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PETR CECH • “All of us sat in the cinema with Jose Mourinho, then I got home, turned on Sky and saw he’d left Chelsea – I couldn’t believe it”
EURO 2024 In Pictures • Germany had sell-out crowds at the first normal tournament in western Europe since 2016 – amid the enthusiasm from fans, England made it to a second successive final, only to lose again, this time to the Spanish
GAMES THAT CHANGED MY LIFE
JULES BREACH • The presenter details her Stateside summer on Fox Sports covering Euro 2024
THE ULTIMATE QUIZ • Try your luck with another set of our football teasers, about Sir Bobby, Bosman, Bellamy and Brazilian legends
MY FOOTBALL • The presenter blames Ian Rush for a trip to A&E and recalls some crowd-surfing with Keith Gillespie
MEANWHILE IN… • …Germany, the most delayed European Cup tie ever was finally played – 64 years later
THE DEBATE • Who will be the Premier League Player of the Year?
51 THINGS WE’RE EXCITED FOR IN 2024-25 • After a summer of Euros action, the club season returns – will it bring yet another title for Pep Guardiola, and will Jose Mourinho moving to Turkey prove to be the maddest, most incendiary idea in the history of football?
51 THINGS WE’RE EXCITED FOR IN 2024-25
51 THINGS WE’RE EXCITED FOR IN 2024-25
51THINGS WE’RE EXCITED FOR IN 2024-25
51 THINGS WE’RE EXCITED FOR IN 2024-25
TWO SEASONS 193 GOALS 194 POINTS • Twenty-two years after their last top-flight game, Ipswich Town are back after consecutive promotions under next-big-thing coach Kieran McKenna. Next stop: Premier League survival?
ON THE CONTINENT 2024-25
HARRY REDKNAPP’S GUIDE TO TRANSFERS • During his 34-year managerial career, the former Portsmouth and Spurs boss was known for his market nous. As the summer window nears its end, he shares his experience of deadline day incidents with FFT, including a call from George Weah
30 MOST SURPRISING TITLE WINNERS • FFT assesses the most shocking champions of the past 50 years – will this campaign deliver even more upsets?
WHY LIVERPOOL OPTED TO REPLACE JURGEN KLOPP WITH ARNE SLOT • The Dutchman has some tactical similarities with his Anfield predecessor, but also has the flexibility to develop a new plan
ALISTAIR JOHNSTON • The Canadian defender on the mad MLS Draft, his dream move to Celtic and 2026 World Cup fever…
THE SKY’S THE LIMIT • Sky Sports’ unprecedented EFL deal begins this month, with 800-plus extra matches to be aired over the campaign. What could it mean for match-goers?
BEST&WORST OLDHAM ATHLETIC • Lifelong Latic Dave Bradley recalls toppling Liverpool, upsetting the New Den – and an ill-advised gilet
WELCOME TO LEAGUE ONE • Wrexham face their toughest test yet – executive director Humphrey Ker tells FFT why it’s all about baby steps
RAVENS READY TO GO BIG TIME • Once “the worst team in Britain”, EFL newbies Bromley want more than survival. So says Gareth Southgate’s BFF
NEIL WARNOCK • “I WAS WARNED TAARABT WOULD COST ME MY JOB AT QPR – I BUILT MY TEAM AROUND HIM”
PAULO WANCHOPE • “JIM SMITH LET ME PICK THE BUS MUSIC On THE WAY TO MY DERBY DEBUT – WE ARRIVED AT OLD TRAFFORD TO THE SOUND OF SALSA!”
CARLTON COLE • “ABRAMOVICH WANTED ME TO SIGN FOR CSKA MOSCOW AND BLOCKED MY MOVE TO SPURS. I SULKED FOR WEEKS”
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