Leo Moynihan

Leo Moynihan

Leo Moynihan has been a freelance football writer and author for over 20 years. As well as contributing to FourFourTwo for all of that time, his words have also appeared in The Times, the Sunday Telegraph, the Guardian, Esquire, FHM and the Radio Times. He has written a number of books on football, including ghost projects with the likes of David Beckham and Andrew Cole, while his last two books, The Three Kings and Thou Shall Not Pass have both been recognised by the Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year awards. 


Latest articles by Leo Moynihan

‘It would have been quite helpful to not have broken my leg. I can’t sit here and blame it all on the injury…’ Sean Dyche on why he never made it in the Premier League

By Chris Nee Published

Sean Dyche the gaffer is at a higher level than Sean Dyche the player ever managed

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‘Nicole Kidman is always great to watch - oh, then there’s Winston Churchill of course… there are so many legends’ Sean Dyche on his favourite redheads… and the best hole in the world

By Chris Nee Published

Sean Dyche represents the redhead community in the Premier League and he's a knowledgeable ambassador

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‘I look like Henry VIII - it’s a very different kind of honour, but I love it’ Sean Dyche on The Royal Dyche in Burnley

By Chris Nee Published

Sean Dyche was immortalised in his adopted Lancashire home after years in the Premier League with the Clarets

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‘Pele, Glenn Hoddle… and Morrissey’ Sean Dyche opens up on his lifelong heroes

By Joe Mewis Published

EXCLUSIVE Sean Dyche’s role models aren’t who you’d necessarily expect…

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‘Everton fans will HAMMER me for this…’ Sean Dyche reveals what Liverpool fans told him during his relegation battle at Goodison Park

By Chris Nee Published

Sean Dyche led Everton to Premier League safety in 2022-23 and rival Liverpool fans had their say

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‘I get that some Everton fans wanted a fashionista appointment, but I do think I was the right appointment - we were in uncharted territory in the Premier League.’ Sean Dyche tells FourFourTwo how proud he is of Toffees stint

By Chris Nee Published

Now in charge at Nottingham Forest, Sean Dyche helped to stabilise Everton against the threat of relegation

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‘I was very confident, it was weird. There was no shred of doubt I was going to smash it. ‘Hit it clean,’ was all I was thinking. That’s what I did’ Sean Dyche on viral ‘Brexit penalty’ for Chesterfield

By Chris Nee Published

The Nottingham Forest manager is providing a rich seam of meme material

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‘I wish I’d asked the fella for a photo - he was a dead ringer for the old man from Up, with the flat head and glasses… I play it all the time when I’m out with mates in a pub’ Sean Dyche on magic, lookalikes and dancing

By Joe Mewis Published

EXCLUSIVE The Nottingham Forest boss is good value down the boozer

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‘Look at the squad, there was no investment in players. I thought we should be getting better results, but look at the bigger picture’ Sean Dyche speaks out about his sacking from Burnley

By Joe Mewis Published

EXCLUSIVE After almost 10 years in charge, Dyche was given the boot at Turf Moor with the Clarets fighting against the drop in April 2022

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‘You look back and think, ‘Bloody hell’... but I’d be lying if I said I enjoyed it all. We only had 12 points at Christmas and were excited about Italy or Spain - we ended up at Aberdeen on the North Sea’ Sean Dyche on getting Burnley into Europe

By Joe Mewis Published

EXCLUSIVE A seventh-placed finish in 2017/18 saw Sean Dyche lead Burnley on a European adventure

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'Beating Liverpool at Goodison was amazing. I knew we had a bad record, so it was nice for the supporters – those derby games are for the fans' Sean Dyche on his Everton highlights

By Joe Mewis Published

The new Nottingham Forest boss spent two years in charge at Everton

Coaches & Managers
Sean Dyche file photo
'I don’t believe you can’t have a bit of a joke or banter. We have to be careful – managers now are just saying the same things' Sean Dyche says football takes itself too seriously

By Joe Mewis Published

EXCLUSIVE Nottingham Forest have turned to former Burnley and Everton boss Sean Dyche in a bid to turn their season around

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Nottingham Forest manager Brian Clough, November 1992
'Nobody could replicate Clough – he was such a one-off. What I do remember from my time with him, and maybe took with me into management, is the fact that he instilled a ‘Forest Way’ into everything we did' What Sean Dyche learned from Brian Clough

By Joe Mewis Published

EXCLUSIVE New Nottingham Forest boss Sean Dyche came through the youth ranks under Brian Clough at the City Ground

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'I wish I’d copyrighted "utter woke nonsense". Considering I didn’t actually say it, it does follow me around' Sean Dyche on the catchphrase he never actually uttered

