
Matthew Ketchell
A former goalkeeper, Ketch joined FourFourTwo as Deputy Editor in 2022 having worked across ChronicleLive, LeedsLive, Hull Daily Mail, YorkshireLive, Teesside Gazette and the Huddersfield Examiner as a Northern Football Editor. Prior to that he was the Senior Writer at BBC Match of the Day magazine. He has interviewed the likes of Harry Kane, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Gareth Southgate and attended two World Cup finals and two Champions League finals. He has been a Newcastle United season ticket holder since 2000 and has a deep knowledge on the history and culture of football shirts.
Latest articles by Matthew Ketchell

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

My wife said she’d leave me if I buy another football shirt but this deal is so good it’s a chance I’m willing to take
By Matthew Ketchell Published
FourFourTwo voted this the No.1 shirt of 2024/25 out of 60 kits

Soccer cleats on your kid's Christmas list? The best on the market have $42 off in the Black Friday sales AND they’re the same model as Messi’s!
By Matthew Ketchell Published
If your child wants to wear the same cleats as the world’s best this is their chance!

'Tottenham Hotspur have had the perfect way to play against us. I've always asked myself "Why?"’ Rodri perplexed by the challenge of Spurs
By Matthew Ketchell Published
EXCLUSIVE The world’s best player was exclusively talking to FourFourTwo, when the subject of Tottenham came up

Rodri reveals the reason Manchester City loves playing Liverpool and makes totally unique prediction for the future of the game: exclusive
By Matthew Ketchell Published
EXCLUSIVE One of the most intelligent players in Premier League tells FourFourTwo where he sees the game going

‘I’m obsessed with wasting my life, I’m fine like this’ legendary former Inter Milan and Brazil striker Adriano gives deeply personal interview about his life after football
By Matthew Ketchell Published
Adriano claims to have found peace in his hometown Vila Cruzeiro

‘Signing for Newcastle United was a big moment for me, but my time with Sunderland was probably one of the most important chapters of my life’: DeAndre Yedlin was born in the USA but made in the North East of England
By Matthew Ketchell Published
The 81-cap USA international, who is back in MLS at Cincinnati having played with Lionel Messi at Inter Miami, spoke exclusively to FourFourTwo

Lionel Messi in the group chat: DeAndre Yedlin explains what ‘Messi Mania’ is like from the inside at Inter Miami
By Matthew Ketchell Published
The defender was captain of the MLS club when they announced Lionel Messi was joining

Deandre Yedlin has invested in football boots made of corn waste, castor beans, wood fibres, sugarcane and bamboo, he explains why to FourFourTwo
By Matthew Ketchell Published
INTERVIEW Sokito boots are the first in football to be certified as fully vegan by the Vegan Society. FourFourTwo tested them and spoke to their highest-profile ambassador who also happens to be an investor

'The Crown Prince is losing patience' Amanda Staveley's leaked WhatsApp messages suggest Mohammed bin Salman signed off key decisions during the Newcastle United takeover saga, with TV personalities Ant and Dec involved in the push
By Steven Chicken Published
The lengths businesswoman Staveley went to to broker a deal between Mike Ashley and the Saudi PIF for the sale of Newcastle United have been revealed

FourFourTwo's best team ever: Our ultimate XI of the last 30 years
By Mark White Published
Presenting the greatest team ever of FourFourTwo's lifetime: an XI who have defined the past 30 years of football
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