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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

CLAUDIO RANIERI • “When Trevor Birch told me that Chelsea had been taken over by Roman Abramovich, I said to him, ‘We’ll be first to pack our bags!’”

MEANWHILE IN… • …Barcelona, Pep and Jose have been getting on better than ever – maybe they loved each other all along?

GAMES THAT CHANGED MY LIFE

SIX OF THE MADDEST | MATCH-FIXING SCANDALS

ONE H1T WONDERS

THE ULTIMATE QUIZ TRANSFER SPECIAL • Bask in silly season with FFT’s pre-season posers – starring volcanoes and mega record-breakers…

THE CELLINO ZONE MASSIMO FERRERO • When it comes to bizarre club owners, Sampdoria’s ex-chief is right up there…

REQUIRED READING

MY FOOTBALL • The Spurs-loving screen star – recently of BBC hit The Split – harks back to the days of Stephen Carr screamers, getting score updates while on stage and life as “DAN!”

1992 ARSENAL SIGN EUROS HERO, MAIDSTONE QUIT LEAGUE

ROY KEANE VS ALFIE HAALAND

TROPHY CABINET • SHERIFF OF LONDON CHARITY SHIELD

GUS POYET • After a previous spell at AEK Athens, the former Chelsea star is now the manager of Greece – Euro 2024 is the target

GOING INTERNATIONAL • After spells in English football, these three are now trying their hand at national team management, too…

WHAT’S THE MOST MUNDANE ENCOUNTER YOU’VE HAD WITH A FOOTBALLER?

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64 REASONS TO BE EXCITED FOR THE NEW SEASON TELL US YOURS #FFTPREVIEW • Welcome to a new season like no other in history. We might have missed the World Cup this summer, but that only means it’s all to look forward to in a delicious football feast ahead. Appetisers include some star arrivals, EFL madness and much more…

THE EST 2019 JOELINTON EXPERIENCE • The Brazilian’s metamorphosis from struggling striker to totemic midfield dominator has been nothing short of revelatory at St James’ Park. Newcastle’s loveable hero meets FFT to reflect on his rough ride in England, but he insists there’s only one thing on his mind: taking the Toon Army back into Europe…

THEY’RE OUT OF THE WOODS NOW • Nottingham Forest’s 23-year ordeal began with their star man on strike before finally ending in ecstasy this summer. Now, as they prepare for a return to the big time, FFT charts two decades of agony with those who endured it. Aaaaand breathe…

FALLEN KINGS • Forest became the first ex-European champions to drop into the third tier – but others have suffered after glory

30 YEARS OF DISTRACTION • It’s created legends, ruined entire weeks and prompted the most infamous split in gaming history. Championship Manager arrived to snotty reviews from the press in 1992 – then became the most loved football video game ever. FFT hears how from those who made it…

THE BOY WONDERS • No Champ Man chat is complete without tales of the uber-talented…

THE REDEEMED ONE • David Moyes suffered in Sociedad and sunk with Sunderland after his Manchester United dream ended in tatters – then he needed two attempts at West Ham before he was taken seriously. Now the Scot’s work in east London has rebuilt his reputation and taken the Irons to the brink of European glory

“I LIT THE FIREWORK AND IT WENT OFF LIKE A STICK OF...