By Joe Mewis Published

EXCLUSIVE We've all seen the memes, but it's a phrase that the new Nottingham Forest boss has never actually said

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“I’d pick a worm off the floor and hang it from the side of my mouth while saying, ‘Mmmmm, that’s delicious’” Sean Dyche on truth behind worm-eating legend

By Joe Donnohue Published

Sean Dyche is back in Premier League management having taken over the vacant Nottingham Forest post this week

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‘Brian Clough locked me in his office for three hours, gave my new wife flowers and chocolates, and told me I wasn’t leaving until I signed for Nottingham Forest’ Martin Keown discusses the grilling he got from Old Big ‘Ead’

By Matthew Ketchell Published

EXCLUSIVE The former Arsenal and England defender recounts an audience with Brian Clough in detail to FourFourTwo

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7 Oct 2000: England manager Kevin Keegan and Martin Keown at the last game at Wembley during the match between England and Germany in the European Group Nine World Cup Qualifier at Wembley Stadium, London. Mandatory Credit: Phil Cole/ALLSPORT Kevin Keegan
'My family were Arsenal fans, but I supported Liverpool and Kevin Keegan was my hero – I later told him he was my inspiration and he replied, "I get that a lot"': Gunners legend and ex-Everton defender reveals childhood fandom

By Ryan Dabbs Published

EXCLUSIVE Arsenal legend Martin Keown grew up as a Liverpool fan because of Kevin Keegan, but quickly stopped his support when he became older

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‘Arsenal’s Class of ’83 would give Man United’s Class of ’92 more than a good game – It’s a scandal that youth team isn’t talked about enough, if at all’: Martin Keown believes the Gunners team he grew up with doesn't get anywhere near enough credit

By Ryan Dabbs Published

Martin Keown believes that his Arsenal youth team should be regarded as highly as the Manchester United Class of 92' side

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‘I was 19 getting annoyed with Charlie Nicholas for changing into leather trousers on the team bus home – I should have been wondering where I could get a pair of leather trousers from!’ Martin Keown on standing up to Arsenal’s famous drinking culture

By Matthew Ketchell Published

Fatherly advice kept Martin Keown from off-the-field distractions that became famous at Arsenal in the 80s and 90s

Coaches & Managers
Arsenal's Martin Keown confronts Manchester United's Ruud van Nistelrooy after the latter's penalty miss during the Premier League match at Old Trafford, September 2003
‘When Ruud van Nistelrooy missed his late penalty, I showed how I felt. You can say it’s not sporting, but I didn’t hit anyone, unlike Cantona. I have no regrets about it’: Ex-Arsenal defender Martin Keown discusses infamous 2003 moment at Old Trafford

By Ryan Dabbs Published

Arsenal maintained their unbeaten start when Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy missed a last-minute penalty, with Martin Keown celebrating quite vociferously

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‘I’m still annoyed about Giggs’ famous FA Cup winner. I allowed myself to be distracted by Yorke’s clever run – without it, Giggs wouldn’t have got past me’: Arsenal defender reflects on 1999 semi-final defeat to Manchester United

By Ryan Dabbs Published

Arsenal failed to stop Ryan Giggs in the 1999 FA Cup semi-final, which still irks one of their former defenders

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‘I never regretted not going to Manchester United – Fergie knew I was getting married and suggested I think of my family and take the bigger wages at Everton’: Sir Alex Ferguson indicated England international shouldn't sign for him due to money

By Ryan Dabbs last updated

Sir Alex Ferguson failed to sign a top centre-back while manager of Manchester United - and it was all through his own suggestion

Coaches & Managers
MK Dons: Has the franchise worked?

By Leo Moynihan Published

Twenty years after moving to Milton Keynes, the club slipped into League Two in 2023 amid dwindling crowds at the giant Stadium MK. With the stigma of their controversial move still hanging over them, FFT assesses their first two decades outside of London

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Belgian footballer Vincent Kompany and his wife Carla Higgs arrive for the charity gala dinner SOS Villages d'enfants (SOS Children's Villages) in Brussels on May 21, 2014.
How Vincent Kompany has Nedum Onuoha to thank for introducing him to his future wife

By Leo Moynihan Published

Burnley boss Vincent Kompany married Carla in 2011, with former team-mate Onuoha playing matchmaker

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Fernando Forestieri of Watford is tackled by Vincent Kompany of Manchester City during the FA Cup with Budweiser Third Round match between Manchester City and Watford at The Etihad Stadium on January 5, 2013 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)
‘One of the most aggressive players I’ve played with’: How Vincent Kompany's actions set the tone at Manchester City

By Ryan Dabbs Published

Vincent Kompany was renowned for his defensive skills, and one former team-mate explains how the Belgian led by example

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