Gary Parkinson
Gary Parkinson is a freelance writer, editor, trainer, muso, singer, actor and coach. He spent 14 years at FourFourTwo as the Global Digital Editor and continues to regularly contribute to the magazine and website, including major features on Euro 96, Subbuteo, Robert Maxwell and the inside story of Liverpool's 1990 title win. He is also a Bolton Wanderers fan.
Latest articles by Gary Parkinson

Premier League notes: The weekend's killer stats, Sep 23
By Gary Parkinson published
Stats Zone Presenting fascinating factoids from Opta about the weekend's Premier League games...

Debrief: The Premier League weekend reviewed, Sep 22
By Gary Parkinson published
Premier League The FourFourTwo.com team – this week Jonathan Fadugba, Gary Parkinson and Joe Brewin – reveal their musings from the latest round of Premier League action...

The Trophy Hunters: How Chelsea have piled up pots since Arsenal's last success
By Gary Parkinson published
Premier League As Chelsea continue their quest to win every trophy in football, how does their haul compare to rivals at home and abroad?

Monday analysis: What we learned at Old Trafford
By Gary Parkinson published
Stats Zone Despite intense pre-match interest, Monday night's game between Manchester United and Chelsea at Old Trafford was never a classic. But at least Wayne Rooney tried his best...

Peter Schmeichel: Perfect XI
By Gary Parkinson published
Perfect XI The legendary Manchester United and Denmark shot-stopper picks a brutish, yet classy team of Premier League foreign imports that he has played with, against or admired from afar.

Nani interested in playing for Mourinho
By Gary Parkinson published
Manchester United star Nani has revealed he would one day like to play under Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho, but insists he is currently happy at Old Trafford.

Usmanov slams Gunners board
By Gary Parkinson published
Arsenal's second largest shareholder, Alisher Usmanov, has launched a scathing attack on Stan Kroenke and the rest of the Gunners' board, accusing them of being unwilling to invest in the first team squad.

Man United seal deal for defender Jones
By Gary Parkinson published
Defender Phil Jones is set to complete his move to Manchester United after the champions negotiated a transfer with Blackburn Rovers.

Van Persie frustrated by Gunners collapse
By Gary Parkinson published
Arsenal forward Robin van Persie has declared his frustration at the Gunners' collapse towards the end of the season, and insists new signings will be needed before the club can claim to be true title challengers

Gyan flattered by Tottenham talk
By Gary Parkinson published
Sunderland star Asamoah Gyan has admitted to being flattered by reports linking him with a move to Tottenham, but insists there have been no talks with regards to a deal.

Terry Christian: Sing When You're Winning
By Gary Parkinson published
Sing When You're Winning "It cost City £350 million to win a trophy worth £2 million!"

Now Gillett and Hicks can squabble over Rich List
By Gary Parkinson published
Liverpool Liverpool's joint owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks have had a frequently stormy relationship, and now there's another possible subject for them to squabble about – money.

Half of Premier League clubs are "insolvent"
By Gary Parkinson published
Chelsea An online credit information provider has claimed that half of Premier League clubs are technically insolvent.

Peter Schmeichel
By Gary Parkinson published
Manchester United "The introduction of a winter break would have an enormously positive effect in this country."

How the 1990s saved English football
By Gary Parkinson last updated
Long Read In the 1980s, football was at an all-time low – but Gazza's tears helped to usher in an era that saw the game return to its place at the heart of British popular culture. Gary Parkinson remembers the renaissance...

Why the Premier League urgently needs a relegation play-off
By Gary Parkinson published
Premier League As a dreary final weekend looms, Gary Parkinson explains how a relegation play-off would guarantee entertainment and competition to the wire

Ten years on: How Kevin Keegan's romantic return to Newcastle ended with but more broken hearts
By Gary Parkinson last updated
Newcastle United A decade ago today, King Kev turned his back and headed for the door marked 'exit' at St James' Park, citing irreconcilable differences with Magpies owner Mike Ashley. Plus ça change...

Rated! The greatest sides NOT to win the World Cup
By Gary Parkinson last updated
FIFA World Cup Johan Cruyff, Ferenc Puskas, Paolo Maldini and a young Lionel Messi all feature on Gary Parkinson's list of the great teams that could've gone all the way to World Cup glory, yet failed to do so

It’s coming home: why Three Lions is such an important song in English football culture
By Gary Parkinson last updated
England Why did Three Lions catch on to the point that - 22 years after its release - it's once again become the soundtrack to an English summer? Gary Parkinson explains the popularity and perfection of an anthem

World Cup icons: When we all wept with Paul Gascoigne – and remembered him forever (1990)
By Gary Parkinson published
World Cup 1990 Gazza's professional career lasted from 1985 to 2005, but he will always be remembered for one month in mid-1990

What English football can learn from the disasters of Bolton and Bury – so they can't happen again
By Gary Parkinson last updated
Football League The two old Lancashire clubs face wildly different situations with the same threatening conclusion: expulsion from the Football League. Is there an easy fix to any of this?

Where are they now? Liverpool's 2005 Champions League winners
By Gary Parkinson published
After glory in Istanbul, one went missing, one stood for the European Parliament and one went on Strictly Come Dancing. How well do you know the comeback kings?

Hamann and Heskey on Klopp, Sturridge and Liverpool's ambitions
By Gary Parkinson published
Liverpool team-mates for four years, Emile Heskey and Dietmar Hamann will face off for England and Germany in Singapore's Battle of Europe. First, they gave FourFourTwo Singapore their thoughts on all things LFC...
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