREYIt’s been an eventful few months for Anthony Johnson. In April he and his long time management partner,...

TIM BALDWIN battles through both physical and mental anguish to recall better times; times when he and his brother took...