Richard Edwards
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'Alisson will be crucial to Liverpool's title chances' – David James exclusive
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Former Liverpool goalkeeper David James tells FFT why the Brazilian is so important, and why it's no longer just about clean sheets
Arsenal and Barcelona star Sylvinho picks an XI of his best team-mates – but leaves out Thierry Henry
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PERFECT XI Sylvinho played for Arsenal and Barcelona with Thierry Henry – but has left him on the bench in his Perfect XI of former colleagues
Perfect XI: Newcastle United hero Nolberto Solano tells FFT his incredible Bobby Robson trumpet prank – and picks his best-ever teammates
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PERFECT XI Newcastle United cult hero Nolberto Solano trumpets the case for his greatest selection of ex-team-mates
Former Tottenham star Darren Bent picks a team of his best-ever teammates – and leaves Frank Lampard and John Terry OUT
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PERFECT XI Tottenham, Aston Villa and Sunderland striker Darren Bent picks his Perfect XI – leaving Lamps and JT on the bench for Darren Ambrose…
What REALLY happened to Ali Dia? On the trail of the Premier League's worst player
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Southampton What the hell happened to Dia, who earned infamy on this day in 1996? FourFourTwo hits the trail of football’s most unlikely cult hero
Belgium manager Robert Martinez interview: "The opportunity to manage De Bruyne and Hazard is a challenge you sacrifice anything for"
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Roberto Martinez's Belgium came third at the World Cup, sit atop the FIFA world rankings and have a golden generation the likes of which the country has never seen. But can they make it count at Euro 2020?
"That match is still iconic in Sweden" - Stefan Schwarz on knocking England out of the Euros
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Sunderland may have dashed Stefan Schwarz's dreams of going to space, but the Swede did play a crucial role on Earth at Euro 92
Jozef Venglos remembered: The trailblazer who baffled Aston Villa – and changed English football
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Aston Villa Former Aston Villa and Celtic manager Jozef Venglos has died, aged 84. He became the top flight's first foreign gaffer in 1990, introducing ideas that are common today – but were revolutionary at the time
Jack Rodwell: Talentspotter
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Talentspotter Manchester City and England under-21 starlet Jack Rodwell talks to FourFourTwo back in December 2008, while at Everton.
Why Hodgson's mind was made up on Barkley long before his 'Rooney moment'
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Ross Barkley With Everton's Ross Barkley named in Roy Hodgson's squad for the World Cup in Brazil, Richard Edwards charts the rise of the scouse sensation...
Goalkeepers, controversy and stubbornness: Dutch history repeats in South America
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Netherlands It's never dull with the Netherlands, and just like the last time the World Cup was in South America, there's goalkeeping intrigue and a gnomic manager...
The 10-day title wait: when Liverpool's late salvo crushed QPR dreams
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Queens Park Rangers When QPR beat Leeds in their final game of 1975/76, the R's were top of the league, writes Richard Edwards. But standing in their way of the title were Euro-tied Liverpool, who wouldn't conclude their pursuit of silverware for a week-and-a-half...
Pearson's Leicester are a '90s throwback – but he couldn't be more different to O'Neill, say Foxes legends
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Leicester City Richard Edwards chats to the Foxes' defensive rocks of the mid-to-late '90s about Leicester's current side, success under Martin O'Neill and more...
Where are they now? Newcastle's 1995/96 Great Entertainers
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Newcastle United Super Kev's magnificent Magpies were much loved by neutrals in the '90s. But who was among the Toon Army's Great Entertainers – and what became of them?
Leicester demonstrate advantages of unchanged XIs – but can the traditional elite afford to reject rotation?
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Leicester City Claudio Ranieri has consigned his Tinkerman tag to history by defying all expectations this season, so, Richard Edwards asks, is this the beginning of a new era of settlement?
Forty-six years of hurt: Remembering Newcastle's European triumph of 1969
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Newcastle United Richard Edwards looks back at the last time the Magpies won a trophy, recalling happier times on Tyneside...
Could an injection of Libyan cash give this young English coach a £50m transfer kitty?
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Libya Rich Edwards speaks to the man for whom riches could be aplenty in Sweden...
The Great War, 100 years on: when football defied Kitchener – and angered a nation
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The Great War While Britain's men were sent to the Front in their thousands in 1914, its footballers weren't quite so keen to sign up for the war effort. Unsurprisingly their unwillingness was deeply unpopular, as Richard Edwards reflects...
Before Alexis Sanchez, how the trailblazing Robledos flew Chile's flag in England
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Newcastle United Arsenal's terror from Tocopilla has got Premier League fans hot under the collar this summer, but as Richard Edwards recalls, the 25-year-old has a tough job emulating the brothers who braved English football after the Second World War...
How Eric Dier's Portuguese education set him apart from his peers
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Eric Dier The versatile Tottenham player has impressed under Mauricio Pochettino and earned his first full England caps. Richard Edwards charts the unorthodox rise of Spurs' flying 21-year-old...
Michael O'Neill: Hopefully this is a team for everyone, regardless of religion
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Michael O'Neill Northern Ireland boss Michael O'Neill chats to Richard Edwards about the Green and White Army's hopes of qualifying for Euro 2016, the challenges for a modern-day manager, playing with Gazza and hiding behind sofas...
Football in the pits: when Manchester United & Co. were fuelled by Britain's mines
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Retro Today's up-and-coming youngsters needn't worry about a more lucrative second income – but that wasn't always the case, writes Richard Edwards...
Anderton: AVB betrayed Tottenham's attacking style - new man must bring it back
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Tottenham Hotspur The former White Hart Lane hero tells Richard Edwards that sacking the Portuguese boss was the correct decision...
Former Everton youth coach Tosh Farrell: "The FA are letting English football down"
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England Richard Edwards chats to the Toffees' ex-technical coordinator about coaching, young players and the Three Lions' failings
Nicked underpants, WAGs unleashed and Mexican raves: England's World Cup base camps
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England With England setting up shop for the 2014 World Cup in Rio de Janeiro next week, Rich Edwards looks back to the Three Lions' often-unsuccessful base camps of yesteryear...