
Chris Evans
Chris Evans is a freelance journalist and has been a regular FourFourTwo contributor since 2014, covering a wide range of stories up and down the football pyramid. Chris's work has also appeared in the Guardian, the Independent and other national newspapers, as well as on the BBC Sport and Mail websites. He is also the author of two books for Bloomsbury Sport, How to Win the World Cup: Secrets and Insights from International Football's Top Managers in 2022, and Gary Lineker: A Portrait of a Football Icon, which was published in 2025.
Latest articles by Chris Evans

‘Liverpool won’t be far away by the end of the season – there are too many good players in that squad for them not to be there or thereabouts’ Record-breaking club legend backs the Reds to come good in the Premier League
By Chris Evans published
Former Liverpool star talks to FourFourTwo about the club's difficult start to the new campaign

Chloe Kelly is a Bobby Zamora superfan who became a Lionesses icon
By Chris Evans published
Chloe Kelly shot to the top of the Sports Personality of the Year odds by helping England win the Euros

Surviving pre-season: FourFourTwo takes on Cambridge United's gruelling training regimen
By Chris Evans published
Features See what happens when FourFourTwo are invited to spend a day training with Cambridge United

How Cardiff City became the EFL's latest crisis club
By Chris Evans published
Sunderland have overcome the woes that saw them drop to League One – now it’s the Bluebirds’ turn to endure life in the third tier

‘You have to make hay while the sun shines off the pitch. Chloe’s got people around her who won’t allow it to affect her football’ Lucy Ward on Chloe Kelly’s hero status
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE The Euro 2025 hero is one of England's most famous sports stars

'Chloe Kelly’s ACL injury changed her – when she came back, she looked fitter and stronger' How the Lionesses heroine came back to be the difference maker at Euro 2022
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE The England forward was sidelined for 11 months before the Lionesses’ historic Euro 2022 triumph

‘Boys of a similar age talked about how special she was and how many times they got out-skilled by her’ Chloe Kelly’s junior coach on her start at QPR
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE Lionesses heroine Chloe Kelly began her football journey at Queens Park Rangers

‘I believe that when I step onto the pitch, I can create moments and goals out of nothing. I’ve got a name for myself for scoring in big moments – I like that’ Ella Toone on her big-game temperament
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE The Manchester United star is preparing to bring her big-ham mentality to Euro 2025

Ranked! The 50 Best Premier League players of the season
By Ed McCambridge published
RANKED! From warhorses to Wor History-Makers, FourFourTwo ranks a half-century of talent from 2024/25 – has your man made the cut?

WIN a copy of ‘Gary Lineker: A Portrait of a Football Icon’ a new biography by Chris Evans
By FourFourTwo Staff published
WIN! We have a copy of the new Gary Lineker biography to giveaway to one lucky reader

Rise of the (other) Lionesses: How one independent Women's Championship side are aiming high
By Chris Evans published
EXCLUSIVE Not backed by a men's team, Women's Championship side London City Lionesses are setting ambitious targets under leading Lyon Féminin owner, Michele Kang

“I asked Cristiano Ronaldo, ‘Did you mean it?’ He went, ‘Sorry?’ I didn’t think he’d heard, but he had and was like, ‘Are you f**king kidding? Yes I meant it!’”: When the Portuguese superstar didn't like being doubted
By Ryan Dabbs published
EXCLUSIVE Cristiano Ronaldo didn't like his skill being doubted in one particular interview...

Kelly Cates 'It's weird I still get asked about my dad's football career – I'm nearly 50!'
By Chris Evans published
The Sky Sports and BBC presenter on life as Kenny Dalglish’s daughter, Ronnie Whelan’s Coke bubble tips and a love for Wayne Rooney

'Chelsea have done nothing wrong because they have kept within the rules, but they certainly haven’t kept within the spirit of the rules': Football finance expert on issues with PSR
By Ryan Dabbs published
Chelsea have taken advantage of the Premier League's rules, which aren't 'fit for purpose'

'When you realise how much of the recruitment has been data-driven, you think, "Actually, this is an interesting experiment". It’s high risk, high reward': Chelsea transfer policy intriguing former Stamford Bridge star
By Ryan Dabbs published
EXCLUSIVE Chelsea are moving in a clear direction with their transfers, according to one former player

'We were 2-0 up and I started thinking, "The clock is going really slow now!"'– Ex-Leeds boss remembers the time his Whites side silenced Manchester United at Old Trafford
By Ryan Dabbs published
Leeds United love nothing more than leading against Manchester United at Old Trafford, though failing to hang on for victory can be a devastating blow...

‘Phil Neville tried a lot of different ideas to get the best out of the Lionesses, but things weren’t quite right and needed ironing out – that wasn’t his fault’: Former England women's star reflects on time with national team
By Ryan Dabbs published
EXCLUSIVE Phil Neville managed England for three years - but things didn't quite work out how everyone would have liked

Ranked! The top 50 Football League players 2023/24
By Chris Flanagan published
EFL TOP 50 As the season’s run-in approaches, it can only mean one thing: with help from our readers, it’s time for FFT’s annual list of the finest stars outside the top flight

'We’ve got more money than we know what to do with' Blur wanted something better than cash for being on FIFA 98 and they got it
By Tom Hancock published
The iconic Britpop group provided theme music for the game – but they didn't want paying for it, at least not in the conventional manner

'One of her very first gigs was in our canteen' – How EA Sports discovered Avril Lavigne
By Tom Hancock published
Football video game FIFA somehow played a key role in launching the Canadian popstar's career

‘It sleepwalked into a cultural phenomenon’ – How FIFA video games became an accidental sensation
By Chris Evans published
The FIFA games - this year rebranded as EA Sports FC - might never have been developed at all, FFT hears...
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