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.

FourFourTwo UK

WELCOME

THE BEAUTIFUL GAME

XHERDAN SHAQIRI • “I think I showed I could do it on a cold, rainy night in Stoke, many times. It was always loud there, but it was very windy!”

THE ULTIMATE QUIZ • Test your knowledge with our questions about Italian grounds, golden boys and the great Alfredo Di Stefano

JULES BREACH • The TNT Sports presenter explains why it’ll be an emotional end to the season for Everton fans

JAMES ARTHUR • The X Factor graduate talks Gazza Burgers, McCoist nutmegs, Ronaldo’s invite and Scherzinger’s trophy query

GAMES THAT CHANGED MY LIFE

SHOULD RULES BE CHANGED TO STOP GAMESMANSHIP IN FOOTBALL?

GOALSCORER TV LEGEND PODCAST GURU • After 26 years, Gary Lineker steps down as Match of the Day host next month, just as his audio empire goes from strength to strength. In an exclusive chat, he dissects his three-part career via trunks, tanks and tweets

ITALIA 90 THE TOURNAMENT THAT CREATED LEGENDS • Thirty-five years have passed since the lowest-scoring World Cup, yet the chronic lack of goals didn’t stop it spawning big-stage heroes. As well as Gary Lineker, others shone and later recounted their memories to FFT

“LIFTING THE WORLD CUP WAS SPECIAL, BUT I COULD NOT HAVE BEEN ANGRY IF ENGLAND HAD BEATEN US” • In a column for FFT, captain Lothar Matthaus revealed West Germany’s shootout secret against the Three Lions was… beer

COLOMBIA’S INTREPID BIRDMAN • At Los Cafeteros’ first World Cup since 1962, fan Gustavo Llanos packed in a law degree to soar into the air (and public hearts) in an avian-adjacent get-up. It nearly ended badly

“I’D NEVER DONE MY DANCE BEFORE, NOT EVEN IN TRAINING” • Roger Milla told FFT how he went from international retirement in the Indian Ocean to a cult hero at 38, with four goals in Cameroon’s quarter-final run…

THE GOLDEN BOOT WINNER WHO CAME OUT OF NOWHERE • Toto Schillaci hit six of his seven Italy goals at the 1990 World Cup. Speaking to FFT before his death in 2024, he looked back on his eye-popping summer

WELCOME TO HELL, JOSE • If Galatasaray vs Fenerbahce wasn’t already incendiary enough, Jose Mourinho’s first derby visit to the Ali Sami Yen promised more fireworks than ever. Naturally, FFT headed to Istanbul to witness a typically toxic Intercontinental Derby…

Playing with 10 men at the Camp Nou, it was like climbing Everest. We left our souls on the pitch • In 2010, halfway through three decades at Inter, Javier Zanetti teamed up with Jose Mourinho to secure an unlikely Champions League triumph. In his own words, the Nerazzurri vice-president remembers ending 45 years of hurt, via some errant sprinklers…

THE TOP 50 FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS • As voted for by you, the fans, FFT reveals our annual rundown of the finest footballers in the EFL this campaign

How the Moyesiah miraculously fixed Everton’s woes • The beginning of David Moyes’ second spell as boss signalled a sensational return to form for the Toffees – thanks to smart management by the Scot

SCOTT ARFIELD • Falkirk’s homegrown hero is back where it all began, and aims to lead the Bairns back to the Scottish Premiership

WELCOME TO THE CLUBS • League Two Walsall have been soaring with new financial overlords – as one of several sides operating under multi-club ownership. Next stop, the world?

CHARLTON ATHLETIC • Lifelong Addick Paddy Pamment recalls random horse chants, play-off...