
Nick Moore
Nick Moore is a freelance journalist based on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. He wrote his first FourFourTwo feature in 2001 about Gerard Houllier's cup-treble-winning Liverpool side, and has continued to ink his witty words for the mag ever since. Nick has produced FFT's 'Ask A Silly Question' interview for 16 years, once getting Peter Crouch to confess that he dreams about being a dwarf.
Latest articles by Nick Moore

Ranked! The 10 best goals of USA '94
By Nick Moore published
World Cup 1994 Nick Moore revels in the finest strikes of the 1994 World Cup; featuring a mad-dashing Saudi Arabian, El Diego (well, duh) and a Nigerian crawling like a dog

Mind games: How your brain works during a game
By Nick Moore published
Psychology You use all of your brain when playing – performance psychologist Tom Bates explains how

What are the best football boots ever? YOU decide...
By Nick Moore last updated
Boots Nick Moore has picked out 20 memorable boots, spanning the decades: it's time to decide once and for all which are appealing and which are appalling

Ask A Silly Question: Neil Warnock – tractors, a pesky otter and Graham Poll
By Nick Moore last updated
Neil Warnock The outspoken Cardiff City gaffer fills FourFourTwo in on his pet robin and how a dastardly otter gave him the hump…

8 times footballers made hilarious TV appearances (including that time Keown wanted to be more like Zola)
By Nick Moore published
With Steven Gerrard ready to perform a cameo in the second series of critically-acclaimed (it says here) CBBC kids drama 'Jamie Johnson', Nick Moore recalls some other real-life footballers who made good, bad and downright weird appearances on popular shows

Get game-changing agility
By Nick Moore last updated
Speed Become a match-winner by building a direction-switching leg strength

The Performance Challenge: Swansea City Academy
By Nick Moore last updated
Swansea City Three young Swans stepped up to take FourFourTwo’s #PerformanceChallenge – and produced a thriller

Shrug off defenders and finish
By Nick Moore last updated
Strength Barge back and beat the enforcers at their own game

Become the ultimate goalscorer: Cut through the defence
By Nick Moore last updated
Swansea City Use this drill to blitz the opposition's rearguard with defence-splitting passes and clinical finishes

Fiiiiiight! 10 of football's funniest on-pitch fights: WWE, windmills and weaponry
By Nick Moore last updated
Chile Arguments on the pitch tend to result in handbags more than anything, but Nick Moore picks out some of the occasions when proper brawls have broken out. All together now: "We don't like to see that!"

Marcel Desailly: Defending against a target man
By Nick Moore published
Marcel Desailly Get the better of the opposition's towering centre forward with the help of World Cup winning defender Marcel Desailly

Joe Hart: How to make it pro
By Nick Moore last updated
Joe Hart Top tips for making it to the top from the Manchester City and England no.1

Eat yourself clever
By Nick Moore published
Nutrition Matthew Jones, nutritionist at Stoke City, reveals the best brain-boosting grub

What the heck is the Friendship Trophy? Football's oddest closed cup competitions
By Nick Moore published
Norwich City Norwich and Sunderland have more than Premier League survival at stake this weekend – there's a Friendship Trophy to be played for, don't you know. Nick Moore reveals more of football's lesser-known 'competitions'...

Build your glutes
By Nick Moore last updated
Strength Fire up the big muscles for big results

Boost strength and build endurance
By Nick Moore last updated
Strength Stay on your feet with a truly balanced workout

Be the complete striker: Finish from three angles
By Nick Moore last updated
Dribbling Turn, turn, turn… and learn to outfox defenders

Build a stronger core to run faster
By Nick Moore last updated
Speed Use this workout from Rayan Wilson, director of Back2Action to forge a stronger interior, for a faster exterior

Boost power and improve speed
By Nick Moore last updated
Strength Mix up your workout to get faster and stronger on game day

Kick Toc, you don’t stop
By Nick Moore published
Xavi Footballer. Thinker. Inventor. After winning everything there is to win with Barcelona and Spain, Xavi has created a training device to whip your ball mastery into shape. It’s fun, too

The 11 weirdest stadium names
By Nick Moore last updated
100 Best Stadiums Not every stadium name is iconic - well, not for the right reasons. Nick Moore investigates the silliest stadium monikers

Top 10 returning heroes: The terrace favourites who came back in the dugout
By Nick Moore last updated
Top 10 Nick Moore traces the ups and downs of the men who ignored the notion of never going back...

"Mine!" "No, mine!" Football's fiercest spot-kick squabbles
By Nick Moore last updated
Everton Inspired by Monday's shenanigans at Goodison, Nick Moore looks back at some of the more heated penalty-spot team-talks...
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