"Once I picked up a drink, I couldn't stop. I was feeling cloudy, anxious and depressed, and I thought, I've got to say it out loud'.It was the best thing I ever did."

Despite a lifetime feeling plagued by doubt, Brian McDermott reached the very top as a manager – but, as he tells FFT, one day he woke and knew he needed a cry for help

MY FOOTBALL

The Who frontman on rediscovering his love of football through Arsenal and performing at Highbury's farewell

JULES BREACH

The journalist is tipping England to go far at the Women's World Cup...

SEND THEM VICTORIOUS

Two English coaches at the 2023 World Cup have had very different career paths. South Korea's Colin Bell and Canada's Bev Priestman explain how Gary Lineker, Jurgen Klopp and Phil Neville brought them to this moment

MK DONS HAS THE FRANCHISE WORKED?

Twenty years after their divisive move to Milton Keynes, the club tumbled into League Two in May, amid dwindling crowds at the gigantic Stadium MK. FFT weighs up the first two decades outside of London for a team whose stigma shows no signs of fading

SENOR BECKS

David Beckham's seismic move to Real Madrid in 2003 seemed like a match made in heaven - and at first, it was. But when managerial madness rocked Los Blancos, Becks faced down the nightmare the only way he knew how...

THE SLOTTER JOTA

After an injury-hit season, the Liverpool man struck seven goals in his last nine games to remind everyone how he earned his nickname. He tells FFT about his World Cup heartbreak, the time he caused Jurgen Klopp to pull a hamstring, why Cristiano Ronaldo won't challenge him to a game of FIFA... and what comes next

MY PERFECT XI JOHN ALDRIDGE

The goal machine includes a mixture of players from the great Liverpool side he spearheaded, as well as a sprinkling of team-mates with the Republic of Ireland...

THE CUP FINAL THAT NO ONE WANTED

The Greek Cup has become so venomous that Serbia, Australia and even Selhurst Park were sounded out in a desperate quest to find a venue for this year's final. FFT went to find out why, and see AEK Athens triumph

THIE PLAYERS LOUNGE

NIGEL WINTERBURN OLIVIER DACOURT RICHARD DUNNE JULIAN SPERONI

WE STARVED IN THE FAVELA, BUT I HAD A DREAM

After growing up in poverty, Antony will never take his life at Manchester United for granted. In an exclusive interview, he tells FFT how he made it, and why he thinks he can be the world's best player...

THE RECORD BREAKER

No footballer, male or female, has ever scored more international goals than Christine Sinclair. At 40 years of age, she's back for her sixth World Cup with Canada and aiming to nudge her tally ever closer to 200...

WOMEN'S WORLD CUP 2023

Your team-by-team guide to the other 31 participants, from favourites to outsiders and eight nations on debut

NOW FOR THE WORLD

After bagging their first ever major trophy at the Euros, England's women want to conquer the globe. Alessia Russo, Georgia Stanway and Alex Greenwood explain to FourFourTwo why a place in this summer's World Cup final isn't just a dream...

JERMAINE JENAS: GAMES THAT CHANGED MY LIFE

\"DIMITAR BERBATOV SAID, 'MATE, WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT ABOUT? WHAT A CRAZY PERFORMANCE'\"

THE MIXER

THE BEST OF FOOTBALL: KIT| FASHION| ART| DESIGN| TECH

GHEORGHE HAGI

\"Tottenham made a good offer, but it wasn't about money - when Johan Cruyff calls and asks you to join Barcelona, it's hard to say no\"

100 Years of Wembley

England's national stadium celebrates its centenary in April. Ever since it opened in 1923, it's hosted great football history, from the iconic to the downright weird...

BEST & WORST HIBERNIAN

Matty Fairnie from Hibs podcast Longbangers relives Scottish Cup joy, Terry Butcher woe and a heroic squirrel

MY PERFECT XI BENITO CARBONE

The Italian includes former team-mates from Inter, Sheffield Wednesday and Aston Villa, and squeezes in a Ballon d’Or winner he helped to hit the big time

BABIES ON BOARD

Walton & Hersham were on their knees before a group of teenagers made the mad decision to acquire the club in 2019 – now, with the help of the ‘Non-league Erling Haaland’, they’re targeting the National League

THE GREATEST PLAY-OFF FINAL EVER

Charlton met Sunderland at Wembley in 1998, eyeing up the Premier League. Cue: mayhem. Now, 25 years later, FFT speaks to the protagonists, from Quinny and Curbs to the man who slayed his heroes...

ENGLAND 8 AMERICA 2 HOW ENGLISH BOSSES RULED THE WOMEN'S GAME IN THE US

The USA are favourites to win their third Women’s World Cup in a row this summer, but England are continuing to close the gap off the field as well as on it. At the beginning of the 2023 season, two-thirds of coaches in the NWSL were actually born in Blighty...

TEN YEARS, EIGHT TROPHIES: THE RISE OF PARMA

A little-known Italian club became one of Europe’s leading lights in the 1990s, boasting a squad packed with cult heroes and future legends. Three decades after Parma lifted their first continental trophy, FFT learns from those involved just how they did it

THE BRIDGE TO HAPPINESS

Mauricio Pochettino’s time at PSG was largely joyless, after an equally sad end to his Tottenham era. Now the Argentine wants to smile again and remind everyone of the talents that transformed Spurs and Southampton

50 BEST PREMIER LEAGUE PLAYERS RUGHT NOW

The 2022-23 season has brought drama at the top and bottom of the league FFT ranks the stars who have shone the brightest

Tony Dorigo – "My boss at Villa didn't let me play for Australia, so England called me up instead. I made the best of it..."

The reluctant international and Leeds title winner talks Italia 90 and King Eric’s aura

THIE PLAYERS LOUNGE

DIETMAR HAMANN RICKIE LAMBERT YANNICK BOLASIE ALEX

IN A LIGA HIS OWN

Gerry Armstrong's famous World Cup winner in Valencia paved the way for a Spanish adventure - now the Northern Ireland great tells FFT how it happened, via Spurs, Watford and a few Belfast punch-ups...

SAN SIRO

THE FIGHT TO SAVE Milan's iconic stadium has been set for demolition for years, yet uncertainty rumbles on. As FFT discovers, not everyone agrees with the plan - even Bruce Springsteen.