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WHY 1999 WAS THE FINEST MOMENT FOR 4-4-2... AND SIR ALEX FERGUSON
Manchester United swept to a famous Treble thanks to the management skills of their legendary boss - and a formation that suited them perfectly
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November 2024
FourFourTwo UK
HOW THE 4-4-2 BECAME BRITISH FOOTBALL'S MOST ICONIC FORMATION
A system of playing inspired the name for this very magazine - on these shores, for numerous reasons, it's football heritage
3 min |
November 2024
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FINDING DIEGO
A little over a year before his untimely death at the age of 60, Diego Maradona was managing Mexican second-tier side Dorados de Sinaloa - FourFourTwo went deep into drug cartel country to track him down
10+ min |
November 2024
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RESPECT
That's what women's football demands more than anything. Its status has grown exponentially during FourFourTwo's lifetime, but finally the long and arduous battle for recognition is starting to pay dividends
10 min |
November 2024
FourFourTwo UK
EL TEL THE MAN WHO HELPED TO LAUNCH FourFourTwo
Terry Venables was the cover star for FFT's launch issue in 1994 a year after his death, former players pay tribute to one of the finest managers Britain has ever produced
10+ min |
November 2024
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HAPPY 30TH ANNIVERSARY, FourFourTwo
Three decades ago when FFT launched, no one imagined it would lead to an all-nighter with Delia Smith, being abducted by an Israeli taxi driver and sending Bobby Robson bottles of HP Sauce through the post. We speak to every previous editor, to hear the full story of the 'quite remarkable' football magazine...
10+ min |
November 2024
FourFourTwo UK
PAUL GASCOIGNE
\"God, the feeling when I scored against Scotland at Euro 96 was magnificent. It was pure instinct - you just can't teach kids that\"
10+ min |
November 2024
FourFourTwo UK
THE PLAYERS LOUNGE
DUNCAN FERGUSON SEBASTIEN BASSONG SHOLA AMEOBI
4 min |
October 2024
FourFourTwo UK
THE BRADY BUNCH
Despite Birmingham dropping into League One, Blues are bouncing again - with an NFL legend in on the action
6 min |
October 2024
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FOOTBALL'S FIGHT AGAINST PROSTATE CANCER
After battling the disease himself, Mick Harford tells FFT how he has joined forces with Viv Anderson, Grant McCann and more for a fundraising drive this October
10+ min |
October 2024
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BEWARE THE DIRTIEST TEAM EVER
Nestor Combin's face told the story of the 1969 Intercontinental Cup better than any match report.
10 min |
October 2024
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IT WAS A WORLD RECORD TRANSFER.BUT I NEVER WANTED TO SIGN FOR MILAN.THEN CAME MY CRASH.I COULD HAVE DIED.
My name is Gigi and I'm a normal guy. I have friends and I spend time playing billiards with them it's one of the things I like the most.
10 min |
October 2024
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THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT
While Chelsea's men have endured two years of mayhem, the women's side just keep on winning
5 min |
October 2024
FourFourTwo UK
BLUE IS THE COLOUR, CHAOS IS THE GAME
Todd Boehly's consortium took charge of Chelsea in the summer of 2022 - but what's followed has been a dizzying revolving door of players and managers, leading to disappointing results and discontent in the stands. If only he'd been allowed to play 4-4-3...
10+ min |
October 2024
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LOVE ALWAYS WINS
On August 1, 2019, Arsenal's great new hope appeared. Unai Emery was convinced he'd found a left-footer capable of scoring freely from the right wing, the man who'd lead the Gunners into the future.
10+ min |
October 2024
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DAVID PLEAT
\"Elton John sent me flowers after the newspaper allegations against me. A message with it said, 'Don't let the bastards grind you down\"\"
10+ min |
October 2024
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NINE REASONS TO BE EXCITED FOR COPA AMERICA
Family feuds, Bielsa's return and an Icelandic dentist - it's all been going on ahead of South America's biggest tournament hosted by, er, the USA. Oh, and Messi's going to be there as well...
7 min |
June 2024
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30 GREATEST PUNDITS EVER
FFT rates the finest opinion offerers in the history of UK television, via Del Boy, Space Jam and Donald Trump...
9 min |
June 2024
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"TERRY VENABLES PUT HIS FAITH IN ME AT EURO 96 - I COULDN'T LET HIM DOWN"
Only Cristiano Ronaldo and Michel Platini have more goals at the Euros than Alan Shearer's seven - the forward hit five on home soil to secure the Golden Boot in 1996, and tells FFT why he found form at the perfect moment
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June 2024
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HOW DID I FEEL AFTER SCORING NINE GOALS IN FIVE GAMES AT EURO 84? TIRED!
Forty years ago, Michel Platini's Euros-record tally propelled France to glory on home soil... and he wasn't even a forward. No player has ever had a finer European Championship - now, in his own words, he recalls it to FFT
10+ min |
June 2024
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WHY ENGLAND COULD TAKE THE HANDBRAKE OFF AT THE EUROS
Gareth Southgate has been labelled a cautious coach in recent major tournament near-misses - in Germany he might just be more adventurous, which brings risks but also potential reward
9 min |
June 2024
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GEORGIA ON THEIR MIND
A Frenchman, an Englishman and a local genius walk into a Caucasus country to qualify for a first major tournament - is this a joke? Not for Georgia, who are dreaming big
10 min |
June 2024
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SYIVINHO KING OF ALBANIA
The former Arsenal defender was an unexpected appointment last year, but he guided the Balkan nation to Euro 2024 - and now he tells FFT that he wants to spring another surprise...
7 min |
June 2024
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CAPITAINE LEADER LEGENDE
Kylian Mbappe wrote his name into history at successive World Cups. Now France's captain and desperate to break his Euros goal drought, can he make it to the Berlin final and succeed where Zinedine Zidane failed 18 years ago?
7 min |
June 2024
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JUDE AWAKENING
Three years ago, Jude Bellingham briefly became the European Championship's youngest ever player - now, after a superb debut season at Real Madrid, he's ready to make a greater impact
7 min |
June 2024
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VIVA RONALDO
Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal career was as good as over when he was dropped at the last World Cup - instead, CR7 goes to Euro 2024 as their main man once more, aged 39. Will this be the end, and can he make one last pitch to be considered the greatest?
8 min |
June 2024
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Sean Longstaff – Local Hero
Like Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold, Sean Longstaff has shone for his boyhood club this season. The midfielder tells FFT all about his Newcastle revival under Eddie Howe, a £50m move to Manchester United that never was, and why he hasn't been herding sheep...
10+ min |
April 2024
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"We won 3-0 at Spurs.Two games later. I was sacked"
Two-and-a-half years since his Manchester United reign came to an end, Ole Gunnar Solskjder sits down with FFT for a rare interview, opening up on the club’s post-Fergie struggles, Cristiano Ronaldo and the challenges of managing modern superstars
10+ min |
April 2024
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Trent Alexander-Arnold – Calm down! Calm down! Calm down!
There's been plenty of noise around Trent Alexander-Arnold's performances for club and country over the past 12 months, but the man himself has maintained a cool head. Donning a retro shellsuit for FFT, the Merseyside maestro insists he's still got lofty ambitions - none more so than becoming the best footballer on the planet...
10+ min |
April 2024
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WHAT WOULD WOODWARD DO?
Sir Dave Brailsford isn't football's first interloping innovator from another sport, as Southampton fans will recall
5 min |