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

GIOVANNI VAN BRONCKHORST • “I almost had a dream farewell, with the World Cup trophy in my hands – then suddenly it dawns on you that your career is over”

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 pays tribute to the young stars shining this season

MEANWHILE IN… • …Turkey, Bursaspor’s cursed crocodile stadium may lead them down to the fourth tier

THE ULTIMATE QUIZ • Can you conquer our latest collection of teasers concerning Gary Lineker, Raumdeuters and Barcelona’s ‘MSN’?

WHEN WOLF PLAYED FOR GILLINGHAM • Thirty years ago, the Kent side gave a surprise debut to a 42-year-old Gladiator

MY FOOTBALL • The Barking-born singer-songwriter and activist recalls meeting Bobby Moore, making Stuart Pearce roar, and playing a gig during a Euros final

ENGLISHMEN ABROAD • Qualification for the 2026 World Cup resumes in various parts of the globe this month – meet five English managers hoping to steer their adopted nations to unlikely success

THE DEBATE • Are the Financial Fair Play rules really working?

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…

30 GREATEST FULL-BACKS EVER • FFT ranks the finest to step foot on Planet Football, via Jon Flanagan superfans, raw chickens and a magic dwarf

NOISY NEIGHBOURS • Part-owned by the City Football Group, minnows Girona emulated Manchester City by surging past Barcelona to gain Catalan supremacy and even topped La Liga this season. FFT speaks to those in the know to find out how

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…

EUROS PLAY-OFF PREVIEW • Twelve countries tussle in the Euro 2024 play-off semi-finals on March 21, before the winners battle five days later for the three remaining finals spots. Some want to make history – for others, it’s a chance to forget war…

“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 Solskjaer 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

HOW LUTON TOWN BECAME A PREMIER LEAGUE TEAM • The Hatters were tipped to finish bottom of the table at the start of the campaign, but have adapted their game to give themselves a chance of avoiding the dreaded drop

SHAUN MALONEY • The Wigan gaffer on why he could have taken up tennis, seeking Sir Alex’s advice and memories of cup glory with the Latics

EVERYDAY I LOVE YOU MORE AND MORE • Simon Rix somehow juggles his role as head of Leeds United Supporters’ Trust with playing bass guitar for rock royalty Kaiser Chiefs – talk about a full-time gig

BEST & WORST RAITH...