
Alex Reid
Alex Reid is a freelance journalist and the former digital features editor at FourFourTwo. He has also written for the Guardian, talkSPORT, Boxing News and Sport magazine. Like most Londoners, he is a lifelong supporter of Aberdeen FC. He is deceptively bad in the air for a big man. He has never been a cage fighter.
Latest articles by Alex Reid

England 0-1 Belgium: 5 big talking points from Kaliningrad
By Alex Reid published
FIFA World Cup England finish runners-up in Group G and will face Colombia in the last 16, after a second-string Three Lions lost thanks to Adnan Januzaj's wonderstrike

World Cup, day 14: the things you might have missed
By Alex Reid published
FIFA World Cup Holders Germany finish bottom of Group F after a stunning 2-0 loss to South Korea as Sweden, Mexico, Brazil and Switzerland progress

World Cup, day 13: the things you might have missed
By Alex Reid published
FIFA World Cup Marcos Rojo's late heroics steal victory – and a place in the last 16 – for Argentina, who set up a knockout meeting with France

Quiz! Can you name the 50 most expensive French player transfers ever?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz It’s been a hotbed of talent over the last 20 years, but can you name the footballers from France who've commanded the biggest transfer fees?

World Cup, day 12: the things you might have missed
By Alex Reid published
FIFA World Cup Iran come close to upsetting Portugal thanks to a Ronaldo penalty miss and a VAR intrusion, Spain draw with Morocco but still top Group B - and will face Russia after their 3-0 defeat to Uruguay

Quiz! Can you name these 30 players who’ve scored 50+ international goals?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz One player reached the 50-goal barrier in the 2018 World Cup; can you name him and 29 others who’ve played since 2000 and scored a half-century of international goals?

World Cup, day 11: the things you might have missed
By Alex Reid published
FIFA World Cup England roast a burly Panama side 6-1 as Harry Kane takes his World Cup tally to five, Senegal draw 2-2 with Japan, Colombia beat Poland 3-0 to send the Poles out of the tournament

World Cup, day nine: the things you might have missed
By Alex Reid published
FIFA World Cup Brazil leave it late to beat Costa Rica, Ahmed Musa stars in Nigeria's 2-0 over Iceland and Switzerland come from behind to beat Serbia 2-1

Quiz! Can you name every Premier League player to score in a World Cup since 1998?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz From France ’98 through to the present day, these are the 107 occasions that a Prem star featured at a World Cup – and scored

Quiz! Can you name the 40 most expensive goalkeeper transfers ever?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz As Arsenal splash almost £20m on a new shot-stopper, can you name the keepers who’ve commanded the highest fees in football history?

Quiz! Can you name the 100 Premier League players going to the 2018 World Cup?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz A century of stars currently employed by England's top-flight clubs have been named in World Cup squads. Now, nobody get an injury or make a transfer move, please...

Quiz! Can you name all 36 goalscorers from the last 20 years of FA Cup finals?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz The goalscorers and match-winners from the last two decades of the world’s oldest cup competition

Quiz! Can you name the 60 highest-scoring Fantasy Premier League players of 2017/18?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz After one man broke the all-time FPL individual points record, can you recall the top players across this season?

Quiz! Name the 40 players who've committed the most fouls in the Premier League this season
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz It’s the Prem’s dirtiest players of 2017/18 – at least according to those whistle-happy refs. Time to name and shame!

Quiz! Name the 71 players who've scored 3+ Premier League goals against Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz What a thorn in the Arsene! It’s every footballer to score three or more Premier League goals against the Gunners during Wenger’s reign

Quiz! Can you name the 51 highest goalscorers across Europe’s top five leagues this season?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz As English, French, German, Italian and Spanish top-flight seasons come to an end, these prolific players have all netted 13+ goals...

Quiz! Can you name every player to win the Premier League title while on loan?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz Only nine times has a loanee claimed a Premier League crown – so can you recall those brilliant borrowed players in our fiendishly difficult quiz?

Quiz! Can you name the top three finishers for the European Golden Shoe award since 1996/97?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz A Liverpool and a Barcelona ace are locked in a battle to be Europe’s top league scorer this season, but can you name the players who’ve won this prize in the past?

Quiz! Can you name the top 50 goalscorers in Champions League knockout games?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz Every player with six or more Champions League knockout matches goals since the start of the 1992/93 season

Quiz! Can you name the 30 top Champions League scorers currently playing in the Premier League?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz Each of these current Prem players have six or more Champions League strikes across their careers. Time to name the lot…

Quiz! Can you name the all-time Premier League record appearance-makers for these 80 countries?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz From Australia to Zimbabwe – via France, Germany and even Belarus – these globetrotting stars have played in more Premier League than any of their countrymen

Quiz! Can you name EVERY Premier League club’s most-used debutant for 2017/18?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz New players who’d never played for their clubs before this season – but have racked up the Premier League appearances since

Quiz! Can you name the 41 England internationals who were born in the 1990s?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz Remember Italia 90? Well this lot definitely don’t. It’s every full England men’s senior player who’s born after January 1, 1990...
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