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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

THE BEAUTIFUL GAME

KEVIN KEEGAN • “Some people seem to think that having passion is a bad thing, but football without passion is like strawberries without ice cream”

THE ULTIMATE QUIZ • This month’s testers cover twinkle-toed players, a free-scoring Bosnian and Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool…

JULES BREACH • The TNT Sports presenter looks at three of the big talking points in this term’s Premier League

GAMES THAT CHANGED MY LIFE

FIJI VS LATVIA: WORLD CUP HOSTS?! • A number of countries have been linked with staging future tournaments – surprise candidates among them

DANNY O’DONOGHUE • The Script frontman on his unusual first meeting with Sir Alex, and how his first Ireland game turned violent

KAREN CARNEY • The former Lionesses star shares her love for a men’s managerial icon and three powerful female figures

WHAT’S IT LIKE TO WATCH A GAME IN… BOLIVIA • FourFourTwo headed to the highest capital city on Earth – and witnessed a match that nearly ended in a riot

YEAR OF THE BOSS • Eleven Premier League clubs started this season with a different manager than the one that began 2026 – can new faces outwit celebrated incumbents like Mikel Arteta and Unai Emery in the race to the top?

ANDONI IRAOLA: FINALLY READY FOR TROPHIES? • Liverpool’s new boss has never won major silverware as player or manager, but has impressively risen to the top since a sliding-doors moment in 2019…

ENZO MARESCA: THE NEW PEP? • The Italian returns to the touchline at the Etihad with Guardiola’s blessing – now his task is to fill the shoes left behind by the Manchester City great

XABI ALONSO & ALVARO ARBELOA: BRUISED BY THE BERNABEU • Both discarded by Real Madrid, the duo are now neighbours in west London

MIKEL ARTETA: DAVID BRENT OF THE EMIRATES • The Arsenal boss has been likened to Ricky Gervais’ cult Office character for his odd methods, but no-one can say it hasn’t worked after last term’s title

PIERRE SAGE: MINIBUS DRIVER TURNED HERO

MICHAEL CARRICK: CAPTAIN SENSIBLE • The Tynesider’s managerial career seemed to have flatlined when he was sacked by Middlesbrough a year ago – by the end of last season, he was taking Manchester United back to the Champions League

OLIVER GLASNER: A MOVE FEW PREDICTED

YEAR OF THE BOSS: PART III

MATTHIAS JAISSLE: ASIA’S BRIAN CLOUGH • Newcastle’s new boss was an unknown in England, but made his name with back-to-back continental titles

GARY O’NEIL: THE LOST CHELSEA GAFFER

ROBERTO DE ZERBI: THE BRAWL THAT RESCUED SPURS • The Italian single-handedly saved the north London club from the drop – after a “bar fight” spelt the beginning of the end for his time at Marseille

UNAI EMERY: VILLA’S BEST EVER? • The Basque’s win percentage is well clear of any other manager in the club’s history – FFT look back on five of the most significant games of his tenure

EUROPE? THAT’S THE CHERRY ON TOP • Bournemouth will play the first continental fixture of their history in September – FFT speak to key figures at the club to find out how they’ve climbed to greater heights than ever before

FROM LIONS’ DEN TO DRAGONS’ DEN: WHEN THEO PAPHITIS OWNED MILLWALL • The second-tier club qualified for Europe for the only time in their history in 2004 – the man behind it all tells FFT about his eventful boardroom reign, via an expensive gift to a referee,...