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

THE BEAUTIFUL GAME

MARTIN KEOWN • “You can say jumping in front of Ruud van Nistelrooy wasn’t sporting, but I didn’t hit anyone. I have no regrets about that”

THE ULTIMATE QUIZ • Put your football knowledge to the test with our questions about boiler mascots, Gazza and goals for Africa…

JULES BREACH • The TNT Sports reporter presents a rundown of her highlights from the past 12 months

KELLY CATES • The Sky Sports and BBC presenter on life as Kenny Dalglish’s daughter, Ronnie Whelan’s Coke bubble tips and upsetting Cristiano Ronaldo…

GAMES THAT CHANGED MY LIFE

BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD • Manchester United and England changed bosses in 2024 – David Squires reacted with typical wit

AND THE BALLON D’OR GOES TO… • Rodri may not act like a superstar, but his sheer consistency saw him scoop the sport’s greatest individual prize – he tells us why football was the winner

One shot at glory • Ollie Watkins had barely featured at Euro 2024, but just needed a chance. From Weston-super-Mare to the Westfalenstadion, a career defined by seizing such opportunities was about to reach its peak…

“Maybe I’ll be signed by Wrexham, who knows” • Standing 6ft 3in tall with a bushy beard, targetman Martin Adam proved popular across the continent when he emerged from Hungary’s bench during Euro 2024…

NEVERKUSEN TO NEVERLUSEN • Before 2024, Bayer Leverkusen were infamous for never having won the Bundesliga – then Xabi Alonso’s men swept to the title unbeaten. Those involved recount the emotional ride…

“WINNING GOLD TOOK MY BREATH AWAY – I HAD DREAMED ABOUT THE OLYMPICS MY WHOLE LIFE” • As if a record seventh WSL title wasn’t enough this year, Emma Hayes followed it with Olympic gold. She tells FFT how her late father’s words set her on a path to the US, which led to a family meeting with a Hollywood great

30 BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD • FFT ranks the male stars of 2024, from the centre-back named after Zorro to the Paul Jewell-emulating striker

TACTICS

Keep calm and carry on • Despite ascending to some of world football’s most pressurised jobs, Sven-Goran Eriksson always used his Zen manner to his advantage. Months after the Swede’s passing, FFT looks back on a legendary coaching career…

Inside Saudi football: a special report • FIFA will announce Saudi Arabia as hosts of the 2034 men’s World Cup this month, so FFT headed to the country to learn what it’s like, meet Ivan Toney & Co and watch two of the league’s biggest games. One of them featured a certain Cristiano Ronaldo…

DES BUCKINGHAM • Oxford United’s globetrotting gaffer on why coming home to lead his boyhood club to the second tier matters…

CALEY’S FIGHT TO SURVIVE • Relegated and docked points, Inverness are hopeful of better days to come

WYCOMBE WANDERERS • The Wanderer fanzine editor Jonny King remembers Ceefax strikers, Wembley glory and Tony Adams madness…

CENTRE MID TO CENTRE STAGE • Jim Whitley spent 13 years as a pro for clubs including Wrexham and Manchester City. Now he’s treading the boards

THE SAVAGE WORLD OF MANAGEMENT • From pantomime villain to, er, tactical doyen: Robbie’s now proving a dab hand in the dugout with Macclesfield…

Alessandro Costacurta • “MILAN DIDN’T COLLAPSE IN 2005. WE LOST FOCUS FOR SIX MINUTES. FOR 114, WE PLAYED BEAUTIFULLY”

Jason Euell • “IT WAS A BIT...