
Matthew Ketchell
Ketch joined FourFourTwo as Deputy Editor in 2022 having racked up appearances at Reach PLC as a Northern Football Editor and BBC Match of the Day magazine as their Digital Editor and Senior Writer. During that time he has interviewed the likes of Harry Kane, Sergio Aguero, Gareth Southgate and attended World Cup and Champions League finals. He co-hosts a '90s football podcast called ‘Searching For Shineys’, is a Newcastle United season ticket holder and has an expensive passion for collecting classic football shirts.
Latest articles by Matthew Ketchell

The Premier League club with 174 pubs within a one-mile radius of its stadium
By Matthew Ketchell published
One club is in a league of its own when it comes to the volume of pubs that surround their home ground

‘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

‘Bryan Robson took us to Florida to unwind before 2005’s Great Escape, then results changed’ to this day Robert Earnshaw admits he has no idea how West Brom avoided relegation 20 years ago having been bottom at Christmas
By Matthew Ketchell published
No team in Premier League history had ever been bottom at Christmas and stayed up until West Brom managed it

I interviewed Trent Alexander-Arnold last year and he may have inadvertently revealed that his future lies away from Liverpool
By Matthew Ketchell published
OPINION I asked the right back a direct question about his future in January 2024 and the response is telling 12 months on

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By Matthew Ketchell last updated
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‘Graeme Souness used to line us up vs the English lads at training. We had a proper scrap one day’ Ally McCoist recalls the legendary England vs Scotland training games at Rangers
By Matthew Ketchell published
There were so many English players at the club in the 80s that it was possible to play the nations off against each other, with one always coming out on top

‘After training Alan Hansen was having coffee and I said “I’ll have the same” then just as Jock Stein walked in Kenny Dalglish put a pint of lager in front of me’ Ally McCoist discusses the perils of being a young Scottish international in the 1980s
By Matthew Ketchell published
Debutant Scotland players needed their wits about them in the 1980s, especially with people like Kenny Dalglish about

Vote for the Hero of the Year! The FourFourTwo Alternative Awards of the Year 2024
By Mark White published
It's the big one: Hero of the Year in the FourFourTwo Alternative Awards of the Year

Vote for the Best Breakthrough Act! The FourFourTwo Alternative Awards of the Year 2024
By Mark White published
It's the Best Breakthrough Act category - vote now in FourFourTwo's Alternative Awards of the Year 2024

Vote for the Comeback of the Year! The FourFourTwo Alternative Awards of the Year 2024
By Mark White published
The FourFourTwo Alternative Awards continue, with comebacks in the spotlight for today

Vote for the Disasterclass of the Year! The FourFourTwo Alternative Awards of the Year 2024
By Mark White published
Who had the worst performance through all of 2024? It's the FourFourTwo Alternative Awards all this week

Vote for the Masterclass of the Year! The FourFourTwo Alternative Awards of the Year 2024
By Mark White published
It's the FourFourTwo Alternative Awards all this week, with our vote for Masterclass of the Year now open

Ranked! The 50 best football boots ever
By Lolade Jinadu last updated
RANKED! From Nike to New Balance, Puma to Adidas, let's run through the best football boots ever

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

‘When I tell people that Big Jock Wallace put one on my chin, none of them ever say, “That’s terrible” they say “You must have deserved it” to be fair I did!” Ally McCoist on management methods in the 1980s
By Matthew Ketchell published
Life lesson number one: do not cross a Scottish manager

Newcastle want Tottenham flop in shock January move: report
By Mark White published
Newcastle could sign a Tottenham star who has hugely underwhelmed since moving to North London

‘Mo Salah will stay’ Jamie Carragher admits he’s tried to get information out of Liverpool regarding the Egypitan’s contract situation
By Matthew Ketchell published
Liverpool legend has strong reasons to believe Mo Salah will remain at Anfield

How two brothers from the Netherlands have carved a highly lucrative niche in the football market via a simple idea you wish you'd thought of
By Matthew Ketchell published
MatchWornShirt.com is the real deal, and they can even prove it

FINALLY! Football without fuss thanks to a streaming deal that offers everything in one place for £35 a month with one special feature we LOVE!
By Matthew Ketchell last updated
Say goodbye to casting and asking your mother-in-law for her SkyGo password one minute before kick-off

Harry Kane’s soccer cleats were already an underrated, lower cost, elite alternative to Nike and Adidas - but now they’re 42% off!
By Matthew Ketchell published
One of the best strikers in world soccer can be emulated thanks to his football boots receiving a mega saving this Cyber Monday

Our secret hack will net you a PS5 and EA FC 25 for just £344.98 – that's actually cheaper than ANY Black Friday football bundle deal we found!
By Matthew Ketchell published
We’re in Black Friday/Cyber Monday limbo, but somehow we’ve just found the best deal of the season

Unleash your inner Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Gary Neville with these ‘football pundit shoes’ all massively discounted for Black Friday Weekend
By Matthew Ketchell published
You can’t turn on any football coverage without seeing a white-soled pundit. You know you want a pair though…

Rodri exclusive ‘Manchester City made me better when I first arrived, I was leaving the team naked too often'
By Matthew Ketchell published
EXCLUSIVE The midfielder explains to FourFourTwo how Pep and Man City helped him become the best in the world
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