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WE'LL MISS YOU, EL TEL

SAM SHEPPEY TAKES A LOOK BACK AT THE LIFE OF THE LATE, GREAT TERRY VENABLES...

DON'T FORGET, BECKS COULD PLAY!

ROBERT J WILSON REFLECTS ON THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A CERTAIN DAVID BECKHAM...

THE ART OF FOOTBALL

KENT-BASED CRYSTAL PALACE FAN STUART RYAN TELLS US ABOUT HIS UNEXPECTED CAREER CHANGE...

WHAT A GREAT GUY

TOM GREEN LOOKS BACK AT THE INCREDIBLE REIGN OF GUY ROUX AT AUXERRE...

GLAD ALL OVER!

MATTHEW LUDDINGTON TELLS US ABOUT HIS LOVE AFFAIR WITH CRYSTAL PALACE THROUGH GOOD TIMES AND BAD...

STAT'S AMAZING

BARNABY ROSTANT TAKES A LOOK AT THE INCREDIBLE IMPACT OF JUDE BELLINGHAM AT REAL MADRID...

HEART AND SOUL THE MARK O BRIEN STORY

MATHEW MANN TALKS TO THE FORMER NEWPORT COUNTY DEFENDER ABOUT HIS INCREDIBLE ROLLERCOASTER RIDE

AT THE DOUBLE DOWN UNDER

ADAM CATTELL REPORTS ON THE PLANS TO ADD A SECOND DIVISION TO THE AUSTRALIAN CLUB FOOTBALL SCENE...

JOURNEY TO THE HINTERLANDS

CHRIS TOWERS REPORTS ON HIS TRIP TO SEE THE NEW SAINTS TAKE ON BALA TOWN

TWO BECOME ONE

ON-SONG DAVE COLMER EXPLORES WHETHER YOU CAN SUPPORT TWO FOOTBALL TEAMS

PROUD TO BE RAISINGIBAR

BARTON Rovers’ transformation over the past decade has been nothing short of extraordinary.

MICKLEOVER MUST TAKE THE CREDIT, SAYS MICKY

OLDHAM boss Micky Mellon was full of priase for Mickleover’s spirited performance after the National League side scrambled a draw and then won on penalties.

Varley gets Bears back in winners' enclosure

BRISTOL Bears got back to winning ways with an eight-try victory at Franklin’s Gardens.

Mann happy he made the switch from football

FOOTBALL’S loss is proving to be rugby’s gain in the case of URC top tackler Alex Mann.

We're not the whipping boys - Sanderson

ALEX Sanderson is relishing Sale’s novel status as underdogs as the Premiership leaders prepare to face some of the best sides in Europe, starting with a home game against Stade Francais.

Minnows can make splash of a whale

ACCORDING to Donald J Trump – you may have heard of him – “losers” are the lowest of the low, “suckers” and “schmucks”. One of the founding principles of what might loosely be called his philosophy, it applies even to the military.

Freeman double has Saints on the march

ON the move domestically, and on the march in Europe.

GULLS ARE BEST OF THE WEST

IN the end, it was finishing power up front which proved the deciding factor of this west country affair as Torquay United from the National League South overcame Step 4 Frome Town from the Southern League Division One South.

BLUES HAVE A BOLD VISION!

BRENTWOOD chairman Jez Dickinson jokes he might not have taken the helm at the Isthmian North club in 2019 if he’d really thought it through.

BULLS SEE OFF BRAVE SPARKS

A GOAL from Adam Rooney was enough for Hereford to see off brave Step 4 side South Park (Reigate) at Edgar Street.

Slade leads Chiefs on smash and grab raid

EXETER’S struggles on the road have been well documented over the past year, but the Chiefs produced the perfect ‘smash and grab’ to win in the south of France.

Rampant Bath storm to the winning post

WHEN a side has an outside-half of Finn Russell’s vision and daring, it comes down to how much possession he enjoys, as well as its quality. Bath’s forwards were rampant on the club’s return to the Champions Cup on an afternoon when the scrum reasserted itself.

Ice-cool Sheedy the hero for Bears

IT WAS a night of dizzying figures. Twenty four unanswered points by Lyon in the second half. The clock five minutes into the red. And three sweet, sweet drop goal points from Callum Sheedy to win it for the Bears.

Saracens make it too easy for Bulls

THE Blue Bulls deservedly won this heavyweight clash but there was a minor triumph in defeat for Sarries who somehow prevented them claiming what had seemed like an inevitable try bonus.

Dynamic duo put life back into Bath

BEN Spencer has partnered two of the leading outside- halves of their generation, Owen Farrell and Finn Russell, and although they have contrasting styles and temperaments, he believes they are very similar.

DABBERS' DELIGHT AT CITY SHOCK

PAUL Carden lavished praise on his Nantwich Town heroes after Nantwich Town overcame a 64-place deficit to knock York City out of the Isuzu FA Trophy.

IT'S TIME TO DEAL US IN AGAIN!

DEAL Town’s illustrious triumph in winning the FA Vase in 2000 remains a landmark achievement for the Kent club – and current boss Steve King has his sights firmly set on forging new chapters of success.

BOARS GET THE HORNETS' BUZZ

RICARDO FERNANDES says Roffey have been inspired by Horsham in their bid to do an unprecedented quadruple.

POOLS POOP CITY'S PARTY!

Michael Meadows

Williams: I'd back call to get rid of Sweeney

THE Championship’s joint top try scorer David Williams has called for Sport England or another organisation to get involved and provide some accountability to decisions being made at Twickenham.