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AROUND THE GROUNDS
Still No.1 for both Hearts and Scotland, the 42-year-old goalkeeper is as determined as ever – not least to secure a place at the World Cup...
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“PEOPLE ASK IF SCORING INSIDE A FULL GROUND IS BETTER THAN PLAYING A LIVE GIG. WELL, I’VE DONE BOTH...”
The shaggy-haired striker remembers fixing Clough’s drinks, scoring Forest’s last European winner and playing sold-out rock shows all around the world
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August 2025
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“I KNEW OF THE POLITICS BUT NOT THE MATCH ATMOSPHERE AT ST PAULI. IT’S LIKE A FESTIVAL EVERY WEEK!”
The Kiezkicker’s Aussie skipper discusses breaking through at Celtic, mixing it with Lionel Messi and why pink hair and moustaches are normal at St Pauli
5 min |
August 2025
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WREXHAM'S RISE? A LOAD OF COBBLERS!
Sixty years ago, Northampton enjoyed their sole top-flight campaign, following three promotions in five years
2 min |
August 2025
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AROUND THE GROUNDS
The manager of the National League's first Cornish club on huge ambitions and seeing his own letter of dismissal get printed before his eyes...
5 min |
August 2025
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WATFORD The Elton John years
The late Oli Phillips reported for the Watford Observer from 1968 to 2005 prior to his passing, he gave FFT the fascinating inside story of a rock 'n' roll superstar's love affair with his club...
10+ min |
August 2025
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FULHAM HOME 2001-02
FourFourTwo's resident shirt aficionado dishes up a slice of sponsorship history with a corker from Craven Cottage
3 min |
August 2025
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GARY NEVILLE “THIS IS THE GREATEST THING I'VE EVER DONE”
At their very own university, the former full-back and Class of '92 pals are teaching students about the business of football, including data analysis and player recruitment - with a little help from Salford City. He explains all...
5 min |
August 2025
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HOW ARSENAL CONQUERED THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
No English women's club side had been European champions since the Gunners themselves in 2007 – their journey back to the top owed much to smart recruitment, huge crowds and crazy comebacks...
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August 2025
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I hope I entertained people – I know I did, to be honest
With all the nonchalance of a rock star, Dimitar Berbatov was a cult figure during his career. He tells FourFourTwo how he became a style icon, via pig bladders and spaghetti westerns
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August 2025
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PYRAMIDS FC AFRICA'S NEW CHAMPIONS
Like Arsenal Women, there were underdog winners in the men's CAF Champions League. Renamed in 2018, the Egyptian winners didn't even have a domestic league title in the bank
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August 2025
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RUUD AWAKENING
Thirty years ago this summer, swaggering Dutch great Ruud Gullit brought sexy football to Stamford Bridge and began Chelsea's trophywinning era – even if toe-breaking blizzards tended to make him angry
10 min |
August 2025
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"I SHOULD’VE SCYTHED DOWN THOMAS AS HE RAN THROUGH IN ’89 - IT STILL RANKLES WITH ME TO THIS DAY"
The ex-Liverpool and Republic of Ireland midfielder recalls a potty-mouthed Ken Bates, disagreeing with Graeme Souness and a visit to the Vatican City...
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August 2025
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THANK F**K IT'S FRIDAY
Wild child Robin Friday was a pro footballer for less than four years, and dead before he was 40. But his legend lives on, thanks to his skills and his antics - from squeezing Bobby Moore's testicles to impersonating a policeman
10 min |
August 2025
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SCOTLAND'S STADIUM SWAP
Hamilton Academical and Clyde will be hosting games in each other’s grounds in 2025-26, following a series of increasingly ludicrous events...
2 min |
August 2025
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ROCK ON
Some footballers were just quintessentially rock 'n' roll, be they music buffs, style icons or hellraisers – or all of the above...
10+ min |
August 2025
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OASIS & MAN CITY: ALL PART OF
THE MAS
10 min |
August 2025
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SACKED, BANNED, JAILED: GEORGE BEST AFTER MANCHESTER UNITED
The icon's Old Trafford exit aged 27 paved the way for a decade of globe-trotting and drama, as everybody tried to sign the former Ballon d'Or winner... with mixed results
10+ min |
August 2025
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PAT NEVIN
The ex-Chelsea and Scotland man, and ardent music fan, picks four figures who have inspired him down the years
2 min |
August 2025
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CHRISTIAN VIERI
\"I'd go to restaurants in Milan with Ronaldo, and people would stand up and applaud. I thought, 'What the f**k - are we The Beatles?!'\"
10+ min |
August 2025
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JULES BREACH
The TNT Sports presenter looks back on a season where underdogs constantly defied the odds
3 min |
August 2025
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JOHNNY VAUGHAN
The TV and radio presenter discusses referee vendettas, coating off Lionel Messi and letting Rafa Benitez look after his children
5 min |
August 2025
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OASIS & MAN CITY: ALL PART OF: THE MASTERPLAN
In 1994, a legendary photographer shot some iconic portraits for a soon-to-be legendary band. As Oasis' reunion tour begins, the snapper and others explain how football was at the heart of their supersonic rise
10+ min |
August 2025
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OWEN HARGREAVES
\"At 10 Downing Street, Cherie Blair said, 'You're Canadian, so why do you play for England?\" It hurt. I was like, 'Sorry, what?\"\"\"
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July 2025
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“IT LOOKED AS IF ALI DIA HAD NEVER PLAYED FOOTBALL - WE COULDN’T BELIEVE HE WAS ON THE PITCH”
The Norwegian striker remembers George Weah’s dubious ‘cousin’ at Saints, as well as Le God’s genius and falling out with Graeme Souness at Blackburn
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July 2025
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"I DECIDED TO LAY A MARKER ON TEVEZ AT OLD TRAFFORD.IT DIDN'T SEEM TO BOTHER HIM TOO MUCH..."
The former defender talks the art of tackling, proving the doubters wrong, making Alex Ferguson angry and winning the League Cup with Birmingham
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July 2025
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RISE OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY
Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad have gone deep in Europe in recent times, by mining fertile local talent pools. In a four-day trip to the region, FFT visits those clubs and more, to find out how quarries in Euskal Herria have thrived
10+ min |
July 2025
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English football's darkest months
The Heysel disaster in May 1985 brought to an end 11 weeks of turmoil in which 96 supporters went to watch the sport they loved but never came home. Forty years on, FFT recalls the tragic inspiration for a new fan dawn
9 min |
July 2025
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A SUMMER OF TOURNAMENTS
The Women's Euros may be the major showpiece of 2025, but other national teams are preparing to go toe-to-toe too, in Morocco, Minneapolis and more...
3 min |
July 2025
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SWINDON TOWN HOME 2009-11
FFT's football shirt buff revisits the age of the asymmetric by picking out a pair of Robins tops with a rather familiar sponsor...
3 min |