FourFourTwo UK

Every month, our team deliver the biggest names, the finest features and the most respected columnists in football. FourFourTwo is the only magazine that truly reflects football in all its extremes. Spectacular, dramatic, hilarious, opinionated, authoritative, intelligent, quirky - from the grass roots up, if it's in the game, it's in FourFourTwo.

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WELCOME

DECO • “I was upset when Porto didn’t let me join Barcelona in 2003 – now, I can’t deny it was good to have stayed for one more year!”

UPFRONT • Playing off the last defender, it’s the big-man-little-man partnership of football and funnies

GAMES THAT CHANGED MY LIFE

JULES BREACH • The TNT Sports presenter pores over English hopes in the Champions League

THE ULTIMATE QUIZ • Try to conquer our latest batch of teasers featuring record goalscorers, Olympic stadiums and top-tier Towns

THE DEBATE • Are half-and-half scarves acceptable at football?

MY FOOTBALL • The Mayor of Greater Manchester has been an Everton fan since the ’70s – he tells FFT all about cup exploits, pitch invasions that influenced Fever Pitch and the striker who jumped over a Mini…

MEANWHILE IN… • …Zurich, an inflatable grasshopper has attracted investment from Will Ferrell and pals

HAALAND? NOT IN THIS TEAM OF THE YEAR • Mark White selects his alternative top flight side of 2023-24… based on vibes

THE MESSI EFFECT • Lionel Messi stamped his mark on football in the US from his very first match – this year, the maestro’s mission is to help Inter Miami become MLS champions

30 MADDEST MOVES OF LEGENDS • Long before Lionel Messi headed to MLS, these stars also travelled the world – ending up in surprising places…

“I DREAM THAT, IN 30 YEARS, MY PHOTO WILL BE ON THE WALL AT TOTTENHAM – WITH A TROPHY” • Guglielmo Vicario isn’t your average Premier League keeper. Having spent six seasons in Italy’s lower leagues and welcomed Ukrainian refugees into his family home, he tells FFT why taking risks means he’s appreciating every moment at Tottenham…

THE PUPPET-MASTER PRINCE • Xabi Alonso has emerged as Europe’s next top boss after putting Bayer Leverkusen in contention for a maiden Bundesliga crown. Having learned under Pep, Jose, Carlo and Rafa, how long before the apprentice from an unlikely coaching hotbed rejoins a giant?

8 THINGS TO WATCH OUT FOR IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE KNOCKOUT STAGES • Xabi Alonso will have to wait until next season for a crack at Europe’s premier club competition – before then, though, the bunfight to lift Ol’ Big Ears enters its business end once more

PLAY UP POMPEY • Twenty-five years ago, Milan Mandaric landed in England after a spell at Nice, Jim Ratcliffe-style – via a love-hate alliance with Harry Redknapp, he paved the way for Portsmouth’s glory days

LET THE CHAOS BEGIN • The Africa Cup of Nations is known for the uexpected, but what’s it really like to be there? FFT headed to Ivory Coast to meet Supertramp, goats and Didier Drogba…

TACTICS

BILLY SHARP • The veteran Hull striker on his promotion hopes, leaving the Blades and that headbutt by a fan…

PRIDE OF SCOTLAND • In September 2022, Zander Murray became Scotland’s first male professional footballer to come out. After a “mad” 2023, he says he’s aiming to inspire others

BEST&WORST STOCKPORT COUNTY • Lifelong Hatter Chloe Beresford on George Weah, Boxing Day batterings, mass brawls and cup giant-killings

IT’S SWINDON VS GILLINGHAM… AND IT’S LIVELY • Most bitter rivalries involve neighbours going head-to-head, though that’s not always the case – from terrible tackles to title race tomfoolery, these 10 teams have found very different reasons to bear a long-held...