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MIKE APPLEBY

Football man who broke all barriers

NOW I KNOW ALL THE RULES

Trophy winner to top cop and assistant referee

TREAT US ALL THE SAME!

STEP 2 CLUBS AREN’T A SEPARATE ENTITY

‘I won at Wembley yet now I'm much happier'

TEN years ago, Dave Bayliss led unfancied Barrow to a remarkable victory over Stevenage to lift the FA Trophy at Wembley. Three years, one relegation and the acrimonious departure of co-manager Darren Sheridan later, he was sacked.

THERE'S STILL LIFE IN LORRAINE

SIX years ago, Paul Lorraine was told it was likely he would never play football again – but after defying the odds he’s now searching for one last opportunity.

THE CREAM WILL RISE TO THE TOP

Crisis could create divide

BUBBLE WILL NEVER BURST

In an extract from his hit book The Card: Every Match, Every Mile – published by Ockley Books – we catch up with Chester super-fan Steve Hill on his trip to Wrexham

IT WAS MORE MENTALITY THAN TALENT WHICH GAVE ME THE EDGE

GRANT Holt finished the 2011-12 Premier League season as the second-highest scoring Englishman behind Wayne Rooney.

ARDLEY: WE MUST PLAY TO A FINISH

NOTTS County boss Neal Ardley has called for promotion from the National League season to be settled through the play-offs – even if it’s all concluded in double-quick time.

The Principality pointed way perfectly for the new millennium

Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at rugby’s best grounds

Question time at Twickenham

GRAEME Cattermole, the former chairman of the RFU, has written an explosive letter to a member of the RFU council which lays bare the apparent financial inadequacies of the governing body.

It's the good life now for the family Yapp

On a sheep farm in Shropshire, NEALE HARVEY talks to Tony Yapp and his sister Jo about their careers in men’s and women’s rugby

Itoje can compete with the Bok giants

2021 LIONS A YEAR TO GO. NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE CONTENDERS FOR EACH POSITION

Global season must happen to make rugby a world sport

Q&A ALAN SOLOMONS ON THE RECORD

Hogg is loving life after Jack's warm welcome

Scotland star Stuart Hogg tells Neale Harvey how West Country life is exceeding expectations

Empty grounds? You'd be surprised by the chatter

MY first thought about playing two instalments of the Six Nations next season, with the earlier one replacing the October/November Autumn series window, is that the overriding consideration should not be about money, but whether it is safe to play.

Age 30, I felt ready for the ‘real world'

MY LIFE IN RUGBY DAVE LEWIS THE FORMER GLOUCESTER, EXETER AND HARLEQUINS SCRUM-HALF

Cross Green's home to generations of Melvilles

MY CLUB OTLEY WE SPEAK TO A NUMBER OF WELL-KNOWN RUGBY FIGURES ABOUT THE CLUB THEY CALL THEIR OWN, THIS WEEK NIGEL MELVILLE

A sea of people hailed Carling like a Messiah

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful

IT SHOULDN'T BE UP TO US!

I won’t be voting, says Glovers chief

IT'S ALL IN VAIN FOR GOAL ACES

IT’S a season which for many won’t appear in the history books but try telling that to the strikers on course for a Golden Boot.

PREPARE FOR A COVID FIRESALE

RECENTLY, I spoke to a man who works in recruitment at one of the Championship’s thriftiest clubs.

BROWN: WE'RE STUCK IN A JAM

Boss is fear of Tiptree exodus

WE MUST PROTECT ETHOS OF THE NLS

WHAT kind of National League System do we want? Null and void? Points-per-game? Season extensions? It seems that we’ve talked of little else over recent weeks.

OUR CLUBS DESERVE TO HAVE THEIR SAY

WITH NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAIRMAN BRIAN BARWICK

IRON HANDED ME ARTHUR CHANCE!

TEENAGE midfielder Arthur Iontton was left frustrated when his Braintree Town loan was scuppered by the coronavirus pandemic, but insists it was still a ‘great experience’.

It was oh so Stimple for the trophy king of the Noughties

WHO won the first competitive silverware at the new Wembley? Who won four FA Trophies in the 2000s, including three in a row as a manager and at three different venues?

DOWSE: I THOUGHT I WAS A GONER!

Cards boss reveals his Coronavirus scare

BEWARE! THERE'S A TSUNAMI COMING

Doswell: Step 2 deserve a say

May-day for opponents as Jonny just gets better

JONNY May’s move back to Kingsholm is great news for Gloucester fans because he would have to be in the reckoning for one of the wing shirts in any World XV. What strikes me is that he is the most improved player I’ve seen in the England squad. Over the last three seasons he has been right up there, and he tops the list ahead of Tom Curry and Sam Underhill.