Jack Beresford
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Ranked! The 10 shortest managerial reigns in Premier League history
By Jack Beresford, Ryan Dabbs published
Premier League FourFourTwo looks back at 10 hapless Premier League managerial reigns that were short and rarely sweet
10 Premier League cast-offs who went on to win the Champions League elsewhere
By Jack Beresford published
Lists They left the Premier League on a low, but these 10 players had the last laugh by lifting Europe’s top prize – with several coming back to haunt their old clubs
10 players who shone in the Premier League after turning 35
By Jack Beresford published
It's not just Cristiano - here's a selection of Premier League stars who proved that age is just a number
The worst Barcelona managers of all time
By Jack Beresford, FourFourTwo Staff published
Ronald Koeman has been sacked by Barcelona following a disastrous spell in charge – but were things really bad enough for him to make this list?
The 11 most desperate deadline day panic buys in Premier League history
By Jack Beresford published
Lists Plenty of clubs have pushed the panic button, only to be left with a bad case of buyer's remorse...
Euro 2020: 10 teams who went from favourites to flops at the Euros
By Jack Beresford last updated
The tag of “favourites” has weighed heavy for many a team going into the European Championship – a little too heavy, in fact...
Chris Wilder to leave Sheffield United: 10 more Premier League teams who suffered second season syndrome
By Jack Beresford published
Like Chris Wilder's Blades, it's not uncommon for teams who punched above their weight in their first Premier League season to hit the canvas a year later
12 teams who salvaged their season by winning the Europa League
By Jack Beresford published
Europe’s other cup competition has provided the antidote to many a disastrous season down the years as these 12 UEFA Cup/Europa League winners aptly demonstrate.
RANKED! The worst Real Madrid managers of all time
By Jack Beresford published
Zinedine Zidane will be a tough act to follow as Real Madrid manager – but any successor would have to go some way to stink out the Bernabeu as badly as this quintet...
10 wild Premier League Christmas parties that went badly wrong
By Jack Beresford published
Featuring sex, booze, and the world’s most inappropriate Secret Santa, these are 10 of the most infamous Christmas parties in Premier League history...
16 players who Premier League clubs bought off the back of great World Cups
By Jack Beresford last updated
FIFA World Cup The World Cup represents the ultimate shop window for any star with ambitions of playing in England's top flight. Some go on to be legends, others… not so much
18 Champions League one-season wonders who dazzled – and then disappeared
By Jack Beresford published
UEFA Champions League There’s no better platform to shine on at club level, but these players’ exploits in Europe were all too brief
Ronaldo, Michu and Macca: 12 stunning individual displays on Premier League opening weekend
By Jack Beresford published
Premier League From Michu’s memorable introduction against a hapless QPR to the glorious sight of a full-bodied Micky Quinn decimating Arsenal at Highbury, these solo displays got top billing...
The 7 most unlikely Champions League semi-finalists ever
By Jack Beresford published
UEFA Champions League Every once in a while, a team defies the odds or a decidedly easy draw to reach the latter stages of the Champions League. Jack Beresford revisits the very best – and worst...
16 Premier League stars you won't believe played in a World Cup
By Jack Beresford published
FIFA World Cup From disastrous flops to limited cult heroes, few fans who watched this lot in the Premier League could make sense of their World Cup selection, as Jack Beresford explains
10 times Premier League footballers made random appearances on '90s kids’ TV
By Jack Beresford published
FourFourTwo Garth Crooks did his bit to entertain the kids in our favourite decade, while Gary Mabbutt was an inexplicable ever-present. And there were others...
10 managers whose reputations were ruined in the Premier League
By Jack Beresford published
Lists England's top flight can be an unforgiving place – but spare a thought for the once highly-rated managers who came, saw and rarely conquered
The 10 most surprising managerial appointments in Premier League history
By Jack Beresford published
Premier League Jack Beresford remembers these shock hirings that weren't always as disastrous as expected
Fed up of VAR? Have hope: here's 7 football rules changes that didn’t last
By Jack Beresford published
Premier League There's hope for VAR haters yet – not every new initiative has remained in football long
Unpopular opinion: Why Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the most overrated player of the modern era
By Jack Beresford published
Unpopular Opinion The Swede has scored plenty of goals for big clubs in uncompetitive leagues, but never managed to make the difference on the biggest stages
Unpopular Opinion: Why Manchester United suffered the worst Premier League title capitulation of all time
By Jack Beresford published
Unpopular Opinion We remember the 2011/12 campaign for Agueroooooooo's famous goal, but that moment was only possible because the Red Devils threw it all away...